CRM4: Hiding Existing Products/ Write-In Products Navigation Labels
Paste this into your onload of your quote entity. {codecitation style="brush: javascript;"}var existingProducts = document.getElementById("navExistingProducts");var writeInProducts =...
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CRM4: Quote Products View To Show Existing and Write-In Products Together
This possibly is an unsupported modification, so you have been warned. update savedquerybaseset columnsetxml = '<columnset...
View ArticleCRM4: Prompts Users for credentials when accessed from different subnet
Embarrassingly enough i was stumped on a escalated support call today where the users on a different subnet were constantly being prompted for their credentials and were unable to access the CRM...
View ArticleMSCRMTECH: Gets a New look!!
This weekend i decided my blog looked a bit too bright, so i changed it....hopefully you guys think for the better!
View ArticleJSCRIPT: Convert FetchXML Date to Javascript Date
The date value that comes in the results of a FetchXML request cant really be used in its form as its just a UTC sting.... really useless if you want to do some Date Comparision work on it. if you use...
View ArticleCRM4: Clearing a picklist quickly
Developing a solution involving picklist and language translations and i needed a way to clear the picklist quickly. The obvious way was to use the DeleteOption whilst iterating through the Option...
View ArticleCRM4: Sorting picklist values by text in other languages
I came across a issue today that i never had thought about before. CRM allows you to sort a CRM Picklist in its base language only. This means that all other languages will see a more jumbled up list...
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C# MSCRM 4 Authentication login form
Winform login form that creates and passes over a CRM Service & MetaDataService Object to the next form. Useful for form applications that need to connect to MSCRM webservices. I created this for...
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C# MSCRM 2011 Authentication login form
Winform login form that creates and passes over a CRM Service & MetaDataService Object to the next form. Useful for form applications that need to connect to MSCRM 2011 webservices. I created this...
View ArticleMSCRMTECH: Site Update - Project/Tools Download Area
Had a clear out last night and decided i would start putting some of my past and current bits online, these will be pieces of codes, tools that either i have used or still use in projects. Download...
View ArticleIIS7: Error 500.19 Can not log on locally to XXXXX as user XXXXX with virtual...
My Colleague came across a problem today, a custom ASPX page was giving the above error. C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config we had a go at removing the password attribute (which...
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WORK: Senior CRM Consultant @ Pythagoras
Today is my first day as a Senior CRM Consultant for Pythagoras, It seems i will be working with very experienced people that share the passion/obsession for XRM Solutions. Im looking forward to learn...
View ArticleCRM4: Stopping OpportunityClose Window from opening
Had a interesting requirement spec this week from a client that wanted to attach a status to the opportunity product entity. When it came to closing the quote, they wanted to only be able to do this if...
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CRM4: SOP Integration Mode for Dynamics CRM
Whilst working on an Integration project this week, one of my colleagues made me aware of a vaguely documented “mode” that makes MSCRM Sales Order Processing integration easier to work with other third...
View ArticleSharepoint: Error - Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly...
Today i was tasked with debugging and fixing a custom web service that interacts with sharepoint. seeing that the web service only actually required a few strings as parameters i decided that the best...
View ArticleCRM 4: Ways to determine current MSCRM Rollup version
Extremely useful KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946594
View ArticleCRM 4: Import Organization Failed Error - ExecuteNonQuery requires an open...
A colleague bought this error to my attention today. Luckily i have encountered this problem before and pointed him directly to the reports. The secret is to look at the trace log ASWELL as the error...
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CRM2011: Client Side Scripting using oData to retrieve values
This is an example of how to get a list of all the contacts in the system using the REST Endpoint. In order for this to work you will need the JSON2 and jQuery 1.5 and they need to be loaded into the...
View ArticleSSRS: Error Message: The report parameter ‘P1? is read-only and cannot be...
Error Message: The report parameter ‘P1? is read-only and cannot be modified. (rsReadOnlyReportParameter) Came across this error last week with any custom report that was uploaded into MSCRM. The error...
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CRM2011: Renaming sections in SiteMap
Create a new solution adding the existing sitemap. Export the solution as Unmanged. Extract the solution zip file and open up customizations.xml in Visual Studio and add the schema...
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CRM4: Create SharePoint Folder Workflow Activity
Create Folder In Sharepoint Custom Workflow Activity Download Custom Workflow activity that is good to go! Has been tested with MOSS and WSS and is compatible…. Just register the plugin assembly (in...
View ArticleCRM4: Easy SharePoint Integration - New Workflow released for download
Very simple workflow activity that allows users to configure SharePoint folder creation and viewing from MSCRM. Feel free to download it, source code is included.. If you found it useful let me know....
View ArticleMSCRMTECH: New RSS Feed
It was about time i got my RSS feed working correctly. You will notice that there is a new option in the menu for RSS Feeds. Please subscribe to this feed so you can be automatically updated with the...
View ArticleSharepoint: MOSS 2010 Microsoft.SharePoint.DLL Location
The 2010 Sharepoint Assembly needs to be re-added manually to Visual Studio. The Default location should be the following. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ISAPI...
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CRM4: Reopen Sales Order Record using on demand workflow
A clients requirement popped up today that i solved previously using naught unsupported methods "SQL".... The clients would like to effectively reopen a sales order to update one of the details. This...
