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PreAuthenticate and UnsafeAuthenticatedConnectionSharing Property of CrmService

Hi,

While trying to understand the use of these properties, i found this wonderful article !

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https://community.dynamics.com/product/crm/crmtechnical/b/billoncrm/archive/2008/10/07/blog-move-58-speed-racer-call-crm-at-speeds-that-would-impress-even-trixie.aspx

Do check it out !

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Error parsing Solution. Value does not fall within the expected range.

Hi,

I started getting this error while deploying the site definition solution in SharePoint ( it was visual studio 2008) . I also had a web application in the same solution.

I removed that web application and then it got deployed without any error. However that web application was there earlier as well but it wasn’t giving error before. Not sure what exactly caused the error.

Anyways, I hope it would be useful !

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Get Value for Person or Group Column Type

To get the value for Person or Group Column Type after removing the special characters from it, use this function

private string GetValue(SPListItem item, SPField gpField)
{
    string currentValue = item[gpField.Title].ToString();
    SPFieldLookup field = (SPFieldLookup)gpField;
    SPFieldLookupValue fieldValue = (SPFieldLookupValue)field.GetFieldValue(currentValue);
    return fieldValue.LookupValue;
}

to call it

string strName = GetValue(spListItem, spListItem.Fields["fieldName"]);

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A nice tool for working for CRM

Hi,

Check out this wonderful tool

CRM Configuration Manager

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Pre-generated XmlSerializers (CrmService)for Plugin

Please refer this article

http://uwekaessner.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!21916E8556D908E!175.entry?sa=260352433

I am just writing out the main steps from it and the steps where we need to strong sign the assembly so that it could be used within Plugin.

Add web reference to CrmService.asmx

http://servername/mscrmservices/2007/CrmService.asmx

Go to “web references” folder.

Copy Reference.cs file to a new folder.

Rename it to CrmServiceSerialized.cs

Open the CrmServiceSerialized.cs class, rename the class to CrmServiceSerialized.

namespace MyApplication.CrmServiceSerialized

Change the CrmService property

public CrmService(string url) {

this.Url = url;

Complie it to a dll

If we want to use the Serialized dll within Plugin we need to strong sign it

sn.exe -k g.snk

csc /t:library /out:CrmServiceSerialized.dll CrmServiceSerialized.cs /keyfile:g.snk

To pre generate a strong named XmlSerializer dll

sgen.exe /p CrmServiceSerialized.dll /compiler:/keyfile:g.snk

Next again open CrmServiceSerialized.cs and comment out all occurrences of [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIncludeAttribute using Find and replace.

Next we need to add the attribute

“[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializerAssemblyAttribute(AssemblyName = "CrmServiceSerialized.XmlSerializers")]”

to the “CrmServiceSerialized” class.

Again generate the strong name assembly using the same key

csc /t:library /out:CrmServiceSerialized.dll CrmServiceSerialized.cs /keyfile:g.snk

Now we can add reference to CrmServiceSerialized.dll in our plugin to use it. Here also need to place CrmServiceSerialized.dll and CrmServiceSerialized.XmlSerializers.dll to the GAC.

Check this link as well

http://blogs.javista.com/2009/03/18/best-practices-for-crm-memory-usage/

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