<s>
The	O
Dexterity	B-Device
programming	I-Device
language	I-Device
was	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
for	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independent	I-Operating_System
graphical	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dexterity	B-Device
itself	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Great	O
Plains	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Dynamics	O
GP	O
,	O
formerly	O
Great	O
Plains	O
Dynamics	O
and	O
eEnterprise	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Dexterity-written	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
small	O
business	O
line	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Small	O
Business	O
Manager	O
and	O
Small	B-Application
Business	I-Application
Financials	I-Application
,	O
were	O
also	O
written	O
in	O
Dexterity	B-Device
and	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
as	O
Great	O
Plains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Great	O
Plains	O
Dexterity	B-Device
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
programming	O
language	O
and	O
technology	O
,	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
graphical	O
accounting	O
package	O
-	O
Great	O
Plains	O
Dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dexterity	B-Device
itself	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
(	O
with	O
the	O
hope	O
that	O
C	B-Language
would	O
provide	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independence	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
install	O
Dexterity	B-Device
from	O
the	O
Dynamics	O
GP	O
CD	O
#2	O
and	O
it	O
allows	O
custom	O
pieces	O
to	O
be	O
seamlessly	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Dynamics	O
GP	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dexterity	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
most	O
Dynamics	O
GP	O
installations	O
have	O
been	O
moved	O
to	O
MS	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
-	O
so	O
you	O
can	O
use	O
Dexterity	B-Device
for	O
custom	O
forms	O
drawing	O
only	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
buttons	O
run	O
SQL	O
stored	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
version	O
7.0	O
,	O
Dexterity	B-Device
supports	O
COM	O
objects	O
-	O
register	O
them	O
as	O
libraries	O
in	O
Dexterity	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
your	O
Dexterity	B-Device
customization	O
you	O
can	O
generally	O
deal	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
dictionary	O
-	O
DYNAMICS.DIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamics	O
GP	O
macros	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
recorded	O
in	O
Dexterity	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
handle	O
branches	B-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
appear	O
to	O
exist	O
in	O
these	O
macros	O
.	O
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