I recently blogged about the introduction of the script dependancies dialog in Version 9 where you can define the scripts that are needed by another. Although it does not solve the asynchronous loading issue for forms, it makes it simpler to add scripts to form since the dependencies will automatica... [More]
A long time ago, Dynamics CRM introduced the concept of asynchronous loading of form web resources – this created a challenge when scripts depend on other scripts to be loaded first (e.g. inheritance or using a common type system library during script loading).
Version 9 has introduced an interesti... [More]
You've seen the executionContext in the event registration dialog and you might even have used it on occasion. Well with the release of Dynamic 365 Customer Engagement Version 9, it has been elevated to be the replacement for Xrm.Page.
The document describing the replacement for Xrm.Page details it... [More]
It's a long time since I've used the old SharePoint list component and for the most part, I've not missed it. Server to Server integration is slick and just works.
That said, the one thing that I do miss is support for folders - but whilst testing the new 9.0 Enterprise Edition I've noticed that fo... [More]
I’ve published version 1.0.9 of spkl to NuGet - this adds the following new features:
Global optionset enum generation for early bound classes.
Solution Packager support
Global Optionset enum generation
This was a tricky one due to the CrmSvcUtil not making it easy to prevent multiple ... [More]
As you probably know by now, when you create Business Process Flows in 8.2+ you'll get a new custom entity that is used to store running instances (if not then read my post on the new Business Process Flow entities).
When your orgs are upgraded to 8.2 from a previous version then the business proce... [More]
This is the third video in a series showing you how to quickly setup VSTS Continuous Integration with spkl.
Watch in youtube
1. Learn more about the spkl task runner
2. Learn how to deploy plugins with the spkl task runnner
3. Learn how to deploy webresources with the spkl task runnner
This is the second video in a series showing you how get up and running with spkl with no fuss!
Watch in youtube
1. Learn more about the spkl task runner
2. Learn how to deploy plugins with the spkl task runnner
Following from my last blog post on the spkl Task Runner, this is the first video in a series showing you how get up and running with spkl with no fuss!
Why?
I've used the Dynamics Developer Toolkit since it was first released by MCS for CRM4! I love the functionality it brings however the latest version is still in beta, it isn't supported on VS2017 and there isn't a date when it's likely to be either (yes, you can hack it to make it work but that... [More]