CodeLens gives us a quick overview of each of our methods, including what other methods reference this one, who modified the method last, and what changes they made, and also the unit tests we have that use the method. CodeLens is available on every method, and is automatically added to new met
Read the full article hereCode Map allows you to map out the structure of your application by connecting your methods to see what methods link to each other, so you visually see how your application flows. This new feature is also great for easily understanding other people’s code by following the hierarchy without get
Read the full article hereHere’s some notes from the Visual Studio 2013 session at Build 2013 describing some of the cool new features we can expect. Note that this is only from the VS2013 preview, so there may be some more features to come in the full version. • Ability to log in and sync settings and theme
Read the full article hereAs a developer, you would have encountered the situation where a colleague has passed on a project to you and you know absolutely nothing about the code base. The code is difficult to read and you have tried multiple times to step through the code with the debugger, but you’re having no luck.
Read the full article hereWith the release of Visual Studio 2013 come two great new features – CodeLens and CodeMap. Both features solve common problems encountered by developers on a day to day basis and greatly improve productivity when building solutions using Visual Studio. These features are available in the previ
Read the full article hereDay 1 of the Build Conference revealed some exciting new features for Visual Studio 2013. In this post, we will take a look at changes to the Visual Studio 2013 IDE and see how they can help improve the developer experience and productivity. Please note that I will touch on the CodeLens and CodeMap
Read the full article hereYesterday at the Build Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft presented some innovative changes with their Windows 8.1 release. The Moscone Center was packed with thousands of Microsoft enthusiasts where Steve Ballmer started the show and announced the availability of the Windows 8.1 preview. The re
Read the full article hereIn this series of blogs, starting with this one, I have written about the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics with an emphasis on integrating data between two Microsoft Dynamics CRM Organisations using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Instance Adapter. Two blogs ago in this series, I wrote that I would
Read the full article hereWe have had an exciting time in San Francisco thus far – checking out the many stores downtown, seeing the AT&T stadium where the San Francisco Giants were playing, and exploring piers 1 through 39 on foot where there are many great stores and places to eat. Yesterday we walked across the
Read the full article hereThere is one “gotcha” when using the SendEmailRequest in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK. I have seen questions asked throughout the community where developers are trying to programmatically send an e-mail, but the recipient never receives it. The e-mail message appears in the Activi
Read the full article hereIn a recent update from Microsoft regarding the next major release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM (known as Orion), Microsoft have advised that Microsoft Office 2003 will no longer be supported. Refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265924.aspx. This brings the Microsoft Dynamics CR
Read the full article hereIn this blog write about the fact that Duplicate Detection Rules are not triggered when using the Updated User Interface Forms in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Newly created and uncustomised Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Organisations include a number of predefin
Read the full article hereI have recently built a data migration tool for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. Before the migration runs, it is important to deactivate all active workflow and plug-in steps so that we prevent our custom business logic from executing which could potentially slow down the migration process. Once the mi
Read the full article hereIn Dynamics CRM when looking at contact records, by default we have a view for “My Active Contacts” which displays all contacts assigned directly to our user. This is achieved by using the filter criteria “Owner - Equals Current User”. If we wanted to also see records owned b
Read the full article hereI am now at the end of this series of blogs on integrating two Microsoft Dynamics CRM Organisations using the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics and the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Instance Adapter. In my most recent posts I have discussed a number of findings with respect to the integration of the S
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