Speaking of feature creep, web resources are one of the few system-level data items that can sort of build-up over time, if not properly maintained. Again, this happens because of a change in business direction, a rewrite of functionality, etc. Most of the time, these unused web resources cause no problems at all, other than […]
Continue readingOne 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 […]
Continue readingI really cannot emphasize this enough, but this is your chance to fix all of your code and architecture issues. You are taking the time to, in most cases, upgrade your hardware platforms, move the databases around, etc., so why would you not spend time fixing code that has existed for years. The chances are […]
Continue readingI am in the process of migrating one of my customers from Dynamics CRM 2011 to Dynamics CRM 2015. While moving to the new environment, I am also moving their forms to the new form model. While working on the Contract form, I noticed that every record that I reviewed had no activities associated with […]
Continue readingSnapShot! 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 […]
Continue readingAs 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 […]
Continue readingI ran into a couple of things while performing a fresh on-premise installations of Dynamics CRM 2013 and 2015 that I wanted to capture. Service Credentials Dynamics CRM 2015 does not like it when the SSRS service, SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER), is running under a local user account so I had to change […]
Continue readingI find it very helpful to have a textual copy of error reports found in dialogs such as the one below: If you didn’t already know it is actually possible to get the text of a dialog in Microsoft Windows, in any version that I have ever used, up to and including Windows Server […]
Continue reading[via Susan Bradley] The Excel team blog has an interesting article regarding Excel files generated by Dynamics CRM. Example Scenario: You have an Excel file that was created by Dynamics CRM. When double clicking on it in Windows Explorer, the file may try to open in Notepad or Windows Internet Explorer, rather than Excel […]
Continue readingA new version of Transformer! is now available. This version updates the underlying SDK assemblies that are used to communicate with Dynamics CRM so that Transformer! can now communicate with Dynamics CRM 4.0, 2011, 2013, and 2015. Learn more about Transformer! by visiting the product page.
Continue readingI run into this occasionally when converting Dynamics CRM 4.0 JavaScript into the 2011 object model. Consider this piece of code: if ((crmForm.all.new_field1.DataValue >= 3) && (crmForm.all.new_field1.DataValue <= 10)) { sitetotal = 2; } else if (crmForm.all.new_field1.DataValue > 10) { sitetotal = 3; } else if (crmForm.all.new_field1.DataValue = 0) { sitetotal = 0; } Can […]
Continue readingAs I have stated previously, if you are not using Visual Studio to edit your Dynamics CRM JavaScript, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. Consider this code: Can you spot the problem? Visual Studio and Resharper did. Notice the blue line under Industrytotal? It is there because Industrytotal has not been defined […]
Continue readingAs with many things in Dynamics CRM Development, there are more than one way to do the same task. Take the addition of an OnChange event handler, for instance. A Little Background Here is how we would normally configure an OnChange Event that automatically formats a phone number field: This links to […]
Continue readingStarting with Dynamics CRM 2011, we have the ability to hide form elements (fields, sections, tabs) by using either JavaScript or by setting the Visible by Default property using the properties dialog for each individual form element. If you are upgrading your JavaScript from Dynamics CRM 4.0, you probably have code in your OnLoad event […]
Continue readingHere is the detail of that error: Some plug-ins or custom workflow activities in your system appear to be using the Microsoft CRM 4.0 SDK. Use of the Microsoft CRM 4.0 SDK is not supported in this release. For information about how to upgrade custom code, refer to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK topic […]
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