Monthly Archives: January 2015

Dynamics CRM 2015 Implementation Guide 7.0.1 (January 2015)

There is an update to the Implementation Guide available on Technet: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh699811.aspx At this point, this information is not available in the downloadable version, which you can find here: Here is a list of the new and updated topics: Report writing with CRM 2015 for online and on-premises added section that includes several topics. Update […]

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Dynamics CRM: The error is not always what you see

One of my customers has had an issue with their CRM system since I upgraded them from Dynamics CRM 4.0 to 2011. Basically the System Settings page will not allow you to make changes.  I got the following JavaScript error: <ScriptErrorDetails> <Message>Object doesn’t support property or method ‘down'</Message> <Line>426</Line> <URL>/tools/systemsettings/dialogs/systemsettings.aspx</URL> <PageURL>/tools/systemsettings/dialogs/systemsettings.aspx</PageURL> <Function>anonymousr:Objectdoesn’tsupportpropertyormethod’down'</Function> <FunctionRaw>TypeError: Object doesn’t […]

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SnapShot! 3.6 for Dynamics CRM released

SnapShot! 3.6 is now available. You can read more about it by visiting the SnapShot! product page. You may also download a sample of the reports SnapShot! generates here.   What’s in this Release? This release includes the following:   New Reports The following new reports are available: Entity Maps Shows the source and target […]

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Recommendation: Aspose Words and Cells

Several of my tools generate Microsoft Excel and Word documents as part of their output and for the longest time, I have used various open-source libraries to provide me with OpenDocumentXML functionality to generate real worksheets and documents, instead of just CSV and plain text files. The only problem, especially with my SnapShot! documentation utility, […]

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Developing applications for multiple versions of Dynamics CRM

As most of you know, I have a several add-on products for Dynamics CRM developers, administrators, and consultants. They all share common user interface and application frameworks that I developed several years ago. When I first started writing these tools all I had to worry about was Dynamics CRM 4.0, which was pretty easy. Then […]

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Extended Color Palette for Xamarin.Forms

Way back in 2006 I write an article, Cascading Style Sheet Color chart, with a link to a site that created a set of colors that matched the Behr Premium paint swatches. I thought that might be valuable in my Xamarin.Forms work so I converted their work and created an Extended Color Palette structure using […]

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