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Tip #274: Lookup fields in CRM for tablets
I recently wrote the book The CRM Mobile Survival Guide. In Chapter 5 I discuss how to configure Dynamics CRM to give users a good user experience when using CRM via the CRM for Tablets app. One thing...
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Tip #288: Remove event handlers Texas style
Today’s developer productivity tip comes from Mitch “Texas Baby Oil” Milam. The fastest way to remove all of the Event Handlers from a form is to remove the JavaScript Library or Libraries associated...
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Tip #324: Open a record using just ID
Joel recently has explained how to find a record using id. Cute, very cute. Text editors. What’s next, vim? Want to be a real developer? Repeat after me: Open CRM in IE Press F12 Click Console tab Type...
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Tip #398: Careful with those .js libraries
After denting his table, Mehmet “Sputnik” Ozdemir finally decided to use his call-a-friend card. The problem? After attaching this trivial piece of script to the birthday field function dateonchange()...
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Tip #402: My form script changes aren’t working
“I made an update to a form script in Dynamics CRM, but I don’t think it worked–it still acts the way it used to before I made the change. What’s happening?” What most likely is happening is that your...
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Tip #531: CRM, SPA and CORS walk into a bar
If you wanted to access your CRM from the javascript using web services, the only option until CRM 2016 was to wrap your script as a webresource. That way script is hosted in the same domain as CRM and...
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Tip #550: Subgrids and scripts
One of the Easter Eggs in CRM Online 2015 Update 1/CRM 2016 are the ability to execute scripts when subgrids load. With this enhancement, CRM developers can set event handlers for the OnLoad event of...
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Tip #570: Remote debugging in CRM with vorlon.js
Our resident visual effects tipster asked me the other day if I had any experience with using vorlon.js in CRM. I didn’t as I never heard of it. But since someone somewhere some time ago pointed out...
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Tip #574: Hidden sources of javascript errors
Quite often developers complain about getting javascript errors when the form does not contain any scripts or events. Explicit script definitions are not the only source of the possible errors:...
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Tip #589: Programmatically Move Cross Entity Business Process Flow Stages in...
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Gayan “Not Daddy” Perera. As often the case with Gayan’s tips, this one is a nugget. Moving the stage of a cross entity business process flow programmatically...
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Tip #699: Don’t go back on context
This one is for javascript lovers. If you work with HTML web resources, you know that you need to include ClientGlobalContext.js.aspx to get CRM context in your script. If everything is working...
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Tip #706: Passing arguments to the webresource does not work after...
We are all mortals, after all. I just witnessed a rare occassion when even Tanguy “The XRM Toolbox” Touzard needed a helping hand from none other than Andrii “Khohol” Butenko. Tanguy I’m working on a...
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Tip #1032: Be careful with those function names
Today’s tip is from Tom Pickles – thank you! And, hey, you can be a guest tipster too – just send your tip to jar@crmtipoftheday.com. I fixed a curious issue today that I thought I’d share. Users had...
View ArticleTip #1159: Run your script after business rules
Dynamics 365/CRM customizations inflicted by a customer are always fun. How can I tell their customizations apart? Easy, by the new_ prefix. Where things get really complicated if the customer later...
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Tip #1198: Add email address to recipients in javascript
The advantage of having access to friendly brainpower is that the problems are getting resolved much quicker. The disadvantage is that it breeds inattentive coding. Daryl “Always Raising” LaBar almost...
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Tip #1312: View process history from Unified Interface forms
Tipster note–this tip is an unsupported tip. It’s not going to damage anything, but it is unsupported and may stop working with future updates. Proceed at your own risk. So you have moved to unified...
View ArticleTip #1410: 50 Shades of Regex
I usually don’t drool over code but this one is just way too elegant for me not to. StackEdit – In-browser Markdown editor is an awesome app for markdown editing. One of the standout features is...
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Tip #1445: Date picker in Power Pages revisited
The product has been renamed at least twice since we talked last time about how to restrict the date picker control in now Power Pages. But most importantly that code, according to some reports, no...
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