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IntelliSense for JavaScript in CRM 2011

Hi,

Follow the instructions in the following post to have the IntelliSense while writing JavaScript for CRM 2011.

http://www.patrickverbeeten.com/pages/ContentItemPage.aspx?id=9&item=118&p=true

Bye..

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();