In tip #1213 we walked you through a long winded way finding out where and when the Flow button was pushed. It involved using lattitude and longitude of the user’s location and calling Bing Maps API. As it turns out, if you are only after the local time, there is a much simpler method. When […]
Tip #1203: When and where you pushed that button
There is a time in life of every developer when they have to clench their fists and… start learning Flow. Today’s topic – localized date time. Flows run on a… in a …. wherever Flows run. Time is UTC in that world. So how does one bring the concept of a time, local to the […]
Tip #1189: Fill SVG files for all occasions
I thought we chewed SVG to death and even showed how to create SVG images for a Minecraft Dynamics deployment but Tom-Richard “Another CRM Viking” Follegg proved me wrong. (Would you like to earn a “George is wrong” sticker? Send your tip to jar@crmtipoftheday.com!) By default, when we create modern .SVG files for Dynamics, these […]
Tip #318: Don’t hack the button
In a comment for Tip #33, a reader asked why I recommend creating a new command bar button, rather than modifying the action of the standard ribbon button. The reason I recommend creating a new button rather than modifying the standard button is for several reasons: The recommendation was technically unsupported, as the multi-action button […]