November 2011 - Posts

• Modifying the Activities main view page in the SalesLogix web client

  How to modify the Activities main view page in the SalesLogix web client Read more Posted Nov 23 2011, 04:23 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

• Accessing a user's Secured Actions to determine functionality in the SalesLogix web client

  Since SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix has exposed user Roles and actions within the roles. See this post for an overview. SalesLogix has a IRoleSecurirtyService that can be utilized to to determine if the current user has access to a particular secured action... Read more Posted Nov 22 2011, 06:44 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix 7.5.4, SalesLogix Web

• Setting dates to null in the SalesLogix web client

  Most dates in the SalesLgix web client are nullable DateTimes meaning that they do not need to contain a value. However if you try code like this: lead.LastCallDate = lastHistory.HasValue ? lastHistory.Value: null; You will receive an error about how... Read more Posted Nov 18 2011, 10:40 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix Web

• Displaying alerts in the SalesLogix web client with the Client Message Service

  There are a myriad of ways of displaying alerts in the SalesLogix web client. You have of course the standard javascript alert: <script type="text/javascript"> function launchAnAlert() { alert('A plain alert from javascript');... Read more Posted Nov 17 2011, 10:34 AM by Kris Halsrud with 7 comment(s) Tags: SalesLogix Web

• How to resize the activity window in the SalesLogix web client

  How you can change the size of the Activity and History dialog windows in the SalesLogix web client. Read more Posted Nov 11 2011, 09:35 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix Web

• Errors caused by invalild dates in the SalesLogix entity model

  Working with non-nullable types in C# can be a bit of a pain. In the world of SalesLogix you may occasionally run into an error like this: The key to this error is the part about "Data value overflowed the type used by the provider ". How do... Read more Posted Nov 10 2011, 10:14 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix Web, SQL Server, Troubleshooting

• Formatting date columns in a SalesLogix group

  How to format dates shown in a group in the SalesLogix web client. Read more Posted Nov 09 2011, 09:28 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix Web