Sharepoint 2010 Server install Step By Step

In my previous post Sharepoint 2010 Foundation Install Step By Step we went through the steps to install SharePoint 2010 Foundation, so this time we will go through SharePoint Server 2010 installation process.

there is practically no difference between SPF 2010 & SPS2010 installation, except of some new error messages :)

So here we go

CRM email with pdf report attachment

1.step: In Visual Studio creating new WORKFLOW ACTIVITY LIBRARY

2.step: Add references Microsoft.Crm.Sdk, Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy;

3.step: Add web reference http://<reportservername>/ReportServer/ReportExecution2005.asmx

4.step: Debug this code

5.step: Run Plugin Registration Tool and register new assembly (that will be dll created from this source in path where this project will be created in bin folder)

6.step: Create new Workflow in crm with this custom workflow activity as new step

And here goes full code:

CRM in FireFox

If your preferred browser is not IE.. :) then there is great solution to work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM in Mozilla FireFox - "IE TAB" Add-on.

To use this add-on:

1. download add-on

2. restart FireFox

3. Tools -> IE Tab 2 options

4. Add your CRM site url to "Sites Filter" section

That's it, CRM in FireFox

CRM FetchXml with Javascript

FetchXML method using javascript in CRM, allows me to use linked entities, so I can query attributes from different tables and linke them together with some primary attribute. 

Here's example:

// Prepare variables
var fetchMapping = "logical";
var entityName = "entitiyname"; //first attribute to fetch from this entity [CHANGE THIS]
var FirstColumn = "attributename1"; //first attribute to fetch from this entity [CHANGE THIS]
var SecondColumn = "attributename2"; //second attribute to fetch from this entity [CHANGE THIS]
var ThirdColumn = "attributename3"; //third attribute to fetch from this entity [CHANGE THIS]

Sharepoint Query with SPAPI

1. To use SPAPI query download it from HERE!!!.
2. On SharePoint server under "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS" create folder "SPAPI".
3. Place extracted js files from download to this folder.
4. Put your query within these code lines: 


<script type="text/javascript" src="/_layouts/SPAPI/SPAPI_Core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/_layouts/SPAPI/SPAPI_Lists.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
 
<your spapi query>

</script>

//SPAPI query example: