Coded Magic!
Microsoft provides a tool within the Dynamics SDK called CrmSvcUtil. It generates early-bound entity code, which includes classes for each entity in CRM with properties for each field and relation. Microsoft’s Dynamics early-bound entity...
Issue In CRM v8.x, calling an Action might fail with the error: ‘Object reference not set to an instance of an object’. The error provided no clues as to the source of the issue;...
Issue Sometimes on importing a solution in CRM v8.x, it might fail with the error: ‘Workflow contains an invalid custom activity’. In an effort to try to conquer the ambiguity, I tried to create...
Microsoft introduced Business Process Flows (BPF) back in version 2013. Developers haven’t really faced critical issues when controlling the BPF through the UI, except for the rare bug here and there. However, it has...
Microsoft recently announced the Office365 AuthType deprecation used in connection strings. This AuthType was the popular choice when connecting to Dynamics Online deployments through the SDK. It was indeed very convenient and saved some headache...
UPDATE (2019-12-27): I tested adding CRM entity lookups to Virtual Entities in the latest version and it seems to work just fine. I will test it further and report any issues that might pop...
You are reading the second part of the main article: Testing Dynamics CRM. Dynamics CRM can be divided into logical units that facilitate its testing by slightly adding twists to known methods wrapped in...
Software is developed by humans, whose propensity for making mistakes is undeniable. Catching those mistakes is paramount to delivering quality solutions to eager customers. Testing is the activity of squashing those bugs. It is...
