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Disabling the SalesLogix 8x web server cache

When doing development in the SalesLogix web client it is often useful to deploy the website and then open the deployed pages and user controls and edit them directly to try different code or troubleshoot problems. In version 8 of the SalesLogix web client... Read more

Posted May 15 2013, 02:43 PM by Kris Halsrud with 3 comment(s)

Tags: SalesLogix 8

How to get sizes for tables in a SQL 2008 database

Under the heading of "often needed and never remembered", I decided to post a quick T-SQl example of how you can retrieve the space used by the various tables in a SQL 2008 database. Note, in my select query I am limiting to just the top 20... Read more

Posted Apr 18 2013, 01:02 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SQL Server

The SLXOLEDB.1 provider is not registered on the local machine

Ever seen this error before when logging into the SalesLogix web client? Ofter this is a result of an incorrect configuration within a 64bit IIS environment. However there is a more obscure reason this might be happening we recently discovered. If you... Read more

Posted Apr 04 2013, 11:00 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web

Modifying SLX Mobile 2.0 to deploy customizations on a normal App Architect deployment

In order to have your customizations, that have been added to the SalesLogix Mobile 2.0 client, be deployed to your web site during the normal SalesLogix deployment, you will need to modify a support file used by the Application Architect to determine... Read more

Posted Mar 27 2013, 08:06 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web, SalesLogix dojo Mobile Client

Reading Sales Process details in the SalesLogix LAN client

The details about a Sales Process, like Stages and steps are contained in the Sales Process plugin data row in the Data column. The data column is a binary field that stores an XML definition of the sales process. Here is a sample of how you can read... Read more

Posted Mar 12 2013, 12:04 PM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s)

Tags: SalesLogix

Running a report from a button in the SalesLogix web client version 8

In a previous post I talked about how to run a Crystal Report from a button in the SalesLogix web client on version 7.5x. The client side reporting functionality has been redone in version 8. It is now included in a client side service. Lets compare the old and new ways of doing things. Read more

Posted Mar 05 2013, 01:43 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix 8

Calling refresh from the LinkHandler.cs Class

I recently had to figure out how to make the detail view in the SalesLogix 7.5.4 web client refresh after running a common task. The common tasks server side code executed within the LinkHandler.cs file in the App_Code directory. This is how to accomplish... Read more

Posted Feb 01 2013, 10:42 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web, SalesLogix 7.5.2, SalesLogix 7.5.3, SalesLogix 7.5.4

Fixing the SalesLogix Phone web control to handle extensions using "ext"

In the SalesLogix web client there is code to handle parsing phone numbers in the SalesLogix phone web control for numbers using "x" to denote the start of an extension (i.e. 6515551111x123). There is also code in place to handle phone numbers... Read more

Posted Jan 11 2013, 04:20 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web, SalesLogix 7.5

SalesLogix web Customer Portal - Adding conditions to lookups

You can add additional global conditions to lookups in the SalesLogix customer ticket portal by modifying the appSettings.config file within the portal. Within the <appSettings> section you can add a value like: <add key="CustomerPortalLookupConditions_TICKET"... Read more

Posted Jan 09 2013, 10:30 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web

SalesLogix Web Lead Capture Portal Discontinued in Version 8

The SalesLogix web lead capture portal has been unexpectedly "dropped" from SalesLogix version 8. Sage's documentation still mentions the lead capture portal however they have said that is a mistake. They also mentioned they may create another... Read more

Posted Jan 07 2013, 10:01 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix 8

SalesLogix v8 web client no longer displays curreny symbols

In the SalesLogix web client, there is a SalesLogix currency control that can be used to enter and display currency values in the web client. In 7.5x this control used to display the currency symbol. In v8, the currency symbol no longer displays. Version... Read more

Posted Dec 31 2012, 02:18 PM by Kris Halsrud with 3 comment(s)

Tags: SalesLogix Web, SalesLogix 7.5, SalesLogix 8

SalesLogix v8 code intellisense takes a step back

The SalesLogix code intellisense that is available in Quickforms in SalesLogix v8 has taken a major step back from previous versions of 7.5x. Now the only Intellisense offered under "this" is the controls on the user control and none of the... Read more

Posted Dec 27 2012, 11:43 AM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s)

Tags: SalesLogix 8

SalesLogix v8 What's New Power Point document clarifications

In the official Sage What's New power point there is a slide that is a little mis-informative and cryptic. I want to clarify a few of these points. Here is the page: "Type head for entity look-ups" : This is a bit misleading. What this functionality... Read more

Posted Dec 27 2012, 10:15 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix 8

Sorting a SalesLogix entity collection using Linq

The SalesLogix entity model offers the ability to access collections of related entities, such as Contacts belonging to an Account. When you access the collection properties there is no sort order defined so the results can be less than desirable. You... Read more

Posted Dec 26 2012, 12:25 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web

SalesLogix version 8- unable to install web manifest items into the SalesLogix web report portal.

