Comments for Ayaz Ahmad [MVP Microsoft CRM, MBSS]

Comment on Synchronous Matchcode Generation – Duplicate Detection in Dynamics CRM 4 by zubair

zubair — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:42:30 +0000

Nice writeup!

Comment on Active Directory Security Groups for MSCRM by Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:25:14 +0000

Hi,
The reason i’m posting this here is because this problem may be related to user in grouping but then again i don’t know much about CRM as I’m new to CRM (i don’t mean to offend anyone by postig this here).
Basically, I am encoutering a problem where i get “Warning: The following user exists and was not added: firstname lastname (domain\username)” when I try to add a user from AD. AD believes it’s not there but CRM thinks it’s there. Now, i believe that the problem may have been caused by the following scenario and it may just be a table where i need to remove that name from so that I can re-add the user. 1. Backup the Database_MSCRM. 2. Add a new user successfully. 3. Restore Backup from step 1. 4. User is no longer in CRM. 5. Try to Add user again but get the above message/problem that I cannot add.
All other users prior to Backup are all okay.
Any ideas anyone…
Thanks and regards,
Mike

Comment on About by Mehmood

Mehmood — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:41:57 +0000

Salam Ayaz,
I have just started working in CRM 4. I wonder if you could help me out for a particular problem I have if possible. Is it possible to have your contact (email) where I can send you the issue i’m facing.
thanks in advance
regards
Mehmood

Comment on File Attachment to Notes – Dynamics CRM 4.0 by Ayaz Ahmad [MVP - MSCRM]

Ayaz Ahmad [MVP - MSCRM] — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:31:44 +0000

You need to look at OpenXML that mcirosoft use to play with office 2007 file. Also look at

http://ayazahmad.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/generate-excel-2007-sheets-from-mscrm-data-%e2%80%93-openxml-show/

It may help you.

Comment on File Attachment to Notes – Dynamics CRM 4.0 by soren hansen

soren hansen — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:36:36 +0000

Another issue…

I have attatched an xlsx document in CRM 4.0, and it has been created in tabel: annotation.
Now i would like to make use of this annotation in my code. Need to access a sheet within this file and use the data to update other entities i CRM.

I have retrievde the annotation by the objectid.
and decoded the content of documentbody (a string) using Convert.FromBase64String, and have now a byte-array.
My question is what to do next, in order to re-create the xlsx file in-memory ?
Any suggestions ?

Comment on File Attachment to Notes – Dynamics CRM 4.0 by Ayaz Ahmad [MVP - MSCRM]

Ayaz Ahmad [MVP - MSCRM] — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:13:11 +0000

Its very much possible using unsupported ways. People have developed custom controls for CRM. just google.

Just thinking how can you achieve this. You can even introduce your own tab on the form as Notes and then add iframe and aspx page to enter/read text using rich text box. when submit simply add this text as note to the entity using CRM sdk. So there are endless possibilities. But if you are desinging a complex solution or vertical, i recommend to use supported ways as upgrade will cost a lot in case of unsupported customization.

Comment on File Attachment to Notes – Dynamics CRM 4.0 by Jaka

Jaka — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:37:19 +0000

Thanks. But do you know anyone (or ISV) that have developed this stuff? Do you think it’s even possible?
Thanks.

Comment on File Attachment to Notes – Dynamics CRM 4.0 by Ayaz Ahmad [MVP - MSCRM]

Ayaz Ahmad [MVP - MSCRM] — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:56:12 +0000

Hi Jaka,
Its not possible out of the box.

Comment on File Attachment to Notes – Dynamics CRM 4.0 by Jaka

Jaka — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:08:15 +0000

Hi Ayaz,
Do you know if it’s possible to have a rich text format on Note section? Can we create our own field type and assign the new type to any entity?
Thanks in advance.

Comment on About by Monzer Osama

Monzer Osama — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:18:26 +0000

Salam Ayaz

You are Great ….. !
Monzer