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Advanced Metadata Service Scenarios
crmbest
writes "If you want to create real dynamic applications not relying on the WSDL you get at compile time, you have to use both the DynamicEntity class and the metadata service....This gives you a list of the attributes you have to specify....However the above does not include the attributes that are marked as business required. So here’s the same to get a list of attributes that “should” be set:"
Report Localization through Parameters
Brian Welcker
writes "As localization is not a built-in feature for Reporting Services, people have tried a a variety of techniques for localizing reports....Here is an relatively easy technique for providing localized reports using hidden parameters....This function will find the translated label within the supplied multi-valued parameter. If the label is not found, the passed in value is returned. This is important as you may have a user language for which you have not created the translations."
Very nice Dashboards built on the Adventure Works CRM
Ben Vollmer
writes " While I have seen some VERY nice Dashboards for Microsoft CRM, I thought that Scott over at BridgeBuilder did a killer job with these...."
Using Nested Master Pages in VS 2008
Scott Guthrie
writes " The good news is that VS 2008 fully supports nested master pages, and makes using them super easy. Going forward I recommend that almost all ASP.NET projects should advantage of this feature - since it can add tremendous flexibility to the UI of your projects. Using Nested Master Pages With VS 2008...."
Account Provisioning Done Easy
Maarten Goet
writes "....The nifty tool let me build my functionality in a graphical script language within 15 minutes the most complex functionality (prevent double names) worked in a test environment....Result; 100% consistent AD user accounts, changes to AD are done by the Human resources department, so less (boring) work for the helpdesk/ AD admin. "
Getting the Modified Files for a Team Build in Orcas
Aaron Hallberg
writes "....We added a property to our MSBuild logic called GetPopulateOutput - if you set this property to true, the Get task populates three output item groups:
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog : An Easy Way to Detect Duplicates in a Given Data Set
crmbest
writes " Many a times we end up in lots of duplicate data in our systems like CRM, and when it becomes difficult to detect the duplicates and clean them up. This blog describes a very simple way to detect duplicates in data without any rocket science knowledge. This process of finding duplicates is not only for CRM data, but any data which can be copied/exported in excel sheet. For CRM, you can retrieve all records "
How to access Server Controls From Client Script
Michael Palermo
writes " how to access the value of a server control from client-side script...Here is the markup of a content page - notice the script tag....Because ASP.NET will alter the ID of a server control based on a variety of reasons, accessing the client id is the best way to get the actual rendered id!
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Case insensitive string comparison utility
Michael Palermo
writes "Here is a little utility method that takes two strings and determines equality while ignoring case...."
June 27 if you are in the Southwest
Steele Price
writes "The main speaker this year will be Scott Guthrie, the original creator of Microsoft's ASP.NET architecture. He is a general manager at Microsoft over many areas of developer technology including ASP.NET, IIS, ASP.NET Ajax, and Silverlight. His presentation will center on the newest video and web technology that has been announced at recent conferences"
30 minute webcasts optimized for Mobile PC's
Jeff Alexander
writes "There are a bunch of new public Webcasts that have just become available....specifically designed as an in depth look at applications built for Windows Vista mobility. These include data synchronization, power management, ink annotation, ink recognition, network awareness, data access, enhanced UI for touch and Windows Sideshow gadgets.....only 30 minutes long. "
CRM 4.0 will use Windows Workflow
Chris Auld
writes "Sitting in a session at mix and they have confirmed that CRM 4.0 will use Windows Workflow Foundation to manage workflow."
Using XamlWriter and XamlReader to clone an object
Mike Hillberg
writes "...here’s a trick to clone an object by writing it out to Xaml then reading it back in. As such, the cloning rules it follows matches the Xaml serialization rules (see here for some more info). That primarily means that it only clones public properties – no fields or events – and it clones deep. So here’s what the code might look like:"
Silverlight shines brighter!
Somasegar
writes "With these technologies and products, we are taking a huge step forward to deliver a comprehensive client application platform and a consistent tool set that spans standards based web to rich interactive applications to the desktop and devices."
Code for Scripting XML Configuration Files
David Aiken
writes "Recently I needed a way of changing some configuration parameters to automate some deployment, seemed like a job for PowerShell....Pretty neat. Hopefully you can see how this can be applied to ConnectionStrings and all those other configuration sections."
Silverlight news
Chris Auld
writes "Silverlight includes cross platform .NET in the browser. Uses the same CLR that ships with full framework- it has the same JIT, GC and type-system that you have with desktop .NET apps today. It means that it loads and can run the same compiled assemblies that are used with the .NET Framework today- subject to it not quite having the full framework at its disposal- i.e. som namespaces are missing."
IT Pro Townhall mtg - next generation of Web and you, the IT Pro
Rodney R. Fournier
writes "....IT Pro Townhall event. We were not allowed to take pictures, so I don't have any of those, but we could take notes. Here are my random notes and thoughts:"
Why Silverlight Matters for AX and CRM
Brandon George
writes "....Well this part of the future user interface for Dynamics AX and CRM. This is part of the Web / Enterprise 2.0. This gives a user RIA, or Rich Interactive Application experince over the web. So this is a Very important peice for someone who implements Dynamics AX / CRM."
Two ASP.NET Configuration Best Practices
Brian Sherwin
writes "Disable the ability to request WSDL definitions from ASP.NET web services....The < deployment retail =” true ” / > Switch in Maching.config"
Elements changed between versions of Dynamics AX
writes "...the download links were not functioning on that page. MS has modified the download links. Now you can download the files."
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