CRM4 JScript Export Tool

Joris Kalz has released a small tool to extract the JScript from CRM forms and put them into individual files. His post can be found here.

IMHO I think I'll find this useful for source control and handy when used in conjunction with David Yack's JScript Intellisence solution.

CRM4 Outlook Client Fixes from KB950088

Microsoft has released a hotfix package for KB950088is a cumulative hotfix which resolve all the issues below:

1. Outlook hangs during initialization (progress toolbar displays “Loading…” and never finishes)

This must-have fix is likely the most common perf/stability issue out there, especially on Outlook 2007. This fix resolves the issue. A current workaround exists by turning off the To Do bar.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952724

2. With E-mail Auto Promotion Enabled, Outlook may not close cleanly/properly.

This fix addresses a memory allocation issue that can occur somewhat unpredictably. If your users are using e-mail auto promotion, I encourage you to deploy this hotfix.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948121

3. Contacts with birthdays earlier than 1/1/1970 causes Outlook to crash

This was caused by an API change by one of our dependencies.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948045

4. Items in Shared Calendars will report Sync Issues

We do not support Shared Calendars in CRM 4.0, we encountered a couple of cases where some code was getting executed against a shared calendar and causing problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949086

5. Cannot Promote an E-mail where the name of the attached file contains a ‘&’ symbol.

If the attachment to an e-mail contains the ‘&’ symbol, it will fail to track in CRM.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949719

6. Selecting Dismiss on Outlook Calendar reminder for Service Activity causes record to change Status Reason back to default value for that record.

Selecting Dismiss on Outlook Calendar reminder for Service Activity causes record to change Status Reason back to default value for that record

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950475

7. OWA Sent Emails Get Stuck in Outlook Draft Folder When Outlook Is Open And CRMADDIN is Enabled

When you have both Outlook and OWA open, and you have the Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Microsoft Office Outlook installed, and you send an email form OWA, the email will be stopped in the Draft folder instead of being sent

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950088

Enable Jscript Intellisense for CRM by Leveraging Visual Studio 2008

The promise to have Jscript intellisence over the crm JScript object model has me sold
on the book "CRM as a Rapid Development Platform" (electronic version $49.99) by David Yack.

On David's site you can find a videocast demonstrating the benefit's of intellisence for Crm JScript and how to achieve it. Enable CRM JScript Intellisense

As far as I am aware you need to buy the book to obtain the code that helps you achieve the intellisence in VS 2008.

SharePoint List Web Part for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

I've been reading the Microsoft Dynamics CRM "Statement of Direction" that's was updated in August 2008. And noticed the following regarding SharePoint List Web Part for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0:

"The current List Web Part for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 provides a subset of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 record list functionality. It allows users to view Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 records as a list from a SharePoint page, open records in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 from that list, and connect different Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 List Web Parts to filter associated CRM lists. It supports the following versions of SharePoint:
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 (32-bit only)
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 (32-bit only)
The CRM records are displayed in a grid that behaves similarly to the grid within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. Users who have the proper privileges can perform actions such as create and edit.

Due out in the second half of 2008, there will be an updated SharePoint List Web Part for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. This web part will have the same features as the previous release but will also support the following:
- The multi-tenancy architecture of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0; the web part is
configured with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM organization that will supply the list data.
- Support for CRM on-premise and Internet Facing Deployments (IFD); support for Microsoft
Dynamics CRM Online will be added in the first half of 2009.
- MUI and language packs in all languages supported by Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
- MOSS and WSS 64-bit environments"

I've been waiting for this upgrade for ages and will be very happy to see it released (in the near future).