Archive for 2010
Email Router Outgoing Email Delays

Hi,
We have a client who uses workflows to guide their sales and marketing process very heavily and relies on certain emails being automatically sent as notifications from their CRM instance.
When we first set-up their solution we used the Outlook.
Cannot See Customization In Settings Area

Hi,
Sorry its been a while…..
I have had this REALLY annoying issue on my desk machine for a while. Anytime I accessed our internal CRM system, even though I had the System Administrator security role, I could see everything except for the.
Posted by XRM Consultant
Resize Form & Hide Left Navigation Area of CRM Form
Hi, As much as I like the look and feel of CRM when you are developing a true xRM solution for a client, as we all know, less can be more. With this in mind, whilst developing a solution for a client recently, I wanted to hide the entire left-hand.
MS Dynamics Convergence Europe 2010
Hi, Very pleased to say I have just booked to go to Convergence 2010 Europe. Got to be honest, never been before but very much looking forward to meeting different people within the Dynamics Community, exchanging ideas etc. I have been searching.
Set CRM Form To Full Screen
Hi, Quick but useful piece of JavaScript for you. Put this in the OnLoad event of any CRM form and it will maximise the window to fill your current screen size. Handy eh?! window.moveTo(0,0); window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth, screen.availHeight);.
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Posted by XRM Consultant
Outlook Sync Issues After Installing CRM Plugin
Howdy, A customer contacted us today as they were getting a large number of Sync Issues in their outlook Sync Issues folder that relate to CRM. Puzzled and baffled we were… After a bit of searching we found that this is a known issue that had been.
Posted by XRM Consultant
Changing Entity Primary Attribute

Morning, One thing that always used to wind me right up was the fact that once you hit save to create an entity in MSDYNCRM, you could not change any details about the primary attribute. However, after a bit of searching i found this blog.
xRM Consultant – Mobile Site!
Hi Guys, I am very excited to release the xRM Consultant Mobile App for Iphone & Android! To access this, open your web browser and go to www.xrmconsultant.com on your mobile device. This will give you access to all the features including the.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Posted by XRM Consultant
Changing A CRM Username
Morning, Came in this morning to find a client had submitted a support request asking for a users surname to be changed. A simple task…… Problem is that even though it is simple to change the name in Active Directory, CRM will not allow you to change.
Posted by XRM Consultant
Showing Queue Manager In Other CRM 4.0 Area’s
Hi, We had a client for whom we developed a very complex CRM solution. It would seem simple; Sales Process and Stock Management Process. Not so. Their internal processes made this a complicated system that required a lot of thought, particularly when.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Posted by XRM Consultant
Displaying Visio Diagrams In CRM 4.0
Hi All, My friend and colleague at Chorus IT, Rob Peledie, developed a fantastic method for displaying Visio Diagrams in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0. Within Chorus, we had a requirement to display Visio Diagrams of our clients networks to aid the support.
Posted by XRM Consultant
Live Writer
Howdy, In an effort to try and update this blog and the Chorus IT blog (CRM Rocks.net) I started looking for a blogging client. Unfortunately, I found a distinct lack of decent clients that had all the features that we were looking for. We needed.
Return Of The xRM Consultant
Hey Guys, I realise it has been an age since I have added anything to the xRM Consultant Blog so apologies.Truth is, I have been on holiday and then on-site with a client for over 4 weeks rolling-out what has been a major project for us here at Chorus.
Extract Text Value of Lookup Field And Place In Another Field...
Another nice quick bit of useful Javascipt...
crmForm.all.nameofnyourlookupattribute.DataValue=crmForm.all.nameofyourtextattribute.DataValue[0].name
I'm sure this can also be adapted to place the value in other fields too but its a start.
Fire OnChange Event In Another Field Using JavaScript
Nice quick one for everyone...
document.getElementById ('AttributeID').onchange ();
where AttributeID is the name of your attribute with the desired OnChange eve.
Posted by XRM Consultant
CRM 5 & Windows Azure Video - Looking Good MS!
A fellow CRM Guru found this great video which shows windows azzure but also previews a lot of nice features in CRM 5.0 including things like Nested Grids, Visualizations and Dashboards. The new ribbon looks fantastic too!
It gets interesting.
Dynamics CRM 4.0 - Reference Picklist Values With Values Over 200,000 in JavaScript
Hi,
Recently a fellow CRM guru was having some trouble with hiding a tab based on a picklist value. Its a simple piece of code:
//Hide Or Show Display Options Tab
if (crmForm.all."nameofyourpicklistattribute".DataValue == 2)
{
//hide the.
Posted by XRM Consultant