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Creating Better PCF Component - Part 3

Nov 30, 2020

With all the things settled, now we can continue our journey to make our PCF-Component better. The last commit that we submitted, there are few things that we can enhance: When you choose an image file, then click the Submit button. We can reset the input file. Hide the...

Creating Better PCF Component – Part 2

Nov 23, 2020

When I was writing this post, I felt the environment that I set up did not enhance my ability to write code. The reason for this is that I use jsdom, which is a mock object for the HTML component. Because it is not a real object of HTML, my focus has been changed to the test code...

Creating Better PCF Component - Part 1

Nov 16, 2020

This article will give you a deep explanation (step by step) to make a better-quality PCF Component. We can make the PCF component better quality because we design the component to be testable as much as we can (It depends on your knowledge. The more knowledge you have, the more...

Dynamics CRM Model Driven Apps: Simple Tips for registering events in Form

Nov 6, 2020

I started using Dynamics CRM in version 2013. Back then, we all know if we need some retrieving function in JavaScript, we needed to create our library (HttpRequest) or use XrmSvcToolkit. Even in XrmSvcToolkit we actually can set async to true, our tendency will straight to use...

Dynamics CRM Model Driven Apps: Make use of addOnLoad and removeOnLoad

Oct 30, 2020

In this post, we will learn about how to use formContext.data.addOnLoad and formContext.data.removeOnLoad. Generally, formContext.data.addOnLoad function is totally the same as below function (register manually from the form): So the basic question that we will ask is why we need...

Dynamics CRM CE: TDD Plugin Development in Action – Part 2

Jul 3, 2020

For the second part of this blog post series, we will create a more advanced scenario operation. We will create business logic for the SalesOrder to calculate total orders (SalesOrder.Amount and Sum of SalesOrderDetail.Quantity) per Customer in 1 month (based on...

PCF: FileUpload to Base64String

Sep 5, 2019

PowerApps Control Framework (PCF) is a framework that helps programmers make custom controls and use them in a Dynamics CRM environment. Even though the framework is still in the preview stage and might be changed in the future, I couldn't help myself to try this. The control...