eService Accelerator for CRM Online - Video

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Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (KB 970148)

Microsoft has release rollup 6for CRM 4. KB952858 can be downloaded here.

This is a tested, cumulative set of updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. It includes performance enhancements that are packaged together for easy deployment.

Please note that if you have customized Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Help files, back up your customized files before you install this update !!!

Overview
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Pack, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router.

For more information about this release, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 970148:
Update Rollup 6 is available for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

To maintain parity between the application components of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, this update rollup includes packages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Language Packs, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router.

New Visual Studio Templates for MS CRM

The CRM SDK version 4.0.9 included three Visual Studio templates to help speed up your CRM-related development efforts:

Available Templates

• Plug-in
• Workflow activity
• CRM Add-on web page
  

The templates may be found in the visualstudiotemplates folder when you unzip the SDK package.
Each template has an accompanying readme.doc file with instructions for installation and usage notes.

Installation
Installation is fairly straightforward, just perform these steps:

1) Navigate to the Visual Studio Folder:
%Documents and Settings%\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#

2) Create a folder called CRM.

3) Copy each of the three template’s .zip file to the CRM folder.

The templates should now be installed and ready to use.

RollUp 5 release for MS CRM 4.0

Microsoft has release rollup 5for CRM 4. KB952858 can be downloaded here.

This is a tested, cumulative set of updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. It includes performance enhancements that are packaged together for easy deployment.

Please note that if you have customized Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Help files, back up your customized files before you install this update !!!

Crystal Report 4.6 - Error 20540; Missing or out of date Export DLL

I was happen to install Crystal Report 4.6. for one of my project. As soon as I call the Crystal Report via VB 6.0 Code, i got the below error -

Calling a report from an application using the Crystal Report Control (Crystl32.ocx) version 4.6 results in one of the following:
- not all of the export options are available - error 20540; Missing or out of date Export DLL.

If you are getting the same error as above please follow the below steps to resolve the issue:
Solution
Seagate Crystal Reports version 4.6 installs the Crystal export DLLs into the
\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\REPORTS directory, rather than putting them in a Windows\Crystal, or Windows\system directory

This does not create a problem conducting an export from the Crystal Reports Designer,
From a Microsoft Visual Basic application, the export DLLs are not found.

Workaround:There are two ways around this:

1. Add the \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\REPORTS directory to your Path statement so that the operating system searches that directory for needed DLLs.

2. Copy the export DLLs to the Windows\system directory. The export DLLs are the u2*.dll files.
Reference : Crystal Care Technical Support. http://support.crystaldecisions.com/

Isn't it easy !!! Happy Development.