How to Restart or Shut Down a Remote Computer via Command Line ?

27 September 201627 September 2016 Kerem Ay Leave a comment

Sometimes I’m not able to use the shutdown or restart function in the Start menu on server.

I found it from stackoverflow and I want to put here. The following functions can help us.

shutdown -r — restarts
shutdown -s — shutsdown
shutdown -l — logoff
shutdown -t xx — where xx is number of seconds to wait till shutdown/restart/logoff
shutdown -i — gives you a dialog box to fill in what function you want to use
shutdown -a — aborts the previous shutdown command
shutdown -h — hibernate.

Additional options:

-f — force the selected action

For immideatly restart :

shutdown -t 0 -r -f

Dont forget ! You must have appropriate privileges to shut down the remote machine.

More info :

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/162304/how-do-i-shutdown-restart-logoff-windows-via-a-bat-file

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770416(v=ws.11).aspx

Querying Order By Link Entity with Fetch XML

26 September 2016 Kerem Ay Leave a comment

If you want to sort the results based from linked data, we can add order by link entity’s attribute like this :

<fetch version="1.0" output-format="xml-platform" mapping="logical" distinct="true">
  <entity name="contact">
    <attribute name="fullname" />
    <attribute name="telephone1" />
    <attribute name="contactid" />
    <link-entity name="contactquotes" from="contactid" to="contactid" visible="false" intersect="true">
      <link-entity name="quote" from="quoteid" to="quoteid" alias="aa">
		<order attribute="createdon" descending="false" />
	  </link-entity>
    </link-entity>
  </entity>
</fetch>

</link-entity>

</entity>

</fetch>

Dynamics CRM Error : Importing Solution – Fields that are not valid were specified for the entity

12 August 2015 Kerem Ay 1 Comment

Fields that are not valid were specified for the entity

When you try to import a solution to another environment if you get an error like this. That error is about field of incompatibility so you must find that incompatibility and delete that field from it there where you want to import

For example :

You have a nvarchar field in development environment and have an integer field as same fieldname in test environment.
new_age (string) VS new_age (integer).

CRM Tips : Javascript Stop Form Saving

2 August 2015 Kerem Ay Leave a comment

If you want to control your process on save event, you can use preventDefault method.

function formOnSave(context) {

    var saveEvt = context.getEventArgs();
    if (Xrm.Page.getAttribute("fieldname").getValue() == null) {
        saveEvt.preventDefault();
    }
}

function formOnSave(context) {

var saveEvt = context.getEventArgs();

if (Xrm.Page.getAttribute("fieldname").getValue() == null) {

saveEvt.preventDefault();

}

Dont forget to click “Pass execution context as first parameter” on Form Properties.

preventDefault : Cancels the save operation, but all remaining handlers for the event will still be executed.

Save event arguments (client-side reference)

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg509060.aspx

ExecuteMultipleRequest For Bulk Operation

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You can use the ExecuteMultipleRequest message to support higher throughput bulk message passing scenarios in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update, particularly in the case of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online where Internet latency can be the largest limiting factor. ExecuteMultipleRequest accepts an input collection of message Requests, executes each of the message requests in the order they appear in the input collection, and optionally returns a collection of Responses containing each message’s response or the error that occurred. Each message request in the input collection is processed in a separate database transaction.ExecuteMultipleRequest is executed by using the IOrganizationService.Execute method.

For Online CRM, maximum Batch Size is 1000. So, for Online CRM, maximum 1000 requests can be executed at a time.
For On Premise, Batch Size can be increased.

    // Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
    requestWithResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
    {
        // Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses. 
        Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
        {
            ContinueOnError = false,
            ReturnResponses = true
        },
        // Create an empty organization request collection.
        Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
    };

    // Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection. 
    EntityCollection input = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate();

    // Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
    foreach (var entity in input.Entities)
    {
        CreateRequest createRequest = new CreateRequest { Target = entity };
        requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest);
    }

    // Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
    ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithResults =
        (ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults);

    // Display the results returned in the responses.
    foreach (var responseItem in responseWithResults.Responses)
    {
        // A valid response.
        if (responseItem.Response != null)
            DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], responseItem.Response);

        // An error has occurred.
        else if (responseItem.Fault != null)
            DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], 
                responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
    }

// Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.

requestWithResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()

{

// Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses.

Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()

{

ContinueOnError = false,

ReturnResponses = true

// Create an empty organization request collection.

Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()

};

// Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection.

EntityCollection input = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate();

// Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.

foreach (var entity in input.Entities)

{

CreateRequest createRequest = new CreateRequest { Target = entity };

requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest);

}

// Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.

ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithResults =

(ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults);

// Display the results returned in the responses.

foreach (var responseItem in responseWithResults.Responses)

{

// A valid response.

if (responseItem.Response != null)

DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], responseItem.Response);

// An error has occurred.

else if (responseItem.Fault != null)

DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex],

responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);

}

Here is another example of changing the State and Status of records by ExecuteMultipleRequest.

for (int i = 0; i < records.Entities.Count; i++)
{
    SetStateRequest setStateReq = new SetStateRequest();
    setStateReq.EntityMoniker = new EntityReference();
    setStateReq.EntityMoniker.Id = records.Entities[i].Id;
    setStateReq.EntityMoniker.LogicalName = records.Entities[i].LogicalName;
    setStateReq.State = new OptionSetValue(0);
    setStateReq.Status = new OptionSetValue(1);
    req.Requests.Add(setStateReq);
}
 
var res = service.Execute(req) as ExecuteMultipleResponse;

for (int i = 0; i < records.Entities.Count; i++)

{

SetStateRequest setStateReq = new SetStateRequest();

setStateReq.EntityMoniker = new EntityReference();

setStateReq.EntityMoniker.Id = records.Entities[i].Id;

setStateReq.EntityMoniker.LogicalName = records.Entities[i].LogicalName;

setStateReq.State = new OptionSetValue(0);

setStateReq.Status = new OptionSetValue(1);

req.Requests.Add(setStateReq);

}

var res = service.Execute(req) as ExecuteMultipleResponse;

More info : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj863631.aspx

CRM Deploy Error : Assembly must be registered in isolation

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When you trying to deploy plugins, if you get an Assembly must be registered in isolation error. You are not a Deployment administrator on CRM Organization. After the deployment administrator must add you as deployment administrator, you can deploy / register a plugin.

Open the Deployment Manager

First of all you must be a Dynamics CRM deployment admin to access the Dynamics CRM Deployment Manager and change the Dynamics CRM URLs. If you dont have access to privileges, you can tell your administrator.

Open the User Panel from Deployment Adminstrators

Right click the deployment adminstrators then click the New Deployment Adminstrator.

Add a New Deployment Administrator

You can add the user who you want from Active Directory.

Register and Deploy Plugins

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg309620.aspx

CRM 2013 Tips : How to fix Access Denied Error ?

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When you write javascript oData if you get an Access denied error. You have to change Web Addresses from Deployment Manager.

Open the Deployment Manager

Open the Properties

Change Web Addresses

You have to change all 4 CRM URLs to the full FQN CRM URL (Full Qualify Domain Name).

More info : http://www.dynamicscrmpros.com/microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-access-denied-error-resolved/

Dynamics CRM 2013 Developer Toolkit for Visual Studio 2013

30 June 2015 Kerem Ay Leave a comment

Normally there is no CRM Developer Toolkit installation file for Visual Studio 2013. But you can install it with some customization.

Firstly Download the installation files.
Open Visual Studio folder and Run Microsoft.CrmDeveloperTools.vsix file
Run the crmSDKFix.reg file
Copy contents of the CRM MSBuild folder to “C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\CRM” or “C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\CRM”
If there is no CRM folder in MSBuild folder, you can create this CRM folder.
Now open Visual Studio and you can create CRM Toolkit Project.

(Resolved) CRM Explorer not showing up on Visual Studio

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If you cannot find CRM Explorer in the Tools menu, you can fix the issue like that.

Close the Visual Studio Project
Open the Project’s Solution file (.sln) in a text edior
Find the Global section and insert the following code at the beginning of the section.

    GlobalSection(CRMSolutionProperties) = preSolution
        SolutionIsBoundToCRM = True
    EndGlobalSection

GlobalSection(CRMSolutionProperties) = preSolution

SolutionIsBoundToCRM = True

EndGlobalSection

Save the file and open your project again.
Now you can find the CRM Explorer in the Tools Menu or Connect to Dynamics CRM Server dialog will show up automatically.

CRM Tips : Where is the Advanced Find for CRM 2015 ?

29 June 2015 Kerem Ay Leave a comment

In CRM 2013 Advanced Find was not on every page, so if you were on an individual record you had to navigate back to a grid view or a dashboard to open it. Then navigate back to the record you were on.

microsoft-crm-advanced-find

With CRM 2015 the Advanced Find button is now available from all pages in its new home in the navigation bar at the top of every page.

Details : http://cargas.com/blog/microsoft-crm-2015-universal-search-advanced-find-improvements/