And this is why I miss blogging

Read today a blog about why to write a blog and couldn't agree more, at least about most of it.

So I'm just sharing, this is why I used to blog
http://leontribe.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-10-reasons-why-i-blog.html
+ one more my own reason
11) I felt I have something to add to the Dynamics CRM Community.

Maybe I should start a new blog?

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Looks cool!

I'm still out, even tough I'm trying to follow what's up with the dynamics world.
So I know it is an old news but Dynamics CRM 2013 looks cool, lots of new features, I would love to explore. I almost feel like I"m missing it :)

Just a teaser for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 vision
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/crm-vision.aspx

Sorry but I've moved on ...

Hi,
I'm sorry for not answering any more comments, I'm no longer supporting this blog.
I've worked 3 years with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, It was a fun ride but now I moved on to a different area, maybe I'll come back to it in the future.. :)

Thank you for all the comments.

Dynamics CRM 2011 Open dialog from Javascript

There are many nice things you could do withe dialogs, but making the user to go and choose a dialog from the ribbon isn't really good UI and it doesn't make lot of sense.

Example of when I used the code.
Let say you want to help the user go throw the process of closing case, wouldn't be goo idea to replace the resolve case ribbon button with new ribbon that will open a dialog?

In this example I'm using CrmRestKit, It is required for the code to work, Please make sure you add it to the form.

Javascript:


var DIALOG_NAME = "Test Dialog";

CrmRestKit.ByQuery('Workflow', ['WorkflowId'], "Category/Value eq 1 and StateCode/Value eq 1 and Type/Value eq 1 and Name eq '" + DIALOG_NAME + "'", false)
            .fail(function (t) {
            alert(t)
        })
            .done(function (data, status, xhr) {
            // Assert
            //equals(data.d.results.length, 2, 'Expected two');          
            if (data.d.results.length < 1) {
                alert("Missing dialog named: '"+DIALOG_NAME+"'");
                return;
            }
            var dialogId = data.d.results[0].WorkflowId;
            var objectId = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId().replace("{", "%7b").replace("}", "%7d");
            var url = Xrm.Page.context.prependOrgName("/cs/dialog/rundialog.aspx?DialogId=%7b" + dialogId + "%7d&EntityName="+ Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName() +"&ObjectId=" + objectId);
            var returnValue = showModalDialog(url);
        });

Dynamics CRM 2011 - Javascript - Getting selected records from subgrid

Getting the selected values from subgrid in form is not supported, which makes it little bit more tricky.

Lets say you need to get selected records from subgrid after the user got out of the subgrid, like after onchange event of some form attribute. In this case the focus moves out of the subgrid and all you'll get would be an empty list.

The trick to get the selected records is: Get the focus back on the subgrid before trying to get the values.

Anyway it is not supported as well.

My Sample code:

var subgridName = "testSubGrid"

function GetSelectedRecords() {

    var stringOfSelectedIds = "No records were selected";

    if (Xrm.Page.getControl(subgridName) != null) {

        document.getElementById(subgridName).getElementsByTagName('a')[0].focus();

    }

    //document.getElementById(subgridName).control.get_selectedIds()

    if (document.getElementById(subgridName) != null && document.getElementById(subgridName).control != null) {

        selectedRecods = document.getElementById(subgridName).control.get_selectedIds();

        if (selectedRecods != null && selectedRecods.length > 0) {

            stringOfSelectedIds = "Selceted records: " + selectedRecods.join();

        }

        alert(stringOfSelectedIds);

    }

}

GetSelectedRecords()