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Useful Functions from the SLX_Common script (SalesLogix LAN)

The SLX_Common script included in SalesLogix contains a number of simple, yet useful, functions that you can use within your own functionality to save yourself some time by not having to reinvent the wheel each time you need some simple functionality. GetItemIndex( Control, Value ) This function returns...

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SalesLogix basics - Easy Data access in SalesLogix LAN

In this basics article, I wanted to outline the use of include scripts within the SalesLogix LAN client. Specifically, I'm going to look at the standard SLX Database Support script. Adding an Include script to either a VB Script or a Form is easy. On toolbar at the top of the script (or script page...

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Hiding controls and control labels via code in the SalesLogix Web Client.

This is a minor item, but one I always seem to forget, so I thought I'd throw it up here quick as a reference... On occasion in the web, I want to hide a particular control instead of removing it. If I set this via code snippet in the onload event of the form, it's a simple matter of just including...

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SageCRM - Building Workslips Part 1

Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting a walk-through which will outline building a Workslips module for SageCRM. In this part, I'll cover creating a new table, and defining fields in that table. We're going to start with creating new table structure to hold basic Workslip information....

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FieldTypes in Sage CRM

I wanted to take this post to outline some of the common field types that are available within Sage CRM, for anyone new to development within Sage CRM. These are defined under the Fields tab under Administration/Customization/{EntityName}. *Note - not only to field names need to be unique, field Captions...

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SageCRM Tip - Editing screen definitions - Screen contents missing from screens

On the last SageCRM project I worked on, I ran across a little issue with the CRM interface which was causing me a bit of a headache. I was working with a couple of screens I had defined for a custom entity. These screens were similar, so I was doing a lot of comparing one screen to another. Every once...

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Displaying external data in SageCRM with ASP

In my last blog post, I outlined how to display data from external database in SageCRM 200. This week, I'm going to do the same thing, but instead of connecting to an external datasource through SageCRM, I'm going to display the data using a custom ASP page. If you recall from my last post, we...

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Using Picklist data revisited

Back in January, I posted about the SalesLogix picklist data structure, and outlined how to use the data found in the picklist table to populate other controls such as comboboxes and listboxes. You can find that article here .) If you are performing customizations to version 7.2 or later of SalesLogx...

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Using SQL views to incorporate external data into SalesLogix customizations

Did you know that you can include SQL views in SalesLogix? This can be a very handy method to include data that is not normally part of SalesLogix. It is important to note, that these changes are not sync-aware. However if you are running SalesLogix LAN in a network only environment, this can be a helpful...

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Populating AutoComplete Strings

I recently had a project which required me to populate the strings collection in an AutoComplete control from data contained in the database. I wanted to take a second to outline how I populate the control's strings, as well as create a reusable script to simplify the process in the future. The FillAutoCompleteString...

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