I have recently discovered that attempting to install a web manifest in SalesLogix v8 that contains items being added to the SalesLogix Web reporting portal will not install properly. During the install you receive an error of: You can continue with the... Read more

Posted Dec 21 2012, 01:02 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix 8

SalesLogix connection string format has changed within Connection.Config file from 7.5x to 8.x

Just a heads up on something I ran into that was causing me some problems. The format of the way the connection string is stored in the connection.config file of the SalesLogix deployed slxclient website has changed between versions 7.5 and 8. In 7.5x... Read more

Posted Dec 20 2012, 10:16 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix 7.5, SalesLogix 8

Inability to edit or delete sales order or Opportunity products in the SalesLogix 7.5.4 web client

If you are running IIS 7 there is an important step you need to do in order to allow the SalesLogix web client to edit or delete products from both the Opportunity and Sales order product's tabs. Since the Product's tab uses client side SData... Read more

Posted Nov 16 2012, 10:12 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web, SalesLogix 7.5.4, SData

Field level security restrictions causing errors in the SalesLogix Web Client

I recently had a client that was experiencing errors trying to navigate to Account records in the SalesLogix web client. The errors that were displaying were similar to: "Component Parameter name: The argument component cannot be null." A search... Read more

Posted Nov 15 2012, 10:04 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web

Inability to query non ACO groups using the SalesLogix SData system groups endpoint

I recently ran into an issue when trying to use SData to retrieve group information for groups other than Account, Contact, or Opportunity groups. SalesLogix stores non ACO groups as a different plugin type in the SLX Plugin table. They are a type 23... Read more

Posted Nov 08 2012, 11:05 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix, SalesLogix Web, SData

Error adding SData feed to a SalesLogix entity

I recently ran into an issue with trying to enable an SData feed on a custom entity. I was actually trying to expose the PLUGIN table to SData in order to get around a different bug with SData. I was able to add Plugin as a new SalesLogix entity to the... Read more

Posted Nov 06 2012, 10:37 AM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix, SData

Adding a DateTime protperty as a column to the SalesLogix web lookup control

In the SalesLogix web client if you want to add a column that is a DateTime column to a lookup control's lookup dialog you need to define it in a specific way in order to have the lookup make sense for end users. If you define the lookup column as... Read more

Posted Oct 29 2012, 03:19 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web

Determining if a user is in a role in the SalesLogix web client

A while back I wrote about how to determine if a user has a secured action defined for them in one of their roles. This is handy but what about if you want to see if a user is in a particular role? Well the Sage.SalesLogix.API assembly provides this functionlity... Read more

Posted Sep 25 2012, 03:44 PM by Kris Halsrud with 1 comment(s)

Tags: SalesLogix Web

SalesLogix IntelliSync slowness caused by history scanning

A co-worker of mine recently complained that his IntelliSync synchronization was failing when trying to sync over 11,000 records when he was syncing his calendar. After looking into the issue I discovered that the IntelliSync engine examines both the... Read more

Posted Sep 07 2012, 01:23 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix

Allow SalesLogix currency controls in the web client to accept negative values

The SalesLogix currency controls in SalesLogix do not by default allow a negative number to be entered. You can change this by editing the sage-controls-currency.js and sage-control.js file. The sage-controls.js file is the file that is actually used... Read more

Posted Aug 16 2012, 04:02 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix Web

SalesLogix 7.5.4 web client error when Generating Print View and having toolbar buttons with Role Security

I recently ran into an issue looking at the SalesLogix web client's Ticket detail screen. There is a Print Preview button there that invokes the TicketDetailPrintView.aspx page. When navigating to the page however, I get an error like: c:\Inetpub... Read more

Posted Jul 31 2012, 12:18 PM by Kris Halsrud with no comments

Tags: SalesLogix 7.5.4

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Disabling the SalesLogix 8x web server cache

How to get sizes for tables in a SQL 2008 database

The SLXOLEDB.1 provider is not registered on the local machine

Modifying SLX Mobile 2.0 to deploy customizations on a normal App Architect deployment

Reading Sales Process details in the SalesLogix LAN client

Running a report from a button in the SalesLogix web client version 8

Calling refresh from the LinkHandler.cs Class

Fixing the SalesLogix Phone web control to handle extensions using "ext"

SalesLogix web Customer Portal - Adding conditions to lookups

SalesLogix Web Lead Capture Portal Discontinued in Version 8

SalesLogix v8 web client no longer displays curreny symbols

SalesLogix v8 code intellisense takes a step back

SalesLogix v8 What's New Power Point document clarifications

Sorting a SalesLogix entity collection using Linq

SalesLogix version 8- unable to install web manifest items into the SalesLogix web report portal.

SalesLogix connection string format has changed within Connection.Config file from 7.5x to 8.x

Inability to edit or delete sales order or Opportunity products in the SalesLogix 7.5.4 web client

Field level security restrictions causing errors in the SalesLogix Web Client

Inability to query non ACO groups using the SalesLogix SData system groups endpoint

Error adding SData feed to a SalesLogix entity

Adding a DateTime protperty as a column to the SalesLogix web lookup control

Determining if a user is in a role in the SalesLogix web client

SalesLogix IntelliSync slowness caused by history scanning

Allow SalesLogix currency controls in the web client to accept negative values

SalesLogix 7.5.4 web client error when Generating Print View and having toolbar buttons with Role Security

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