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In this post, we will look at how to pass context from a toolbar button in Dynamics 365 in the Unified Client Interface (UCI). Let’s add a custom button to the Contact form and call a JavaScript which will pass the context. First, let’s create a new JavaScript web resource: We will pass the context as the first parameter: Code: function UpdateFN(context) { var a = context.getAttribute(“firstname”).setValue(“UPDATED”); } Save and … Continue reading Passing Context from a Toolbar Button in Dynamics 365 UCI

In Dynamics 365, there are some entities which use auto-number prefixes that can be configured. These entities are: Contracts Cases Articles Quotes Orders Invoices Campaigns Categories Knowledge Articles To configure this, go to Setting->Administration and click on Auto-Numbering: Here you will see tabs for each of the options: Let’s look at Orders. The next number is ORD-1002- and then a set of 6 characters. The suffix is used to guarantee … Continue reading Changing Autonumber Prefixes in Dynamics 365

In Dynamics 365, the formContext provides a reference to a form or form item through JavaScript. The formContext is part of executionContext, and replaces Xrm.Page which is deprecated in version 9+ of Dynamics 365. The form context object model looks like: Let’s go through an example of using the formContext. Let’s add a script to a form when the form loads, for example, a Contact entity form. Let’s add a … Continue reading Using formContext in Dynamics 365