View ArticleCRM4: Useful c#.net snippet to get user or contact by email address
Useful snippet of code that i use all the time, may be helpful to others... public Guid getUserByEmailAddress(String email, CrmService service) {QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression();...
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CRM2011: Online £22.75 offer extended until the end of the year....
More reasons to jump onto the MSCRM Online band wagon..........
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CRM2011: Customer Portal released for use without internet
Shaum McArther has kindly released the customer portal with the active directory "hack" on it. This allows you to set up the portal on a virtual image without authentication from windows live. This...
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TOOLS: Remote Desktop Connection Manager v2.2
Found this nifty tool online today and it seems to have already sped up finding the right IP address and password for a particular server. it allows grouping of servers and you can inherit settings...
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CRM2011: How clean are you records? – Free CTPS add-on for Dynamics CRM 2011
Whilst visiting a client last week, I was introduced to the CTPS (Commercial Telephone Preference Service) it occurred to me that this would be great to integrate into MSCRM as part as a...
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C#: Custom Workflow Activity to validate Telephone Number against CTPS Database
See here for detailed explanation and sample use. This has been tested on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 On Premise Only. Just add your username and password to the code and rebuild. Install the plugin...
View ArticleCRM2011: Crm Exception: Message: systemform With Id = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Came aross this error this morning working on a development environment. It seems that the system couldnt find a form that it needed on a specific entity. I resolved the problem by creating a new main...
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 PHP CMS Website Integration
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 PHP CMS Website Integration I was asked how easy it would be to integrate CRM with an Open source CMS system. Having a look online I realised that many people have asked...
View ArticleCRM2011: PHP CMS Website Integration
There is a distinct need to have website interaction in regards to Dynamics CRM 2011, ive added a solution to my projects area that deals with authentication of a open source CMS agaisnt a contact...
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Useful: Workflowy –tool for capturing requirements (and general note taking)
I’m not sure what it is about this about this tool, but I’ve really warmed to it. Effectively this is a glorified To-Do list (Well not even a glorified one!) Currently I use many ways to take...
View ArticleTip: Restoring SQL Database from a network location
Just a quick tip if you wanted to restore a SQL database from a network location as opposed to your local file structure. This is a restriction for SQL management studio and sometimes a real pain when...
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CRM2011: You do not have necessary permissions to change the domain logon...
Came across the above error this morning, It was appearing when we were trying to add a new user to a freshly installed CRM server at a clients site. The solution was found online. You have to set...
View ArticleCRM2011: Error - System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly...
Had this error on a client machine today i was running migration scripts on with Scribe, it seemed to create this error in the trace log everytime we tried to connect. The workaround was to obtain the...
View ArticleJAVASCRIPT: Using JavaScript to connect to web service
Recently i was asked to connect a CRM form to a webservice, the script had to provide some details from a field as a parameter and the response had to be recorded on the form. Below is a snippet of how...
View ArticleASPNET: Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'targetFramework'.
Came across an annoying error this morning whilst deploying a custom web service onto a client machine. Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration...
View ArticleCRM2011: Extending the 10000 Record Limit when exporting to Excel
Please note - this tip is an unsupported amendment to the Dynamics CRM database. Please take caution if implementing this in a production environment. Look for the OrganisationBase table in the CRM...
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SCRIBE: Mapping Write-In Products to Existing Products in CRM 2011
One of our clients had requested that we converted all of the Sales order Write-In Product lines to their new set of existing product items. We were provided with an excel file showing the name of the...
View ArticleCRM2011: Upgrade Queues to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
A worthwhile page to bookmark in regards to what happens to queues when upgrading to CRM 2011. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg327885.aspx
View ArticleCRM2011: CRM 4 CRM GRID javascript code change on Upgrade to CRM 2011
Currently upgrading a large UK charity to CRM 4 from CRM 2011, one of the issues we have come accross recently is that the CRM Grid object on the advanced Find search results has had its object ID...
View ArticleCRM2011: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter
It seems that Microsoft have given us the ability to transfer instances of Organisations from one system to another (regardless of deployment), this is going to be a must have tool for when deploying...
View ArticleASPMVC3: No parameterless constructor defined for this object error
Came across the above error today when building an ASPX MVC 3 Application. This error appeared because i never created a default constructor for the Model i was using... Example Below... {codecitation...
View ArticleCRM2011: Scribe Error "LookupAccountNameW failed with error" when importing...
Came across this error this morning when trying to import Systemusers from a CRM 4 instance. The error occurs when a a user is being created but the supplied AD login details cannot be found. (i.e....
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CRM: New role at Touchstone Group
Im happy to say that i have just started that a new role as a Senior Consultant at Touchstone
View ArticleSCRIBE: Source SQL Query does not generate source links
Came across a annoying issue today in which a SQL Query that works fine in SQL management studio did not show any columns when using it as a source query in Scribe Workbench, We found that Scribe...
View ArticleSCRIBE: Source Columns Not Displaying from SQL Query
Had this issue this morning with a SQL query i had created for my data source in Scribe Workbench, after numerous attempts of reopening the application a colleague pointed out that Scribe does not...
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