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[VSTO] Debugging VSTO applications

Escuchoyo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:32:00 GMT

One very useful trick to debug VSTO applications is this “cheeky” flag: VSTO_SUPPRESSDISPLAYALERTS . It’s a environment variable to enable error messages about dodgy exceptions, like COM exceptions. For example, I was getting a strange behavior in my Office Word application when I was trying to add a new Plain Text Control: However, my VSTO application didn’t show me any messages or warning about any error, until I added this environment variable VSTO_SUPPRESSDISPLAYALERTS to my system with value...(read more)

[WPF] Custom Check Box Template

Escuchoyo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:01:00 GMT

Once again, let’s enjoy the WPF’s flexibility to change any style and template. In this case, I’ve customised the Check Box’s style to get the next appearance: Unchecked Checked Focus Mouse Over You can download the code from here. My example is based on this good MSDN article about Check Box’s template . There you can also find templates for other controls....(read more)

[WCF] Delegation between WCF and CRM Services

Escuchoyo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:37:00 GMT

Impersonation and Delegation are important concepts around the services' world. Impersonation restricts client access to resources in the local machine where is running the service and Delegation restricts client access to resources on other machine. In my scenario, I was trying to access from a WCF service to Dynamics CRM 4.0 services using Delegation. In WCF, Delegation is a special type of Impersonation, which can be configured easily according to the next good articles: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730088.aspx...(read more)

CRM Case Study. Alfapeople and TTT Moneycorp

Escuchoyo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:38:00 GMT

Below you can watch the video of a Microsoft case study about one of the main customer of my current company Alfapeople Ltd: TTT Moneycorp . Here I’ve enjoyed working in interesting and challenging projects related to CRM, WCF and WPF In addition, in the next link http://www.microsoftmovies.co.uk/dynamics/general/ you can watch more case studies about different businesses and Microsoft solutions in UK. Enjoy :)...(read more)

[CRM4] Thanks Rollup 8. Error adding a user to CRM 4

Escuchoyo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:47:00 GMT

According to the CRM Update Rollup 8 , they have resolved the following error: “After you install Update Rollup 3 or Update Rollup 4, you cannot add a user to more than one organization in the same deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM if the user exists in a child domain" …and definitely they have, because I tested it the last week. However, the scenario wasn’t exactly a parent/child domain, but a trusted link domain were instead. Download CRM 4 Rollup 8...(read more)

[CRM4] Searches and Views

Escuchoyo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:12:00 GMT

Searches are fundamental in any CRM. Dynamics CRM provides different ways to search records from any entity. The most powerful search is the Advanced Find , which allows normal users to create custom queries and save them as new views, so that they can reuse them: Why do some attributes not show up? Only searchable attributes are showed up in Advanced Find Looking at CRM Metadata a bit deeply, this “Searchable” property is translated to “ ValidForAdvancedFind ” property in AttributeMetadata. However,...(read more)

[CRM4] Add/Remove Activities and Notes relationships

Escuchoyo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:59:00 GMT

When you create a new entity in CRM 4, you have to define if it will have Note and Activities relationships. After you’ve created it, you won’t be able to change it (important to remember it!). However, sometimes we forget it :) and we need to add or remove these relationships later. In that case, we can do the next trick: Export the corresponding entity that you want to add / remove Note and Activities relationships Delete this entity from CRM In the XML file that you’ve exported with the customisations,...(read more)

[WPF/WCF] DataGrid + DoubleClick + MVVM + Loading Splash (description & code)

Escuchoyo — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:02:00 GMT

Using the DataGrid WPF Toolkit, this post shows a simple client/server application to fill a DataGrid according to the information that is provided by a WCF service. When any row receives a double click, a new document (jpeg or docx for this example) is opened by an external application. The application is designed using MVVM pattern, where View and ViewModel are placed in the client side and Model in the server side. In our example, we will show a set of “Alerts” in a DataGrid , so that we will...(read more)

[DataBase] Quick way to test DB connection: UDL files

Escuchoyo — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:44:00 GMT

Many times we need to test quickly database connections. An easy and handy way is to use UDL files. From your desktop, try to create a new file and rename its extension with “.udl” if you do double click in the new file, you will get a familiar dialog to configure your DB connection string and test it:...(read more)

[WPF] Custom Listbox (description and source code)

Escuchoyo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

WPF allows to create custom controls with flexibility. In this case, I’ll show you a custom Listbox with the follow interesting features: Resizeable (listbox and its items) Custom items with text and picture Mouse over effect with custom color Selected item with custom background color Items Source from Binding. In my example, I’ve used a collection of “Customer” objects to fill the elements of the listbox, simulating that they are provided by a external service, as well as each picture is a array...(read more)

[ASP.NET] A single assembly for the entire Web site

Escuchoyo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:52:00 GMT

From Visual Studio 2008, we don’t have yet, by default, an option to compile a web site with all its assemblies in only one DLL. But you can do it installing Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Projects . Read more about it here ....(read more)

[CRM 4] Recovering from ISV.config errors

Escuchoyo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:08:00 GMT

CRM accepts different types of easy and quick user interface customizations like new menus, custom buttons, and navigation areas, which can be added throughout the application. To do it, only we should update the ISV.config, an XML file that we can export like any other customisation of CRM. However, although CRM validate this XML file, some error can be entered and our CRM interface can be damaged. Supposing, like a good practise, we did a copy security of our original ISV.config, we will be able...(read more)

[CRM] CRM or XRM ??

Escuchoyo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:00 GMT

What is CRM? Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a versatile business solution that we can easily tailor to your specific business needs. As an inherent part of your business strategy Microsoft CRM exceeds the benefits of a sheer software solution and gives you an all-inclusive, 360 degree overview of your business. The flexible platform of Microsoft CRM allows you to automate manual processes, increase efficiency and productivity and truly connect with your customers. Managing sales, marketing and customer...(read more)

[CRM] BoomerangSMS

Escuchoyo — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Let me introduce you one of our last Alfapeople CRM project: BoomerangSMS. This solution allows you to automatically send and receive text messages through CRM by using the Boomerang SMS API. The project consists of an SMS Router Service plus all the customisations required to get it working on any Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployment. Boost your productivity and plummet costs by routinely managing appointment scheduling, order confirmations and delivery times according to preset workflows. This add-on...(read more)

[CRM 4] Error using Bulk Deletion Jobs: "This condition had one or more Lookup values that are not valid"

Escuchoyo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:10:00 GMT

Using the Bulk Deletion Jobs tool that I told you in my previous post , I’ve found a bug, which is not yet resolved and I’m trying to find out it. I’m not sure if it’s a CRM issue or it’s a issue of my solution, so I’m looking for your opinion and similar experiences. The point is when you create programmatically Build Deletion Jobs whose query contains conditions with LookUp types , (DateTime, Picklist, strings, decimals,.. work fine) these attributes aren’t showed properly in the Bulk Delete Operation...(read more)