CRM 2011 hiding one related link from entity left nav "Documents", "Campaign"

This Javascript hides one related link

function hideNavItem(navItem) {
     Xrm.Page.ui.navigation.items.forEach(function (item, index) {
         var itemLabel = item.getLabel();
         if (itemLabel == navItem) {
             item.setVisible(false);
         }
     });
 }

hideNavItem("Relationships");

You can hide Activities by:

hideNavItem("Activities");

Crm 2011 hiding Sales. Markerting, Common Nav Group in Entity left nav

This javascript hides the Sales Nav Group under Related left nav on CRM 2011 Entity

//Hides Nav Group inside a crm 2011 enitity

function hideNavGroup(navigationName) {
    var navItems = document.getElementById("crmFormNavSubareas");
    for (i = 0; i < navItems.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var navItem = navItems.childNodes.item(i);
       var itemName = navItem.firstChild.lastChild.innerText;
        if (itemName == navigationName ) {
   navItem.style.display = "none"
        }
    }
}

Consumption:

hideNavGroup("Sales");

The Sales group is removed,

You Can hide Service by:

hideNavGroup("Services");





To follow : Telerik Controls + Ajax + Crm 2011 + SharePoint 2010

This is to follow soon with screenshots

Tools: CRM Entity Comparer -EntityComparer

I have had to write a tool that will compare same entity on two environments - long story cut short - there are multiple environments which are not really supposed to be the same  but branch off one same environment - Diff client - Diff Requirements, same solution - This means importing customizations is not an option - if you have money for multiple servers to monitor all, good for you

This works on All Dynamics CRM versions - this means you can copy attributes from entity 1 of crm 2011  to entity1 of crm 3.0/4.0

This also works on different domains - option of using same credentials for both environments or two different sets

You also have the option to create the attribute or leave it out

- This will be shared on codeplex soon
- Link To folow Or request on kgopotso.riba@gmail.com

Andriod Apps using C# + Visual Studio

I recently picked up a habit of building Android Application using C# and Visual Studio as I an quiet comfortable with the language and IDE

I use Mono for Android plugin : read more: http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid

It has been really fun I must say, so much planned around, will also be integrating the android app I am building with CRM 2011

Quick things to share:

The GUI is build through an Xml markup called AXML - this is andriod's version of  xaml (Xaml is a markup used on Microsoft's WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7(Mango) GUIs)

Android Controls are called Views

e.g

Android Textbox = EditView
Android Label = TextView
Button = Button
Spinner = Dropdownbox

For example this AXML

below produces a UI like the one below

And Yes the Code is C# - it uses a WCF Service call to login the user 

This is fun, I might be uploading this on Code Project - just look and listen

IE + Developer toolbar not pop open

I tried pressing F12 while I was working on CRM 2011 via IE8, nothing happend, but i can see the developer toolbar icon on my task bar, Do this to fix:

1. Open Task Manager

2. On the Developer Toolbar application- Right Click Maximize

3. Now you can drag the window to your task manager to, it will minimize it, but this time to where you can see it!

Stupid but true, it was just minimized and its off the screen

Static IPs on VM, NAT - no connection to host for copying files

Am I crazy or someone is also going through this


Problem:

I set my VM to be NAT Network Adapter
I am using static IPs because I set up a small network between VMs
Dooof: I cant connect to my  host- I need to copy over files

Solution:

Temporarily change the Lan Properties to get IP Automatically - this will break the ntwork with the VMs - small network - but fix connection to the host network

Copy the files using a network path

after copying,

Take back Static Network

If there is a better way of doing this, please share

Network between 2 VMs not working - same config

Problem:

I have been using two VMs for my CRM Environment, VM1 has CRM and VM2 has domain controller, but VM1 cannot see VM2 despite having the same network config, same subment mask, ips are in the same range.

What I had to do:

VM1 was using NAT on Network Adapter
VM2 was using Bridged on Network Adapter

Solution:

Make sure both VMs are using the same config on network adapter:

I used Host Only on both network adapters. It worked

CRM 4.0 Javascript to CRM 2011

http://crm2011scriptconvert.codeplex.com/releases/view/52074

Upgrade Crm 4.0 to 2011

I went through this once upon a time:

http://community.dynamics.com/product/crm/crmtechnical/b/crminogic/archive/2011/01/04/crm-4-to-crm-2011-upgrade.aspx

I recently did an Inplace Upgrade, but that is because of lack of resources, if it wasnt for that, I would go for full crm install then do an upgrade via importing organization db:

Please make sure you login to the server with an account that has access to the crm 4.0 you are attempting to upgrade and:

Sandbox Service runs under an account that has access to CRM - this service imports all your plugins to the new crm 2011