Ryan Farley

A Demo of Sublogix - Simple Repository for SalesLogix

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:34:12 -0700

A Demo of Sublogix - Simple Repository for SalesLogix

Using Google Docs as an Online Database

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:25:00 -0700

Using Google Docs as an Online Database:

From time to time I throw a website together for some temporary purpose. The website collects some data from users and I need to make this data available for whoever I put the site together for. A…

Git for the SalesLogix Developer - Using the .gitignore to Exclude Files in Your Model

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:59:28 -0700

Git for the SalesLogix Developer - Using the .gitignore to Exclude Files in Your Model

Introducing Sublogix - a Simple .NET Repository for SalesLogix Applications

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:07:13 -0700

Introducing Sublogix - a Simple .NET Repository for SalesLogix Applications

Git for the SalesLogix Developer - Using a Git Repository

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:39:13 -0700

Git for the SalesLogix Developer - Using a Git Repository

Git for the SalesLogix Developer - Setting up a new Repository

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:33:05 -0700

Git for the SalesLogix Developer - Setting up a new Repository

Git for the SalesLogix Developer

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:25:06 -0700

Git for the SalesLogix Developer

Using an External Assembly for Entity Events and Business Rules in SalesLogix Web

Tue, 18 May 2010 13:50:37 -0700

Using an External Assembly for Entity Events and Business Rules in SalesLogix Web

Announcing the Growl for Windows Target for NLog (and another reason to love Growl)

Thu, 06 May 2010 14:23:18 -0700

Announcing the Growl for Windows Target for NLog (and another reason to love Growl):

I love Growl. In my opinion it is something that should be built into the OS and I wish that every app supported sending Growl notifications. Lately I have been using Growl to get notifications…

Flattening Out SalesLogix Data To Combine Multiple Rows into a Single String using SQL

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:20:31 -0700

Flattening Out SalesLogix Data To Combine Multiple Rows into a Single String using SQL:

A question came up from a person attending our current Report Writing class about how to flatten out data that exists as multiple rows in the database to a single string in a report. There is a…

Groups Not Loading in SalesLogix 7.5 Web

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:34:11 -0700

Groups Not Loading in SalesLogix 7.5 Web:

I recently saw an issue where groups would not load in SalesLogix 7.5.1 web. Not a single group would load. You’d see the spinning circle as if it were attempting to load the group. However, that…

A Developer's Look at Xobni

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:34:07 -0700

A Developer's Look at Xobni:

I’ve used Xobni off and on since it was first released and over the last few months it has stuck with me and I’ve become completely attached to it. With some of the initial released it struggled with…

Determining if a User Has Read or Write Access to a Field in SalesLogix Web

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:05:06 -0700

Determining if a User Has Read or Write Access to a Field in SalesLogix Web:

It is useful at times to be able to programatically determine at runtime if a user has read access, write access, or no access to a particular field at runtime. There are many different ways this…

Creating Modules for SalesLogix Web and Hiding Toolbar Items at Runtime

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:35:08 -0700

Creating Modules for SalesLogix Web and Hiding Toolbar Items at Runtime:

Creating modules for SalesLogix Web is something that is likely something that is often overlooked or not used because they are assumed to be too complex or are just not understood. A module is an…

Extracting Reports from the SalesLogix Plugin Table from External Applications

Fri, 29 May 2009 17:14:41 -0700

Extracting Reports from the SalesLogix Plugin Table from External Applications:

There are many reasons why extracting a SalesLogix Report from the SalesLogix database might be useful. There are possibilities of integration, automated running of reports, as well as the need to…

ClickOnce Application "This operation is only supported on Windows 2000 SP3 or later" Error

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:09:23 -0700

ClickOnce Application "This operation is only supported on Windows 2000 SP3 or later" Error:

I have a ClickOnce app in production and a support case was opened where the ClickOnce installer was producing the following error:

“This operation is only supported on Windows 2000 SP3 or later…

Determining the Page Mode at Runtime in SalesLogix Web

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:20:43 -0700

Determining the Page Mode at Runtime in SalesLogix Web:

One of the keys to reusing a form for both inserting new records and displaying existing record detail is the ability to determine if the form is currently in insert mode or detail mode. There are…

Accessing the Current Parent Entity from a Code Snippet Action

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:15:01 -0700

Accessing the Current Parent Entity from a Code Snippet Action:

The transition from using pre-version 7.5.1 “C# Snippet Actions”, where the code is placed inline in the form, and the new “Code Snippet Actions”, where the code is compiled into a separate DLL and…

Adding a Default Sort to the Add Opportunity Products List in SalesLogix Web

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:14:56 -0700

Adding a Default Sort to the Add Opportunity Products List in SalesLogix Web:

Usually by the third time I see a question asked, I realize it needs to be a blog post. I’ve been asked by a couple of customers how to add a default sort to the products list on the Add…

Filtering a DataGrid in SalesLogix Web at Runtime

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:14:16 -0700

Filtering a DataGrid in SalesLogix Web at Runtime:

Binding a DataGrid at runtime is something that many SalesLogix developers are used to doing while working in the LAN client. This task is every bit as easy in the web platform as well. Let’s take a…