CRM 2011 – Page 48 – Nishant Rana's Weblog

Get value for OptionSet in CRM 2011

To get the value for OptionSet we can use the following function

private
string GetOptionsSetTextOnValue(IOrganizationService service, string entityName, string attributeName, int selectedValue) {

RetrieveAttributeRequest retrieveAttributeRequest = new
RetrieveAttributeRequest {

EntityLogicalName = entityName,

LogicalName = attributeName,

RetrieveAsIfPublished = true

};
// Execute the request.
RetrieveAttributeResponse retrieveAttributeResponse =(RetrieveAttributeResponse) service.Execute(retrieveAttributeRequest);
// Access the retrieved attribute.

Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.PicklistAttributeMetadata retrievedPicklistAttributeMetadata =(Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.PicklistAttributeMetadata)

retrieveAttributeResponse.AttributeMetadata;// Get the current options list for the retrieved attribute.
OptionMetadata[] optionList =retrievedPicklistAttributeMetadata.OptionSet.Options.ToArray();
string selectedOptionLabel = string.Empty;
foreach (OptionMetadata oMD in optionList) {
if (oMD.Value == selectedValue){selectedOptionLabel = oMD.Label.UserLocalizedLabel.Label;

}

}
return selectedOptionLabel;

}

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/553178/Get-the-OptionsetValue-and-OptionsetText-for-Dynam

Hope it helps !

JavaScript to hide left navigation from form in CRM 2011

Use this

http://rajeevpentyala.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/hide-navigation-items-pane-on-form-in-crm-2011/

Things below were applicable for CRM 2011’s CTP Version (unsupported)

We can use the following JavaScript to hide the left navigation pane from form in CRM 2011

function LeftNav() {

// hide the left navigation pane

document.getElementById(“crmNavBar”).parentElement.style.display = “none”;

// after hiding the crmform’s content panel moves to left

// to set it back to full width set the colspan

document.getElementById(“tdAreas”).parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.colSpan = 2;

// show only information section in the form

// hide the related section and the table below it.

document.getElementById(“crmFormNavSubareas”).parentElement.style.display = “none”;

document.getElementById(“crmFormNavSubareas”).parentElement.parentElement.previousSibling.style.display = “none”;

}

Hope it helps !

Using OrganizationServiceClient in CRM 2011

Add Service Reference to the Organization WCF service in the application.

URL àhttp://servername:port/OrganizationName/xrmServices/2011/organization.svc

Use the following code to perform various functions using OrganizationServiceClient

Entity myContact = new Entity();

myContact.LogicalName = “contact”;

AttributeCollection myAttColl = new AttributeCollection();

myAttColl.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, object>(“lastname”, “Rana”));

myContact.Attributes = myAttColl;
ClientCredentials credentials = new ClientCredentials();
Uri organizationUri = new Uri(“http://servername:port/organizationname/xrmServices/2011/organization.svc”);
try{
OrganizationServiceClient orgClient = new OrganizationServiceClient();

orgClient.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(“username”, “password”, “domain”);

orgClient.Create(myContact);

}
catch (Exception ex){

throw ex;

}

Hope it helps.

CRM Shortcut in CRM 2011 Dialogs

Hi I was just wondering how we can use CRM Shortcut radio button option that appears in Insert Hyperlink dialog box of Dialogs in CRM 2011.

After searching for it, I found the following post which says that we should ignore that button as it won’t be there in the final release.

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/crm2011beta/thread/d012ae9e-4bc5-4bdb-ae6f-c58da16882dc

Hope it helps !

Sample code to add a custom group to lead form in CRM 2011

For adding a custom group to a lead form we can make use of the following sample code.

Just replace the lead with your entity’s schema name to use it

</CommandUIDefinition>

</CustomAction>

</Controls>

</Group>

</CommandUIDefinition>

</CustomAction>

</CustomActions>

</Templates>

</CommandDefinitions>

</RuleDefinitions>

</RibbonDiffXml>

Hope it helps!

Using JavaScript in a custom button in CRM 2011

Now let us built on our existing example of adding custom button.

https://nishantrana.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/adding-my-first-custom-button-in-crm-2011/

Now on click of the button I want to show alert message “Hello World” i.e. call JavaScript.

This is our existing Button Definition

(Add a new Jscript web resource to the solution named MyJavaScript)

function HelloWorld() {

alert(‘Hello World’);

}

Now add a Command attribute to Button

<Button Id=”B_MyFirstButton“

Command=”Cmd_JavaScript“

LabelText=”My First Button“ ToolTipTitle=”My First Button Tool Tip Title“ ToolTipDescription=”My First Button Tool Tip Description“ TemplateAlias=”o1“ Image16by16=”/_imgs/ribbon/saveandclose16.png“ Image32by32=”/_imgs/ribbon/saveandclose32.png“/>

Now we need to define this Command.

This is how we can define it

</JavaScriptFunction>

</Actions>

</CommandDefinition>

</CommandDefinitions>

However if we zip and import this solution, the button would appear disabled.

To enable it we need to add EnableRule to it.

</EnableRules>

</JavaScriptFunction>

</Actions>

</CommandDefinition>

</CommandDefinitions>

Now after importing and publishing it

The final RibbonDiffXml looks like this

<RibbonDiffXml>
<CustomActions>
<CustomAction
Id="CA_MyFirstButton"
Location="Mscrm.Form.account.MainTab.Save.Controls._children"
Sequence="31">
<CommandUIDefinition>
<Button
Id="B_MyFirstButton"
Command="Cmd_JavaScript"
LabelText="My First Button"
ToolTipTitle="My First Button Tool Tip Title"
ToolTipDescription="My First Button Tool Tip Description"
TemplateAlias="o1"
Image16by16="/_imgs/ribbon/saveandclose16.png"
Image32by32="/_imgs/ribbon/saveandclose32.png"/>
</CommandUIDefinition>
</CustomAction>
</CustomActions><Templates>
<RibbonTemplates
Id="Mscrm.Templates"/>
</Templates>
<CommandDefinitions>
<CommandDefinition
Id="Cmd_JavaScript">
<EnableRules>
<EnableRule
Id="Mscrm.Enabled"/>
</EnableRules>
<DisplayRules/>
<Actions>
<JavaScriptFunction
Library="$webresource:new_MyJavaScript"
FunctionName="HelloWorld">
</JavaScriptFunction>
</Actions>
</CommandDefinition>
</CommandDefinitions>
<RuleDefinitions>
<TabDisplayRules/>
<DisplayRules/>
<EnableRules/>
</RuleDefinitions>
<LocLabels/>
</RibbonDiffXml>

Hope it helps!