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Count total number of records – what is the issue How simple can that be to count total number of records – just use linq query using EntitySet object like the one below var contactCounter = new ServiceContext(_service).ContactSet.Select(item => item).Count(); and that’s it. But no – you will get an exception: Invalid ‘count’ condition. An entity member is […]
Save and publish one click – what is it for If you are customizing loads of entities forms here is a solution that can speed it up a bit – save and publish one click. When I customize form, the most often repeated operations are: save publish close customization form reload entity record form Solution […]
Entity name by object type code – what is the issue Recently I found myself in a situation where there was no Xrm.Page.data.entity object so getEnityName() could not be used. Yes, there are form where it’s not available 🙂 I thought, phi, piece of cake. I remembered that there is FormEditorWebService.asmx which has a GetEnityId() so […]
Some time ago as a one part of customizations I got a request to hide AddNew button on subgrid ribbon when parent entity is opportunity. Piece of cake I thought. But it was not. Why? My first thought: open RibbonWorkbench add display rule for a EntityRule set entity name publish When I have […]
After making some unsupported SQL modyfications I got exception during importing solution. Answer; First of all enable tracing, it has almost all info about exceptions, which says: Crm Exception: Message: No RowGuid attribute defined for shareable/publishable entity ProductPriceLevel, ErrorCode: -2147220970, InnerException: Microsoft.Crm.CrmException: No RowGuid attribute defined for shareable/publishable entity ProductPriceLevel. After undoing SQL changes […]
Some time ago I needed to find all dirty attributes on form. Easy I thought. It occurs that some at some entitites getIsDirty() flag for field statuscode is always set – check on clean form load. To get all changed fields I’ve written method that read all dirty fields on form excluding specified fields. GetDirtyFields: […]
Recently, I’ve came accross situation, that despite the fact that certain field has been change on CRM form, a javascrift flag getIsDirty() == false. I’ve noticed that just after changing field value user is clicking ribbon button and that was the reason. Flag getIsDirty() is beeing set when form control loose focus – operating on […]
What for Sometimes, there is necessity of getting historical values for entity attribute. Of course to do so audit for organization, entity and attribute have to be turned on. Code below allows user, with proper privileges, to read attribute value audit. For sure if you need fancy validation this code is no good for that. […]
If you have several forms for entity, and you need to create new form based on previously created form there are two options: open form customization window and SaveAs simple copy form request can be used instead of inserting fields ony by one using Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages; var stageAdapter = new CRMServiceAdapter("SERVER_NAME", "Stage"); var organizationService = stageAdapter.Proxy; […]
Suppose we have to fields: A and B, for both fields there is registered OnChange() event, field B is disabled. In OnChange_fieldA() code we are changing fieldB attribute, but OnChange_fieldB() is not fired. Why? Build-in javascript mechanism doesn’t notify field attribute change if field is disabled or change is made via JS code, not via UI. […]