June 2012 - Posts

• Adding a label to show when filters are active in the SalesLogix web client

  In the SalesLogix web client, users can set filters when looking at groups. These filters further restrict the results in the group. The filter options are stored for the user in the database VFS table so that the next time the group is opened, the filters remain active. The only problem with this approach is it is easy to forget that a filter has been applied to a group and therefor questions arise as to why records can't be seen. I am going to explain how you can modify the filter task pane so that a label appears once you set a filter for a group. Read more Posted Jun 27 2012, 08:36 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix 7.5.4, SalesLogix Web

• Calling Response.Redirect from a SalesLogix Code Snippet Action Item

  In the SalesLogix web client, in a C# Snippet Action Item you can simply call Response.Redirect() directly since it is being called in context of the smartpart it is running from. The smartpart inherits from the ASP.Net UserControl which has the Response method included in it. For a Code Snippet Action Item, you need to do things just a little bit different. Read more Posted Jun 22 2012, 07:52 AM by Kris Halsrud with 4 comment(s)

• Working with dates in the SalesLogix Web Client

  The SalesLogix database stores most dates in the database in UTC time. In the SalesLogix web client, the SalesLogix date controls automatically handle converting a bound date time to the local web client's time zone from the UTC equivalent. The same is not true when retrieving dates and using them on other controls, like labels. Let's take a look at some of the ways we can work with date time values in the SalesLogix web client: Read more Posted Jun 18 2012, 10:58 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments Tags: SalesLogix Web