Bradley M. Law

Setting attribute description as a tooltip for a field in entities forms in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Great code I have not tried yet but I am certain I will need it by ANDRIY A33IK BUTENKO

Add IFRAME to a form, system and custom entities plus format IFRAME

This is a great piece of code I put together by merging two sets of code. Basically the following creates an IFRAME and formats the IFRAME in a professional manner. // Builds a string for the source attribute of an IFrame // Credit is given to Michael Hohne and Andrew Zimmer for the following code. [...]

CRM 4.0 Concatenate Lookup Fields or regular fields on Form

Found a couple of solutions posted in the MS forums on this post, I had the best luck with the following: To start update new_OpportunityID and new_ContactID with your fields, this example concatenates the Opportunity ID and Contact ID lookup fields. var lookupItemOppID = new Array; lookupItemOppID = crmForm.all.new_OpportunityID.DataValue; var vOpportunityID= (lookupItemOppID[0] != null) ? [...]

Creating a CRM 4.0 test/training organization from your production organization

Great article on creating a CRM 4.0 test/training organization from your production organizationhttp://www.wipfli.com/BlogPost_MCRM_Blog_8_12_09.aspx

Microsoft White Paper on Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Connectivity and Firewall Port Requirements in On-Premise Deployments This is a great white paper that has come into use for an enterprise solution I am working with on a client site. This document covers Connectivity and Firewall Port Requirements in On-Premise Deployments for Dynamics CRM 4.0. Overview Many [...]

Removing the CRM For Outlook button appears in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Made the mistake of leaving the “CRM for Outlook” button my web form before turning users loose into a UAT preparation enviornment. Here is an article on removing the link from the Microsoft Support Site @ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2004601 This is interesting. Looks like others have been searcing perhaps? Note This is a “FAST PUBLISH” article created [...]

CRM Concatenate two fields (or more than two)

Always a good one to remember. crmForm.new_fullname.DataValue = crmForm.new_firstname.DataValue + " " + crmForm.new_lastname.DataValue

CRM Volume License Key & Product Registration

Received this note from MS on pre-pided CRM Volume License Keys! In my case I had already copied all instalaltion media over to the new hardware from an old product download. Then I went searcing for my license key to find out its pre-pidded in the Volume Licensing .iso file still on the MS site. [...]

IIS6 Compatibility Mode for IIS7

Great article on compatibility between II6 and II7 b y ActiveXperts. http://www.activexperts.com/support/activmonitor/online/ii6metabase/ How to install the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility components on IIS 7 The ActiveXperts Network Monitor Web Configurator requires that the Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer where you are configuring a Virtual Directory has the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility components installed. [...]

Unable to add custom entity in CRM 4.0

Just had a strange issue on a development server where I was not able to add a new custom entity? After a little research I found the following two articles on this topic. It seems that an old rollup was the cause, in my case a simple IISRESET did the trick however here are the [...]

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