I my class last week we were discussing customizing CRM and the need to translate custom text and option set labels into other languages. Last weekend, by accident, I found this topic: Create Solutions That Support Multiple Languages Which discusses a variety of techniques related to custom solutions and handling multiple languages. The specific sub-topic […]
Continue readingHi Everyone, Amazon.com has expanded their distribution channels in Europe so you may now purchase my book from the following properties: United Kingdom: Amazon.co.uk Germany: Amazon.de France: Amazon.fr Italy: Amazon.it Spain: Amazon.es Thanks, Mitch
Continue readingIn CRM 4.0 the values returned from a Picklist were integers represented as strings. If you were referring to a Picklist value, you would refer to it like this: if (crmForm.all.new_picklist.DataValue == "2") { // do something } In CRM 2011, the OptionSet value is returned as a true integer so the following code […]
Continue reading[note to myself] Removing a JavaScript library from a form will cause all events that reference that library to be removed as well.
Continue readingI was teaching a webinar on Thursday and I told the students about a personal options setting that will save you a click every time you open the Advanced Find dialog. By default, the Details of the query are hidden, as you can see here: To actually edit the query, you must click details button […]
Continue readingThe 2012Microsoft Dynamics Most Influential People Top 100 list is out. And wow! I made the list this year and am in great company including the following other CRM MVPS: Leon Tribe Joel Lindstrom Matthew Wittemann Michael Sulz Frank Lee Andrii Butenko Jurgen Beck ( I don’t think I missed anyone, but if I did, […]
Continue readingI’ve seen a lot of CRM 4.0 JavaScript over the past year and a half as I work on my JavaScript conversion tool: CRM Migration Assistant. A lot of us used unsupported customizations to create a user experience that fit the needs of the customer. Sometimes these customizations were very unsupported and used internal functions […]
Continue readingIn addition to showing and hiding fields in CRM 4.0, an additional technique many of us used was to change the requirement level of a field based on the value of another field. Again, this was an unsupported customization but very, very common. Setting the Requirement Level ( CRM 4.0 ) In my research, […]
Continue readingLet’s face it: we all did unsupported customizations with our CRM 4.0 JavaScript in order to present to the user an interface that was contextually relevant. Most of that modification involved the showing and hiding of fields, sections, and tabs through the DOM manipulation by setting the .style property to either show or hide things. […]
Continue readingOne of the new features Microsoft included in Dynamics CRM 2011 is the ability to create entities which are e-mail enabled. When you initially create the entity, you have the option of "sending e-mail", as you can see below: Note: This decision must be made at the time of creation, since you can’t modify this […]
Continue readingOccasionally I see issues when I am trying to export data from a Dynamics CRM 2011 view to Microsoft Excel. The error messages may vary, but they may describe not being able to start a process or something. The Cause Most of these issues seem to be related to the startup time of Excel, […]
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Continue readingI thought I’d pull out a small section of my Dynamics CRM Deep Dive: Security book and discuss metadata changes. Auditing Metadata Changes In a multi–administrator or multi–developer environment, it is sometimes difficult to determine who did what when tracking changes to Entities. The following metadata–related operations are tracked when auditing is enabled: Delete […]
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