Close Form using JavaScript in Dynamics CRM 2011

I came across with a requirement where i have to Hide the Item from Fly-Out Anchors/ Short cuts in CRM, Because You can not remove Items from Fly-Outs, the work around is to Close the form with a User-friendly message using JavaScript on load of the form. You can Security based code also. Closing the UI is not posiible through Plug-Ins, Only possible way to do this using Javascript.

The Close method is available for CRM UI : Xrm.Page.ui.close();

Using this method will a prompt with a dialog box (Find the image below)

To get rid of this Dialog box is to implement getSubmitMode method of attribut, Following the code below to implement it.

Create a Webresource : new_CloseForm

add the following Javascript

function Close()
{
 var attributes = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get();
  for (var x in attributes)
    {       attributes[x].setSubmitMode("never"); }
alert ("XXX Form is not available for Current logged-in User");
Xrm.Page.ui.close();
}

Add the event method as Close to the desired entity's form. Find the image

Hope this helps.

Sales and Marketing Life Cycle in Dynamics CRM 2011

Formatting postal codes for USA for Dynamics CRM 2011

To Standardize & GUI Enhancement, I have implemented the following script to re-format the user input of postal codes for USA. Here I am collecting user’s input, and re-arranging it to follow a standard for zip code which is #####-####..

By default, Zip/Postal code field in Dynamics CRM is a free-form text field.  Requirement is that when a user types in a Zip Code like 432201234, it should automatically format the field to 43220-1234".

Dynamics CRM uses JavaScript for client side scripting and we can use Regular Expression to collect the data and match with the expression and if the format does not match then enforce to format. I am using (^\d{5}$)|(^\d{9}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$) to match, whether user has typed in 5 characters or 9 characters or it is already in a US format Zip code like 43220-1234. If 5 then do not do anything, if 9, format it and if it is already in a US format Zip code like 43220-1234 do not do anything.

Now, follow the steps and screen shots.

1 - Create a web resource in CRM

2. Use the text editor to put the following JavaScript:

// Function to format Zip Code in USA Format XXXXX-XXXX

// Created by : Sudip Chakrovorty Dated : 5/15/2012

function FormatPostalCode(context)

{

var oField = context.getEventSource().getValue();

var tmp = oField;

    if(typeof(oField) != "undefined" && oField != null)

  {

    // check for US ZIP code format

    if(oField.match(/(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{9}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/))

    {

        tmp = oField;

               

if(tmp.match(/^\d{9}$/))

    {

      tmp = tmp.substr(0,5) + "-" + tmp.substr(5,9);

      context.getEventSource().setValue(tmp);

      return true;

    }

}

else

    alert("Zip Code must contain 5 or 9 numbers.");

    //context.getEventSource().setValue("");

         }

}

3. Add your JavaScript into Form.

4 – Add a Reference of the Web resource in the field where you want to implement. Go to the properties of the field; Set the "form libraries" to above code. Then add an "event handler" for the Zip Code field's OnChange() event.   In the "function" field, use "FormatPostalCode".    Also, click on the "pass execution context as first parameter" check box.

And you are done.

Enjoy!