Ever since Microsoft CRM moved online and Plugin sandboxing became mandatory, you'll have likely com [More]
I recently found an issue with Dynamics 365 Version 9 where a call to ITracingService.Trace(message) [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]
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!
I once heard someone say that "the great thing about Dynamics CRM is that it just looks after itself" Whilst CRM2013 is certainly very good at performing maintenance tasks automatically, if you have a customised system it is important to Monitor, Monitor, Monitor! There are some advanced ways of set... [More]
I have been asked "should I use Real Time Workflows instead of Plugins?" many times since CRM2013 first introduced this valuable new feature. Real Time Workflows (RTWFs) certainly have many attractive benefits over Plugins including:
Uses the same interface as standard workflows making it very qu... [More]
Happy New Year!
Dynamics CRM has fantastic localisation support and multiple language user interfaces is no exception to that rule. Installable language packs provide translations for out-of-the box labels, whilst customizers are able to translate their own labels for the following elements:
Fie... [More]
Supposing you needed some custom logic to happen immediately after a lead was qualified. You can achieve this by registering a Plug-in on the QualifyLead Post Operation stage. From within this Plug-in you can easily get a reference to the newly created Account, Contact and Opportunity and make any c... [More]
Here it is!
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crm/archive/2011/09/22/update-rollup-4-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011.aspx
The release schedule for the next two are:
Update Rollup 5 will be delivered earlier than the 8-week cycle and is scheduled to release at the end of October 2011.
Update Rollup 6 wil... [More]
When registering a Plug-In Step on the 'AddItem' and 'RemoveItem' messages I've found a couple of things to watch out for.
1. Missing InputParameters
When registering on Campaign Activity in response to adding a Marketing List, the InputParameters collection on the 'AddItem' step should contain th... [More]