Imagine the scenario where you have a plugin that executes when an entity is updated. We will call this entity A, and the plugin updates entity B. Not usually a problem, but to make things more interesting we have a plugin on entity B that fires an update back to entity A. This then tries […]
Recently I had to develop a plugin for a CRM 2015 system that triggered each time the opportunity was modified. This worked fine for the normal day to day edits of the opportunity but it failed to catch when the opportunity was closed as Won or Lost. Normally I would hook the plugin to the […]
Having recently had a requirement to tag Won opportunities with new data to show that they have been superseded it initially seemed that the only way to do it was to reset the opportunity to draft, update it, then reset it back to Won, which is not an ideal method especially as it then marks […]
One of the problems with Guids in JavaScript is they can come in a few different formats depending on where you get them from, and as JavaScript doesn’t have a dedicated Guid data type like other languages such as C# it can make comparing them tricky. Examples of the same Guid are: 9D6FF5B4-C4C2-E511-8108-1458D043F638 {9D6FF5B4-C4C2-E511-8108-1458D043F638} 9d6ff5b4-c4c2-e511-8108-1458d043f638 […]
Sometimes when you have multiple environments creating workflows or dialogs in your DEV system can prove to be an issue especially if queues are involved. Queues aren’t included in solutions and if you create a queue with the same name in another system it will have a different Guid so when the workflow that references […]
Having recently needed to change my AD password when remote working how to send CTRL+ALT+DEL to the RDP session without it trying to lock my local machine proved to be easier than I thought. Simply press CTRL+ALT+END while you are in the RDP session and it will get translated to CTRL+ALT+DEL on the remote machine. […]