Technical issues, problems, errors, findings & resolutions covering Microsoft Dynamics CRM, software development, Microsoft .NET, C#, VB.NET, Commerce Server, Integration, E-Commerce, Scribe, Online shops and more general technology and consultancy posts.

Author Archives: Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa

What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 – Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 Release date – Introduction and Early look at Dynamics CRM 5

These are some questions that many people are asking about Microsoft Dynamic CRM 5.
I know my answers below will not satisfy everybody but I promise, once we are allowed to do so, and I’m relieved from my NDA, I Will post all information about all new features in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 with screenshots, show [...]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 field level validation using javascript regular expression on client side handling the onChange event to validate and check the value and text of a CRM 4.0 field

Please note that this post is aimed as showing how to use javascript regular expression field level validation in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The post does not focus on the many ways of getting a regular expression. The example regular expression below is used for explanation only.
If you want to create validation at field level in [...]

Ajax Update progress screen to block access to form during background server side processes

If you are writing an Ajax based .NET web application or web page, there are situations were you might want to block the whole webpage from being accessed while a background or server side process is taking place. So for example if the user clicks submit, you want to make the web page not accessible [...]

Click through to CRM records from SSRS custom report for Microsfot Dynamics CRM 4. Linking information on SQL Reporting Services custom CRM reports to Dynamics CRM 4 records and opening them up from within the report.

Click through to CRM records from SSRS custom report for Microsfot Dynamics CRM 4. Linking information on SQL Reporting Services custom CRM reports to Dynamics CRM 4 records and opening them up from within the report.

Hide tab in any entity form in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 using Javascript in onLoad event of the form.

Hide tab in any entity form in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 using Javascript in onLoad event of the form.

Return and display picklist value (display value) in custom sql report reporting services report in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 entity attribute and StringMap picklist values table

Normally, you should be able to get the picklist display value and picklist item id in the filtered view of any entity. In some cases, you may need to work with StringMap table directly to get the picklist values for a specific field of a given entity. This could be the case if you are [...]

Hide, Display, Resize and Rename left navigation links, CRM fields and attributes using Javascript for Microsoft Dyanmics CRM 4.

Scripts for Resizing, Hiding and renaming left navigation links, fields and attributes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 using Javascript.

Script to Hide Add Existing Record button and Add New Record button using Javascript in Microsoft Dyanmics CRM

Script to Hide Add Existing Record button and Add New Record button using Javascript in Microsoft Dyanmics CRM

Creating and Using Silverlight web.config app settings (Web.config Configuration Applicatioin Settings) or app.config application settings configuration file for Silverlight

Post Summary:
This posts explains how to create and use something similar to a silverlight  web.config, App.config and appsettings (or app settings) configuration file for silverlight application. This is based on re-using serviceReference.clientconfig as an appconfig configuration file.
The Problem:
A) configuration application settings (like the one in web.config, appsettings or app settings application configuration file):
This is probably very common. Your [...]

Problems with Deploying WCF services on IIS 7.0 (or IIS 6, IIS) and other deployment options and scenarios (visual studio .NET and Windows Activation Services)

There are 3 main ways to deploy Windows Communication Foundation – WCF services to consume:
1- IIS
2- Windows Activation Service a.k.a WAS
3- Visual Studio .NET for development and dev testing purposes as part of a visual studio solution.
For full details about Windows Communciation Foundation deployment scenarios, categories and structure please refer to this MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512374.aspx
This [...]