Solution file (.sln) lost CRM Developer Toolkit Instance

February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 Andre MargonoCRM 2011, IT Study, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011CRM 2011, CRM 2011 Developer Toolkit, microsoft dynamics crm, mscrm, Visual Studio

I’ve encountered this issue several times (especially when we are check in to TFS), that the solution file is not merged properly, and for some reason the developer toolkit bind is removed.

To fix this, edit .sln file using notepad/any text editor, then add:

GlobalSection(CRMSolutionProperties) = preSolution

SolutionIsBoundToCRM = True

EndGlobalSection

In Global, after:

GlobalSection(TeamFoundationVersionControl) = preSolution

MS CRM 2011 – Hiding a Group of Ribbon on Specific State

July 13, 2011July 13, 2011 Andre MargonoCRM 2011, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011CRM, CRM 2011, Hide Ribbon Group, mscrm, Ribbon

Today I come up with another task to only show the button on a group only when the record has already been saved.
After some times reading at the CRM 2011 SDK documentation and some time searching for clue, I found a solution.

The above pictures are the desired result. The button should be shown after the record has been saved.

So the changes to the Ribbon XML can be like this:

<RibbonDiffXml><CustomActions>  <CustomAction Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.MaxSize.CustomAction" Location="Mscrm.Form.campaignresponse.MainTab.Scaling._children" Sequence="150"><CommandUIDefinition>  <MaxSize Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.MaxSize" GroupId="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.Interaction" Sequence="21" Size="LargeLarge" /></CommandUIDefinition>  </CustomAction>  <CustomAction Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.CustomAction" Location="Mscrm.Form.campaignresponse.MainTab.Groups._children" Sequence="115"><CommandUIDefinition>  <Group Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.Interaction" Command="Mscrm.Enabled" Title="Interaction" Sequence="85" Template="Mscrm.Templates.3.3" ><Controls Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.Controls">  <Button Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.Form.Interaction.Button.AddGuest"Command="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.Form.Interaction.Command.AddGuest"ToolTipTitle="Tip"ToolTipDescription="Add Guest"LabelText="Add Guest"Alt="Add Guest"Image16by16="/_imgs/ribbon/AssignRoles_16.png"Image32by32="/_imgs/ribbon/AssignRoles_32.png"TemplateAlias="o1" /></Controls>  </Group></CommandUIDefinition>  </CustomAction></CustomActions><Templates>  <RibbonTemplates Id="Mscrm.Templates"></RibbonTemplates></Templates>  <CommandDefinitions>  <CommandDefinition Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.Form.Interaction.Command.AddGuest"><EnableRules></EnableRules><DisplayRules>  <DisplayRule Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.Interaction" /></DisplayRules><Actions>  <Url Address="$webresource:pages/addGuests" PassParams="true"/></Actions>  </CommandDefinition>  </CommandDefinitions><RuleDefinitions>  <TabDisplayRules />  <DisplayRules><DisplayRule Id="Mscrm.ISV.campaignresponse.CustomGroup.Interaction">  <FormStateRule State="Create" InvertResult="true" /> <!-- THIS IS THE TRICK --></DisplayRule>  </DisplayRules>  <EnableRules /></RuleDefinitions><LocLabels /></RibbonDiffXml>

CRM 4.0 Deployment Problem – web.config cannot be loaded properly

June 2, 2011June 2, 2011 Andre MargonoMicrosoft CRM, Microsoft Dynamicscrm 4.0, microsoft crm, microsoft dynamics crm, mscrm, web config

Today I developed an application to be deployed in ISV. However as per request I couldn’t use the default organization,
so I need to change the url from:
http://(server-name)/ISV/(app-name)
to:
http://(server-name)/(organization-name)/ISV/(app-name)

The problem is my current web.config couldn’t be loaded properly. I got empty configuration even I use existing configuration from other project that use the same CRM.
After a chat with my work mate, he come accoss to Janne Mattila’s blog and I found the solution.

That’s a relief, yet not the end of the problem. I have a project that contains all CRM functions there. The solution above only applicable if I use those functions in one project, unfortunately I use it accross several projects.
So after some time and a chat with my work mate again we come into a solution:

1. I create a function in the config class that I use for the projects
public static void LoadCustomConfigFile() { // open the configuration on this specific path Configuration configuration = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("/ISV/");

// get all configuration that starts with "Crm" keyword - use "Crm" keyword for Crm related settings var crmConfigurationKeys = configuration.AppSettings.Settings.AllKeys.Where(k => k.StartsWith("Crm")).ToList();

foreach (var crmKey in crmConfigurationKeys) { ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Set(crmKey, configuration.AppSettings.Settings[crmKey].Value); } }
2. On page load event in the ISV application
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Load custom config Config.LoadCustomConfigFile();

// do the rest of page load event }