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Get Current User Security Roles in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on client side using JavaScript calls to CRM Service & API

In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, it is quite common that you want to call the CRM service from client side: i.e. Call the CRM service using JavaScript code that is located on the OnLoad, OnSave or OnChange events on a Dynamics CRM entity or field event. The most common call is the call to CRM service [...]

Embedding ISV web applications in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 through SiteMap (not as an IFrame) via a left navigation link. Application & link Access restriction through Site Map

There are (at least) two standard ways of implementing an external ISV web application (website, html, .NET, etc..) inside your dynamics CRM application. The first way is by creating an IFrame inside the form of an entity. This is quite straight forward and can be achieved from the entity customisation section in CRM settings. The second [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]