December 2010 - Posts

• SalesLogix Web 7.5.3 error “object reference not set to an instance of an object” when navigating to a main view

  In the SalesLogix 7.5.3 web client, when you navigate to a main view you might receive an error stating “Object Reference not set to an instance of an object”. There are many things that might cause this. If you look in the web server’s event logs, under... Read more Posted Dec 30 2010, 10:38 AM by Kris Halsrud with 3 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web

• SalesLogix web quickforms- Changing a label's appearance

  One of the things about quickforms is that you can not control a lot of formatting options when designing them. Sometimes things blend together, especially things like section labels. One of the things you can do to make labels standout a little more... Read more Posted Dec 29 2010, 10:49 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web

• SalesLogix web client: Adding validation logic client side to a button click

  Demonstrating how to place client side data validation on a button in the SalesLogix web client Read more Posted Dec 28 2010, 05:59 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web

• Merry Christmas

  I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! Read more Posted Dec 25 2010, 05:21 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s)

• SalesLogix Web Client: Entity Filters- Hacking for increased functionality

  How to get around filter limitations in the SalesLogix web client using SQL computed columns as faux-entity properties. Read more Posted Dec 24 2010, 10:44 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web

• SalesLogix Web Client: Determining if the current group is an ad-hoc group

  How to determine if the current group in the SalesLogix web client is an ad-hoc group. Read more Posted Dec 22 2010, 01:27 PM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web

• Running SSIS on a 64 bit machine using the SalesLogix Provider

  It seems like every time I go to run a SSIS package on a 64 bit machine I forget how to set the flag to run the package in 32-bit mode to be compliant with the 32-bit SalesLogix OLEDB provider. Here are the steps: · Open the package in visual studio ... Read more Posted Dec 17 2010, 10:46 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SQL Server

• SalesLogix Web Client – Determining the selected records in the list view

  How to get the records selected client side in the SalesLogix web client list view and do something server side with them. Read more Posted Dec 16 2010, 01:19 PM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3

• Firefox and MultiSelect picklist issue in 7.5.3?

  Just discovered it appears multi-select picklists are not working in Firefox 3.6.12. The picklist dialog comes up but when you click OK with your choices the picklist text box remains empty. The picklists work fine on IE. This is in SalesLogix 7.5.3.... Read more Posted Dec 03 2010, 10:50 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3

• Breaking change to filters in SalesLogix 7.5.3

  Before SalesLogix 7.5.3 filters were introduced with the concept of having a global set of conditions that could be applied to any group in the web client and have the group be filtered by those conditions. This functionality was different than the Lookup... Read more Posted Dec 03 2010, 03:08 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web

• Adding a one click history print feature to the SalesLogix web client

  One of the things that the SalesLogix LAN client had was the ability to print details about a single history item by selecting the record in the history grid and clicking a print button. The SalesLogix web client does not have that capability. But I am going to show you how to implement something similar. Read more Posted Dec 02 2010, 07:34 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix Web