Month: October 2016

We all know with CRM 2016 we should use Web API instead of oData in JavaScript. So before actually implementing that let us understand XMLHTTPRequest which would be a major part of this code.

Lets take a code example and then analyze each and every component

The following script demonstrates how to create and use the XMLHttpRequest object. For best client-side performance, the XMLHTTP request is asynchronous and uses an onreadystatechange event handler to process the data returned by the call. The script uses the getXMLHttpRequest()function defined above to create the request object.

State  Description
0      The request is not initialized
1      The request has been set up
2      The request has been sent
3      The request is in process
4      The request is complete

function handler()
{
    if (oReq.readyState == X /* complete */) {
        if (oReq.status == 200) {/*Click here to check all statuses possible*/
            console.log(oReq.responseText);/*Responsetext property*/
        }
    }
}
var oReq = getXMLHttpRequest();
if (oReq != null) {
    oReq.open("GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", true);
    oReq.onreadystatechange = handler;
    oReq.send();
}
else {
    window.console.log("AJAX (XMLHTTP) not supported.");
}

Sample Workout

Cheers,

PMDY

Today we would see calling workflows and dialogs from javascript

Call Workflow

Runs the specified workflow for a particular record asynchronously. Optionally, you can add callback functions which will fire when the workflow has been executed successfully or if it fails.

Parameters: Workflow ID/Guid, Record ID/Guid, Success Callback (function), Error Callback (function), CRM Base URL (not required on forms/views)

Usage:

Process.callWorkflow("4AB26754-3F2F-4B1D-9EC7-F8932331567A", 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId(),
    function () {
        alert("Workflow executed successfully");
    },
    function () {
        alert("Error executing workflow");
    });

Call Dialog

Note: This function has been deprecated. It will remain in the solution, however no future enhancements or fixes will be done. Please check out Alert.js for a better way of showing dialogs.

Opens the specified dialog for a particular record in a CRM light-box, or Modal Dialog if run from Outlook. Once the dialog is closed, a custom callback function can be executed, e.g. to refresh the form with new data set by the dialog.

Parameters: Dialog ID/Guid, Entity Name, Record ID/Guid, Callback function, CRM Base URL (not required on forms/views)

Usage:

Process.callDialog("C50B3473-F346-429F-8AC7-17CCB1CA45BC", "contact", 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId(),         
    function () { 
        Xrm.Page.data.refresh(); 
    });

Cheers,
PMDY