Utility Summary

The following table summarizes the utilities available for various resources.

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Category

Action

Utility to use

Composites

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Composites as the resource type.

Constants

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Constants as the resource type.

Data Types

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Data Types as the resource type.

Dictionaries

Adding product information.

Product Information utility.

Comparing two dictionaries.

Compare Dictionaries utility.

Compressing dictionaries.

Compress Dictionary utility.

Creating chunk dictionaries.

Auto-Chunk utility or the Create Chunk Dictionary utility.

Diagnosing dictionary problems.

Referential Diagnostics utility.

Extracting third-party resources from the Dynamics.dic dictionary.

Extract utility.

Preparing an application for use with SQL.

SQL Compatibility utility.

Preparing a dictionary for an update.

Compare Dictionaries utility.

Transferring an extracted dictionary back into the Dynamics.dic dictionary.

Developer Update utility.

Fields

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Fields as the resource type.

Formats

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Formats as the resource type.

Forms

Displaying information about.

Form Inquiry utility.

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Forms as the resource type.

Functions

Compiling global functions.

Compile Global Functions utility.

Compiling form-level functions.

Compile Form Scripts utility.

Searching function scripts.

Search and Replace utility.

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Global Functions as the resource type.

Global Variables

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Global Variables as the resource type.

Messages

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Messages as the resource type.

Updating for international applications.

Transfer Strings and Messages utility.

Metafiles

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Metafiles as the resource type.

Pictures

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Generic Pictures as the resource type.

Procedures

Compiling global procedures.

Compile Global Procedures utility.

Compiling form-level procedures.

Compile Form Scripts utility.

Searching procedure scripts.

Search and Replace utility.

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Global Procedures as the resource type.

Reports

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Reports as the resource type.

Resources

Changing core series of core resources.

Change Core utility.

Removing unused resources from a dictionary.

Global Resource Usage report

or

Local Resource Usage report.

Updating series resource lists.

Series Resources utility.

Scripts

Compiling form scripts.

Compile Form Scripts utility.

Compiling global functions.

Compile Global Functions utility.

Compiling global procedures.

Compile Global Procedures utility.

Searching scripts.

Search and Replace utility.

Transferring global functions between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Global Functions as the resource type.

Transferring global procedures between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Global Procedures as the resource type.

Strings

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Strings as the resource type.

Updating for international applications.

Transfer Strings and Messages utility.

Tables

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Tables as the resource type.

Table Groups

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Resources utility. Select Table Groups as the resource type.

Windows

Expanding the size of windows and fields.

Expand Windows utility.

Transferring between dictionaries.

Transfer Window utility.

Updating a user interface.

User Interface Conversion utility.


 


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