I've been doing a lot of editing in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0 using the web designer. I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way to edit workflows and wondering if VS 2008 could be used (and if it is more efficient). If so how?
Thanks!
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A:
It is possible to create workflows in VS 2008, but it's impossible to edit workflows created by CRM. Those workflows are named No-Code Workflows, they are not supported in any ways by Microsoft and they are hard to build, deploy, and maintain.
I've used that to create some workflows that could not be built using the CRM interface. There is many not-documented issues when working with the deployment tool (that is integrated with VS2005 only if I remember well). It is like using a pre-beta version of a tool that no-body is using...
Mercure Integration
2010-05-04 13:49:09
So, I'm guessing that the best way to edit workflows is in the CRM then? I think you can edit the XML also if you export then reimport, but that looked....interesting.
Greg McGuffey
2010-05-04 16:17:47
Yes that's it. And you can also edit the XML and re-import it, but it's also not supported...
Mercure Integration
2010-05-04 17:35:45