We have released a small update to the CRM Migration Assistant which includes the following updates: Added 0 and 1 as supported Submit Options Fixed issues with converting .AddOption to .addOption method. Conversion alerts were added for the following JavaScript properties: .title .vAlign .contentEditable .innerText Any .style property that is not either display or visible […]
Continue readingHI Everyone, If you have not heard, Dynamics CRM 2011 will very shortly support browsers other than Internet Explorer. I am absolutely unsure if this is a big deal for customers or not. So, I thought I’d ask. I’ve created a poll on my site that allows you to select which browsers you will be […]
Continue readingOne of the most fascinating things I found during the creation of the CRM Migration Assistant is the different methods developers use to access CRM form fields, and other form elements. Normally, people access a form field using the following style of JavaScript: crmForm.all.name This is the normal and perfectly acceptable (and supported) method for […]
Continue readingOne of the most fascinating things I found during the creation of the CRM Migration Assistant is the different methods developers use to access CRM form fields, and other form elements. Normally, people access a form field using the following style of JavaScript: crmForm.all.name This is the normal and perfectly acceptable (and supported) method for […]
Continue readingI learned some interesting things about working with Sandboxed plugins last week that I thought I’d share. Attaching to Processes Sandboxed plugins are run by Microsoft.Crm.Sandbox.WorkerProcess.exe so that is the process that you will need to attach to in order to debug your plugin. If there are more than one, then attach to all of […]
Continue readingI thought that I would outline some of the conversion techniques that we use in the CRM Migration Assistant to convert JavaScript from the CRM 4.0 object model to the CRM 2011 object model. Many of the techniques we used in CRM 4.0 were technically unsupported. But since work had to be done, we did […]
Continue readingAs I was reviewing notes from the recently released CRM SDK 5.0.9, I noticed a section on Error Codes. "This looks interesting," I thought. After you have installed the CRM SDK, navigate to the following folder: sdk\samplecode\cs\helpercode In that folder you will find, among other things, three files related to error codes, each in a […]
Continue readingIf you are developing a plugin, sooner or later you will need to do something in a plugin that requires "listening" to more than just Create, Read, Update, and Delete messages. What is a Message? If you are new to Dynamics CRM development, a Message word that is used to instruct CRM to do something. […]
Continue readingThe Lead Entity within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is used to track your relationship with prospective customers. At some point in the relationship, they change from being simply a Lead into either a customer or someone who is no longer a prospect. The Lead Qualification Process Here is how leads are generally worked by a […]
Continue readingIn case you didn’t know, Dynamics CRM 2011 has a basic mobile web site built into the product. You access the mobile site by adding /m to your CRM URL, like this: http://crm2011/contoso/m Which will produce a web page that looks like this: Here is what a view looks like: and finally, record detail: Now […]
Continue readingViews within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, by default, support up to two pre-defined sortable columns, which are selected when the view is defined. However, it is possible to manually sort any View on multiple columns using a combination of your mouse and keyboard. Let’s walk through the process: Here is a view of some Contact […]
Continue readingWhen customizing the ribbon of an Entity, it is important to note that the ribbon is part of the Entity itself, not the Application Ribbon. This means that if you are creating a solution, you only have to include the Entity component, not the Application Ribbon component.
Continue readingThis week I learned, again, the importance of including the SiteMap in a custom solution. If you do not add the SiteMap to your solution, and you’ve specified that custom entities be displayed within it, then CRM will not be instructed to modify the SiteMap to when the Solution is imported and your custom entity […]
Continue readingYou can customize the CRM 2011 Ribbon to add additional functionality via buttons, for example. When you add such a button, you use Web Resources to identify things such as icons and JavaScript functions, like this: $webresource:new_CloneRecord.js $webresource:new_CloneRecord32x32 It important to remember that any Web Resources referenced by the Ribbon exist ( added to CRM […]
Continue readingI just realized that unlike other number fields, the default minimum value for the currency field type is 0: While it may not apply to all situations, it is probably that the user may need to enter in a negative number so this value must be replaced, with a relevant negative limit. Otherwise, the user […]
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