Back in the dark ages, like with CRM 3.0, we were often faced with writing .NET code to provide certain enhanced data manipulation capabilities as either Callouts or Workflow Assemblies.  CRM 4.0 totally changes that mind set - and as a solution developer, you really need to keep that in mind before you jump off […]

Over the past several years, I have read and seen multiple references to a practice called Visualization, which is when a person rehearses a physical action by performing the task mentally.
Examples that come to mind are the NASA astronaut training program, Olympic athletes, and the Navy's Blue Angels. 
Note: You can perform an Internet search […]

I found a handy site today that lists version numbers for Microsoft SQL Server and what is installed to obtain a specific version:
http://www.sqlsecurity.com/FAQs/SQLServerVersionDatabase/tabid/63/Default.aspx

I was out of the office for a week and decided to catch up on my blog reading this afternoon. While reading one of Scott Hanselman's posts when I took his advice to read the post "What does it take to be a grandmaster" by Jeff Moser.  Jeff's article mentioned a Time Magazine article entitled […]

I noticed this:

Circa 1987.
Ah, those were the days….

I ran into the following error message yesterday while sending email from the CRM Web Client:

This was on a CRM Professional installation with the CRM and Exchange existing on different servers.
The following article walks you through various troubleshooting steps required to determine the root cause of the issue.
How to configure the outgoing e-mail functionality […]

Sometimes I find the strangest and most helpful utilities while searching the Internet for a solution to a project on which I'm working.
WMI Code Creator v1.0 is no different.  If you are working with WMI ( Windows Management Instrumentation ), you need to have this installed.  It will actually generate the C#, VB.NET, and VBScript […]

The team at 37 Signals posted about a change in their development practices:
We recently decided to stop diving in too deep on tasks right away. Instead, we’re going for four hour chunks upfront. We start work on a task and then, after the first four hours, come up for air.

That is an absolutely terrific idea […]

A week ago I decided update my CRM Accelerators web site ( my company ) by adding some more content and re-enable ASP.NET AJAX on the site since GoDaddy added support for it.  I finished it last night.
12 hours of my life and I am sure that more than a few new gray hairs were […]

If you've ever tried to close a browser window from ASP.NET by using the following code:
 
<input type="button" class="inputfields"
onclick="javascript:window.close();" value="Close" /></td>
You will probably receive the following message:

 
After digging around for 20 minutes or so, I finally found the answer on Anatoly Lubarsky's blog:
 
<input type="button" class="inputfields"
onclick="javascript:window.opener='x';window.close();" value="Close" /></td>