Using regular expressions in Dynamics CRM 2011 processes

Regular expressions offer programmers an easy way to validate strings in many programming languages. In this post, I will show how you can add regular expression validation capabilities to Dynamics CRM 2011 processes. Regular expressions overview First, for those who may not be familiar with regular expressions, let me offer »

Custom identity class to represent Dynamics CRM users in WCF services

A few weeks ago I wrote a post called "Custom WCF service authentication using Microsoft Dynamics CRM credentials" in which I showed how to secure Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) web services using Dynamics CRM usernames and passwords. In that post, I used a GenericIdentity object to store the »

A Better Dynamics CRM E-mail Editor With TinyMCE (updated for IE8 and 9)

When I developed the JavaScript for my A Better Dynamics CRM E-mail Editor With TinyMCE post back in June, I tested it in both Chrome and IE10. Since then I have gotten a few reports of it not working in IE8 or IE9. Initially, I thought there might be a »

Diesel Xrm Service Wrapper Now on GitHub

Last week I wrote a post called "Introducing the Diesel Xrm Service Wrapper," in which I presented a generic WCF wrapper for the Dynamics CRM Organization Service. Almost immediately I had several ideas about updates I wanted to make, so I've decided to host the project on GitHub. »

Custom WCF service authentication using Microsoft Dynamics CRM credentials

Enterprise Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementations frequently require developing custom Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) web services to be used for integration with external systems. Typical use cases for custom web services would include situations in which a consuming system can't easily access the Dynamics CRM Organization Service, or a custom service »