Google adds on Presentation on to web!

Google adds on Presentation on to web! http://docs.google.com/

CRM import export tool for Roles...

If you are looking for CRM import export tool for Roles for CRM 3.0 here it is -

https://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=E55885A7-85A3-48C7-ABEE-B78F0E3D75AA

Credits to Mitch Fuller for bringing this to attention.
Cheers - DJ

Crm code 0x80040217 "The specified object was not found"

I have been faced lot many times by this generic .net error from CRM web service. Everytime it let me spend some time in figuring what this error was about ... and i learnt that this type of errors usually occur because of the mismatch/change of CRM metadata or data (GUID) for that record not matching. This can happen anytime when you are trying to do Insert, Update or Delete against CRM.

Easy Solution - Try catching Soap Exception instead of Generic .net Exception and see InnerXML message and it shows CRM code: 0x80040217 with description like: "Missing field/attribute" or it just says plain "Platform".

1. If you are doing an insert check that all fields that you are using in the query/fetchXML are not misspelled.
2. If you are doing an Update or delete check the above and ensure GUID you are using does exist in CRM database.

That should be the catch! Write to me if that does not solve your problem. Thanks - Dipesh

Yahoo mashup

Yahoo mashup at developer yahoo.com -
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/applications.html

Learn simple "how to use" Yahoo mashups in .net - http://developer.yahoo.com/dotnet/

HOWTO Articles -
Get comfortable using .NET with Yahoo! Web Services
HOWTO: Make Yahoo! Web Service REST calls with C# and VB.NET
HOWTO: Using Returned XML with C# and VB.NET
HOWTO: Cache API Calls Using C# and VB.NET
HOWTO: Access Yahoo! Web Services Using XAML (my favourite)
HOWTO: Browser-Based Authentication Using C# and VB.NET

Regards - Dipesh Joshi

Zimbra and its AJAX-based collaboration suite...

Yahoo picks up Zimbra and its AJAX-based collaboration suite to compete with Google, Microsoft and IBM: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2184226,00.asp?kc=EWKNLNAV09182007STR3) – it’s a pretty interesting messaging & collaboration environment (heavy use of AJAX).

Zimbra offers an AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) client that bundles e-mail, contacts, shared calendar, search and VOIP (voice over IP) that can be used both on and offline, will help it expand its presence in universities, businesses and through ISPs. http://www.zimbra.com/demos/zimbra_overview.html

Regards - Dipesh

Reflector that allows you to disassemble entire Silverlight sites...

Check this Reflector plug-in that lets you disassemble entire Silverlight sites with ease. Check out those cool Silverlight sites http://www.tafiti.com/ and diagnoize it!

http://www.codeplex.com/reflectoraddins/Wiki/View.aspx?title=SilverlightBrowser&referringTitle=Home

Happy learning and copying! :) Cheers - Dipesh

Download Silverlight 1.1 here...

Download Silverlight 1.0 here -
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/silverlight/bb187452.aspx
Install this to enhance browsers on Windows and Macintosh (for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari).

Download Silverlight 1.1 Alpha here -
Silverlight 1.1 Alpha September Refresh
Install this developer-only version to enhance browsers on Windows and Macintosh (for Firefox and Internet Explorer).

Download more here on MSDN

Thanks - Dipesh

Hanselmean wicked code links - NGenerics

NGenerics - "A class library providing generic data structures and algorithms not implemented in the standard .NET framework." This is cool code because it's not only adding new data structures, but also extending existing ones. They've added an IVisitor interface to add the Visitor pattern to create the VisitableHashTable amongst others.

More ... [1] - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheWeeklySourceCode5.aspx
Cheers - Dipesh

Tafiti

Check the implementation of cool Silverlight application here - http://www.tafiti.com/
Cheers - Dipesh

Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

Scott Hanselman has compiled a great list of .net tools a Developer must have...

It includes few of the ASP.NET Must Haves and Visual Studio add in's like -
UrlRewriting.NET - An open source URL rewriter, implemented as an HttpModule.
Web Development Helper - that allows ASP.NET 2.0 built into a Browser Toolbar.
Blinq - A tool for generating ASP.NET websites for displaying, creating, and manipulating data based on database schema.....and many more Visual studio add in's.

Check for details at his site at: http://www.hanselman.com/tools

Happy programming!