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error 401 calling crm4 webservice

I have this code that works in a unit test but doesn't work when executed in the context of a plugin. What the code does is try to create a lead by calling the crm4 webservice. When the plugin executes I get the following exception: "HTTP status 401: Unauthorized" This is the code that initialises an instance of the webservice CrmAuth...

MS CRM Save + Copy as new (Custom Entity)

Hi, I have a custom entity in Microsoft CRM (4.0). The user has to input records however usually they have a batch of 20+ records that are almost the same apart from 2 or 3 fields which need changing. I know I need to write some custom code to enable this functionally. However can anyone recommend any methods to do this. Ideally ther...

Using SQL Stored Procedure as data for a Microsoft Dynamics CRM report

We need to have a semi complex report in CRM that displays some accumulated lead values. The only way I see this report working is writing a stored procedure that creates a couple of temporary tables and calculates/accumulates data utilizing cursors. Then is the issue of getting the data from the stored procedure to be accessible from ...

Linux softphone with CRM integration?

What I want is a SIP softphone that can run on Linux and popup browser window on incoming calls, like: http://www.mycrm.com/contact?phone=#detected_phone_number# ...

What is your experience with Adempiere CRM for customization and development?

What is your experience with ADempiere CRM? The demos and docs are good; what are you experiences in developing and customizing with it? Is there a reason to go with Compiere CRM instead? ...

Web based CRM and content applications for startup?

We are (barely a) startup looking for one or more open-source and web-based applications for (1) sales and CRM and (2) enterprise content management (ECM) and web sites. The idea is to have a content system/repository to manage detailed records of products, handle knowledge management, and use this data to power one or many sites or blog...

Add columns in Article view in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0

The Article entity in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0 doesn't appear to be customizable. Is there any way to add some columns to the view that shows the list of article (without doing an Advanced Find)? I'd like to see the Created By and Created On attributes in there. ...

Add onchange event to a "locked" field in Dynamics CRM 4

I'm customising Dynamics CRM 4 and would like to modify the Form for the Case entity to add some JavaScript to the onchange event for the Knowledge Base Article lookup field (kbarticleid_ledit). However, when I click Change Properties for that field I get an error message: This field belongs to a locked section and cannot have its prope...

Dynamics CRM Workflow updating closed letter after Mail Merge

Dynamics CRM Workflow updating closed letter after Mail MergeZones: Microsoft Dynamics, CRM Software I have created a new entity (Fund Member) to create a many to many relationship between Contact and a new entity called Fund. Users will be running mail merges from this entity either via Advanced find, or associated views from the Con...

Dynamics CRM error "A currency is required if a value exists in a money field" after converting Activity to Case

We have a Dynamics CRM 4.0 instance with some custom attributes of type "money" on the Case entity and on all Activity entities (Email, Phone Call, etc.) When I use the built-in "Convert Activity to Case" functionality I find that the resulting Case does not have a Currency set, even if the Activity it was created from does have it. When...

Dynamics CRM error: "The object cannot be updated because it is read-only"

I've got an instance of Dynamics CRM 4.0 with some weird errors. If I close a Case and then try to reactivate it I get the error "The object cannot be updated because it is read-only". This is simple, built-in CRM functionality that works fine on other instances. I get the same error if I try to convert a Quote to an Order - I believe it...

How do I make my application integratable?

Hi, I have an application that runs on a server and uses SQL server 2005. If I wanted to make this application integratable with other systems such as a CRM, what would be the best strategy? My idea was to create a public Web Service with authentication...does this sound like the right approach? Any idea's would be appreciated. ...

Check if a Dynamics CRM Activity is open or closed on the client side

I'm customizing MS Dynamics CRM 4 and I have some JScript running on the form for Phone Call, E-mail, Letter, etc. How do I check in JScript whether the Activity is open or closed? It should be really simple, but I can't seem to find it. ...

Integrating CRM with Google maps

Hi, Just started testing Zoho Crm as a CRM solution for our company. Someone asked for a Google map on the page showing our upcoming engagements.I know Zoho provides an API that allows accessing its data from the outside, but I actually need to integrate the map on the data-entry form.If anyone could provide a pointer to any mashup with ...

crm outlook client customization

I am writing an add-in for outlook 2003 which has crm outlook client installed. My requirement now is whenever we want to add a new contact we have to open up our CRM Contact page rather than the contact page of outlook. How to accomplish this? Any ideas. ...

Dynamics CRM Provisioning Options

Our business is looking to automating Dynamics CRM hosting. We've been looking at the options. At the moment, it seems like HMC/MPS would be useful. However, from the looks of it, the frameworks are nearing end of life and are also. HMC/MPS also seems to be based around exchange. Would it make sense to use HMC/MPS to provision CRM or is...

How do you transfer the data from a CRM 4.0 database into another CRM 4.0 database?

Our client wants to transfer all the data in the Production CRM 4.0 database and use it in UAT. What is the best way to transfer the data over. ...

Difference between "Oracle Siebel CRM On Demand" and salesforce.com CRM

Looking for differences between Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand and salesforce.com CRM Actually looking for points favouring the Siebel OD CRM Tried googling and bing-ing it but found old stale information from around 3-4 yrs back, so any links to updated information will also be appreciated deeply. And while we are on the subject, how ...

Crm 4 event log warnings. CRM Parameter Filter - Invalid parameter

Hi all, I am looking for a solution on the following issue. Any suggestions will be very welcomed! Thank you in advance. Background: We just upgraded MS Crm 3 to Crm 4 Question: Every time when a user tries to save a new record or an update of a record. A warning will be logged into Event Viewer --> Application. It happens to all ent...

custom workflow activity in CRM that creates a task

I have created a custom workflow activity in CRM that creates a task. The workflow is attached to an a opportunity. When I create my task I would like to set the “regardingobjectid” to the guid of the related opportunity. ICrmService crmService = context.CreateCrmService(); task entity = new task(); entity.subjec...