Debugging HTML Webresources on localhost

When writing HTML Webresources, I will frequently host the html page on a local development server (e.g. localhost:8777) and make calls to the CRM server on a different port (e.g. localhost:5555). I do this to speed up the debug process since there is no need to deploy the webresource so that it is ... [More]

Corrupt images after installing UR12 OnPrem

I had a strange one today after upgrading one customer's Dynamics CRM servers to UR12. All was well apart from there being a few places that the images look corrupt.

We tracked the cause down to an image that had not be replaced during the upgrade at the following location: C:\Program Files\Mi... [More]

App/Command Bar Workbench for Dynamics CRM 2013

The present roadmap for Dynamics CRM has the next version (Dynamics CRM 2013 possibly) sporting the new 'modern' UI throughout. An automatic upgrade path from Dynamics CRM 2011 forms customisations and ribbons will be provided - and it's likely to use a similar RibbonXml like schema under the hood. ... [More]

Adding Auto Refresh to Dashboards

This post shows you how to set up a CRM2011 Dashboard 'auto-refresh' feature using the Ribbon Workbench in 10 easy steps (well…11 if you count clicking publish at the end!). We will add an auto refresh function to the 'EnableRule' of the Dashboard refresh button that schedules a refresh usin... [More]