Just fresh from development, a few more tools have been added to the Code Now plugin for XrmToolBox: Code Now can build an exe-file Code Now can build a plugin You can save your code to a file and/or load it from a file And, because it’s CodeNow, you can do it right NOW, without even having to… Read More »
As the saying goes “you are not allowed, but if you really want to.. you can” When I’m thinking of the required fields, this is exactly what comes to mind. They are not supposed to be empty according to the manuals: But, if you really want to, you can usually find a way. Everyone who worked with… Read More »
There is a minor(and rather hidden) setting in Dynamics that we can easily overlook, but, every now and then, it can be the sole reason for some interesting discrepancies in the reporting/search functionality. Before we go there, here is what google had to say: 1. We normally think of the weekEND as of Saturday/Sunday(it’s the… Read More »
This blog is running on WordPress, and would not it be nice if I were able to somehow integrate WordPress with Dynamics? Well, actually I don’t have my own instance of Dynamics to start with, so it would be nice if Microsoft was offering some sort of development instances in the first place(is Salesforce offering them, still?),… Read More »
There is a method in the Xrm.Utility namespace that we can use to open a quick create form: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj602956.aspx It turns out this method can produce a very vague error: And you won’t see much in the downloaded log file: Unhandled Exception: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[[Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault, Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]]: System.Web.HttpUnhandledException: Microsoft Dynamics CRM has experienced an error. Reference… Read More »
We know that that “all interaction with Microsoft Dynamics 365 application pages must only be performed through the methods with the Xrm.Page or Xrm.Utilitynamespaces documented in the Client-side programming reference”. This is a direct quote from msdn: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328350.aspx However, what if we could extend/override the Xrm itself, and what if we did not have to… Read More »
Before I continue, I just wanted to show you something: On the left side is what you would have to do if you wanted to hide all the fields in the company profile section on the out of the box Account form. There are only 5 fields there; however, when using a business rule, you have… Read More »
How would you go about setting up readonly/visibility rules for a form that has lots of sections, tabs, and fields? Where the rules can change any time depending on what your users think today? Where one rule can affect another? And where each rule may affect multiple fields, but that set of fields can change from time to… Read More »
To start with, I’m not a professional front-end developer. I will do something every now and then, but for the most part, I’ll be configuring Dynamics, writing plugins, talking to the users.. you get the picture – it’s called Dynamics consulting. However, we all need to be somewhat up to date on the front-end development side, at… Read More »
It’s relatively simple to call custom actions with Web API, and it’s also relatively simple to display an error that may occur in the custom action. You just need to know how to do it. Here is how you can do it with JQuery: 1. Create an action and add “stop workflow” step with an error… Read More »