Archive for March 4th, 2006

A note for new home owners

If you never listen to another piece of advice from me again, please listen to this one:
Never, ever. Ever. Buy a cheap water hose.
Ever.
Buying a cheap water hose is like renting a $35 hooker. It may look good all packaged up, but once you start using it, you'll find a lifetime of grief and irritation.
 
And [...]

It would appear, that my neighbors neither enjoy nor approve of the freedom I get from my washing my Ford truck in my new man-thong.
It would also appear that the Coppell constabulary have an equal lack of understanding.
I mean, come on. How was I supposed to know those kids would be outside playing in the [...]

Choices, Choices, Choices

So it's a beautiful data here in Coppell, Texas and I decide to wash the bird poop and accumulated grime off the old Ford pickup.
The last time I washed my truck I accidentally dropped on the ground, the spray-nozzle thingy that inherited from the previous homeowner. Since it was about 10 years old, it fractured and [...]

In the article, Including custom JavaScript files in MSCRM 3.0, I discussed using an external JavaScript code library to help reduce maintenace costs.  Seemed like a good idea, at the time.  Then I got to thinking about the CRM Laptop client and how it is disconnected from the main CRM server and realized that I [...]

I think that one of the most underutilized CRM data types is the BIT field.  Most people are thinking bit = on/off, 1/0, etc., and they would be correct.  But what the most facinating thing about this data type is how you can display it.
Once you have created the Attribute and added it to the Form, double-click on the [...]

Let me state up front that I really don't know how practical this code will be, but I did it as an intellectual exercise and because I figured that the project that I am currently working on would need it at some point. 
Note: If you copy the following code for use in CRM, copy it to [...]

You may have noticed that when you create a Quote for an Account, much of the Account's data does not get populated into the Quote fields. Ship-To addresses are a perfect example.
This is caused by not having the Entity Mapping between Account and Quote fully populated. 
To change this, you need to alter the Entity Mapping by performing [...]