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#crm-2011
Postpone CRM Rollup Database Updates
Update Rollup 17 for CRM 2011 creates new indexes for database tables when installed. Because of this the install can take several hours.
Pass XRM Ribbon Parameters Using JavaScript Array
Trying to pass the list of selected items from a grid using query parameters has limitations due to restrictions on the size of a URL.
Increase CRM Paging Limit for User
Below is an unsupported method for increasing the number of records in each page of a view. This setting is individual to each users.
Wake Up IIS Websites
One of the biggest issues I have found with using authentication methods like Kerberos Constrained Delegation is that the first person who hits the site in the morning gets a 500 error until the…
Get Times for CRM Import Jobs
This script will give you the times for CRM import jobs that have been run on your system.
Reset Default Org for CRM Users
The script below will change the default org for users. This can be helpful if you have disabled the original default org and users are now getting the crm error that the organization has been…
CRM 2011 Performance Settings
Disable Loopback check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Lsa New DWORD Value: DisableLoopbackCheck = 1 (Decimal) CRM Settings HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/MSCRM New DWORD…
Page Not Found 404 After Install or Uninstalling CRM 2011 UR
After uninstalling an update rollup and rebooting the machine CRM starting coming back with a 404 Page Not Found error when trying to access the site.
Deletion State Codes Fields Preventing Solution Import
If you have upgraded a CRM database from 4.0. to 2011 you may have some leftover fields that end in dsc.
CRM 2011 Dashboards Inside IFrames
If you are going to place CRM 2011 Dashboards within an IFrame make sure your URL points to:
CRM Setup and Org Import Logs
Location of CRM 2011 Setup Logs and Organization Import Logs.
Force Line Break in CRM 2011 Ribbon Labels
With really long title on CRM ribbon buttons the text will fill the entire space before going to the next line. In order to for text to the next line you can use the Zero Width Space.
Xrm.Page.ui Not Available on Primary Grid
While developing an EnableRule for some new functionality I decided to use an Async call. Here is a great link on how to use Async calls with EnableRule.
GetPickListProperty.name Returns Null in PreCreate
In CRM 4.0 using the Target.GetPickListProperty("fieldname").name property would return the string value of the pick list item display name even in a PreCreate plugin step.
Plugin Set to Use Offline but Entity Offline Settings Not Configured
While attempting to deploy a solution to CRM 2011 I received the following error during the import.
CustomRule - Just one at a time please.
When you define a CommandDefinition in the CRM 2011 and you want to use a CustomRule underneath an EnableRule just remember that your CustomRule will never fire if you have other EnableRules applied…
User Rights Issues in CRM using JavaScript
I needed to find a way to determine if a user did not exist in CRM or did not have any rights. The devError page is available in both CRM 4 and 2011 and returns the same errors.
CRM 2011 Publisher Policy / Redirection
While working on a CRM 2011 application I kept getting the following error even though I was not even using the CRM 4.0 SDK file.
CRM 2011 Ribbon XML Tips
foreach (EntityMetadata em in resp.EntityMetadata) { if (em.IsCustomEntity == true) { entRibReq.EntityName = em.LogicalName; if (em.IsIntersect == true) //check to see if the entity is a M2M…
Global Context for CRM 2011
When creating htm pages as webresources in 2011 there are many times you would want to get information about CRM such as the orgname and server url.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Walkthrough Part 2
A great overview of what is new in CRM 2011
CRM 4 to 2011 Javascript Converter
Project Description: CRM 4 to CRM 2011 Javascript Converter helps convert scripts to the latest CRM 2011 Form scripting model.