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Creating, consuming and using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Service, Using CRM API and CRM SDK to access CRM database via the webservice

   Creating, consuming and using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Service, Using CRM API and CRM SDK to access CRM database via the webservice. Custom .NET code to access CRM, create, update (edit), insert, delete, retrieve (return) and retrievemultiple records for system entities and custom entities using both entity objects and dynamic entities.  This post is a collection of the [...]

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 [...]

Introduction to LLBLGenPro – All you need to know to get started with LLBLGen Pro – Hello World! LLBLGen Pro

In one of my latest projects, I found the client extensively using LLBL Gen Pro which I have never used before. After few hours of playing around with it, I managed to find my way round it just enough to the level that I need to get the basic functionality working. Hence, for this reason, [...]

Introduction and Notes about WCF, Silverlight and Creating a Silverlight application that consumes – invokes a WCF service via async (asynchronous) web service call

This post is an introduction and a collection of some useful information, notes and facts about WCF in genreal, Silverlight and running a silverlight web application that uses a WCF service via asynchronous web service call. – The first fact that you need to know is that: The only option for web service calling in [...]

Methods to Bulk Delete Microsoft Dynamics CRM records and Using Scribe Insight to perform a Bulk Delete of all CRM records.

I’m sure many people needed to do a bulk delete operation on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. You may have uploaded thousands of records from an imported file or migrated them through Scribe or even used a .NET application to mass create records. Unfortunately, and as far as I can see, there is no straight forward [...]

Post code and Address lookup Using PAF for auto filling address details on websites

I was recently researching how to implement post code and address look-up on websites and on Microsoft Dynamic CRM. This feature is widely used in auto filling address details when a customer input their post code and sometimes the house number. This is also used in some desktop applications, plug-ins to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in [...]

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