Xrm.Utility (client-side reference)

 

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

The Xrm.Utility object provides a container for useful functions not directly related to the current page.

These functions are available in every application page that supports scripting. You can use them in form scripts or in ribbon commands. For HTML web resources, they are available when you include the ClientGlobalContext.js.aspx page. For more information, see GetGlobalContext function and ClientGlobalContext.js.aspx (client-side reference).

Dialogs

Use alertDialog and confirmDialog display messages to users and set code to execute based on their response. These functions must be used with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for tablets in place of the window.alert and window.confirm methods.

isActivityType

Determine if an entity is an activity entity.

openEntityForm

Opens an entity form.

openWebResource

Opens an HTML web resource.

There are two types of dialogs: alertDialog and confirmDialog. These are included for use with scripts that will work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for tablets. CRM for tablets will not allow the use of JavaScript functions that block the flow of code such as window.alert and window.confirm. Use these methods in place of those methods in case you need to display a message to the user. They key difference is that these methods will not block code until a user closes them. They contain a callback function parameter to indicate what code should be executed depending on the user’s response.

System_CAPS_noteNote

In Microsoft Dynamics CRM for tablets any use of the window.alert method will be overridden to use Xrm.Utility.alertDialog without a callback. This will display the message but will not block the execution of code as window.alert does. This mapping of window.alert to Xrm.Utility.alertDialog in CRM for tablets is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. You should migrate any code you have today to use Xrm.Utility.alertDialog rather than window.alert.

Displays a dialog box containing an application-defined message.

Xrm.Utility.alertDialog(message,onCloseCallback)

Parameters

message

Type: String. The text of the message to display in the dialog.

onCloseCallback

Type: Function. A function to execute when the OK button is clicked.

Remarks

This method is only available for Updated entities.

Displays a confirmation dialog box that contains an optional message as well as OK and Cancel buttons.

Xrm.Utility.confirmDialog(message,yesCloseCallback,noCloseCallback)

Parameters

message

Type: String. The text of the message to display in the dialog.

yesCloseCallback

Type: Function. A function to execute when the OK button is clicked.

noCloseCallback

Type: Function. A function to execute when the Cancel button is clicked.

Remarks

This method is only available for Updated entities.

Determine if an entity is an activity entity.

Xrm.Utility.isActivityType(entityName)

Parameter

entityName

Type: String. The logicalName of an entity.

Return Value

Type: Boolean. True if the entity is an activity entity, otherwise false.

Opens an entity form.

Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm(name,id,parameters)

Parameters

name

Type: String

Required: The logical name of an entity.

id

Type: String

Optional: The string representation of a unique identifier or the record to open in the form. If not set, a form to create a new record is opened.

parameters

Type: Object

Optional: A dictionary object that passes extra query string parameters to the form. Invalid query string parameters will cause an error.

Valid extra query string parameters are:

Remarks: Using this function helps ensure that users are not prompted to log in again under certain circumstances.

Examples

Open a new account record
Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("account");
Open an existing account record
Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("account","A85C0252-DF8B-E111-997C-00155D8A8410");
Open a new account record with a specific form and setting default values
var parameters = {};
parameters["formid"] = "b053a39a-041a-4356-acef-ddf00182762b";
parameters["name"] = "Test";
parameters["telephone1"] = "(425) 555-1234";
Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("account", null, parameters);

Opens an HTML web resource.

System_CAPS_noteNote

This function will not work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for tablets.

Xrm.Utility.openWebResource(webResourceName,webResourceData,width, height)

Parameters

webResourceName

Type: String

Required: The name of the HTML web resource to open.

webResourceData

Type: String

Optional: Data to be passed into the data parameter.

width

Type: Number

Optional: The width of the window to open in pixels.

height

Type: Number

Optional: The height of the window to open in pixels.

Return Value: Window object.

Remarks: An HTML web resource can accept the parameter values described in Pass parameters to HTML web resources. This function only provides for passing in the optional data parameter. To pass values for the other valid parameters, you must append them to the webResourceName parameter.

Examples

Open an HTML web resource named “new_webResource.htm”
Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm");
Open an HTML web resource including a single item of data for the data parameter
Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm","dataItemValue");
Open an HTML web resource passing multiple values through the data parameter
var customParameters = encodeURIComponent("first=First Value&second=Second Value&third=Third Value");
Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm",customParameters);
System_CAPS_noteNote

These values have to be extracted from the value of the data parameter in the HTML web resource. For more information, see Sample: Pass multiple values to a web resource through the data parameter

Open an HTML web resource with the parameters expected by HTML web resources
Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm?typename=account&userlcid=1033");

For more information, see Pass parameters to HTML web resources.

Open an HTML web resource, setting the height and width
Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm", null, 300,300);
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