Archive for May, 2009

Sharepoint - Unknown Error has occurred

I too have dreaded this error - it means nothing to me and just pisses me off especially when developing webparts.
You can remove this by opening the web.config,
Search for <customErrors mode=“On“ /> and change it to <customErrors mode=“Off“ />
To see the call stack and trace information. Find
<SafeMode MaxControls=“200” CallStack=“false” DirectFileDependencies=“10” TotalFileDependencies=“50” AllowPageLevelTrace=“false“>
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Exchange with Active Directory takes forever to shutdown!!

Yep, i too have experienced this problem (grr microsoft)..
They do have a KB atricle for this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829361
Cause:
This issue may occur when the following conditions are true:

The Microsoft Active Directory directory service closes before Exchange 2003 services are fully stopped during the computer shut down process.
Exchange 2003 is installed on a domain controller computer that is [...]

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Want to have a look at CRM 5??

CRM5 is currently on schedule to ship as part of the Office14 Wave (most likely sometime in 2010), and the team is only part way through the development cycle, having just completed Milestone 1 (M1). Even so, there is already much to get excited about. Here is a list of “features” that were discussed:
New Features [...]

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Send an Email from a Distribution Group - Exchange 2003

Hi All,
Today i had the wonderful pleasure of trying to figure out how to send an email from a email distribution group (active directory group).
The distribution group is ‘Support (support@xxxxxxx.com.au)’ which recieved all support emails. The user wanted to send & reply to emails from the support email address.

I had actually tried to send from this distribution group [...]

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Call/Request a workflow in CRM 4.0 using Javascript

Add a button on Form’s Toolbar/Grid’s Menu Bar for the entity in ISV config file (export ISV config)
Call launchOnDemandWorkflowForm (for button on Form) or launchOnDemandWorkflow (for button on grid) functions and pass the parameters sGrid, iObjType and workflowId.
Save the config file and import it to CRM.

An example of this could be:
&lt;Entity name=”account”&gt;
&lt;ToolBar ValidForCreate=”0″ ValidForUpdate=”1″&gt;
&lt;Button Icon=”/_imgs/mybutton.jpg” [...]

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Find/Retrieve/Get CRM 4.0 CD Key

Hello all,
For those wondering on how to find/retrieve/get your current CRM 4.0 CD key, you will have to query the MSCRM_CONFIG database.
SELECT LicenseKey FROM ConfigSettings
If you have the media (assuming it’s ordered using Volume licensing or using the SPLA media), you can look under DRIVE:\AMD 64 or I386\license.txt

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Add a Button to a Form

This post is to show how to add a Button to a MS CRM Form, not to the Navigation Pane nor to the Menu Bar, but to the actual Form itself.
In this post I will show a simple usage of the Button, to show its function. You can understand that more advanced functions can be [...]

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Recommended Microsoft CRM 4.0 Books

Hi All,
I would like to recommend to you some of the books i have read in regards to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
Working with Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM 4.0 (Paperback)

by Jim Steger (Author), Mike Snyder (Author)
Product Description
Get a practical introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM now updated for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a [...]

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CRM 4.0: Notes Count on any Entity

NotesCount is a client side JScript customization, which enables CRM useres to recognize the amount of attached notes or attachments to any CRM record (e.g. contact, account, case, …) within the tab on top of the main form of the record.
Intention
NotesCount is intended to improve the UX of all Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 users. By [...]

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CRM4: Update Rollup 4

Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering team released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 4 on Thursday, May 7, 2009.
Below are the links to the release and related information about the Rollup. Please see the Knowledge Base (KB) article for more details about the Update Rollup 4 content [...]

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