Xrm.Utility Reference Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

New Xrm.Utility Functions in Update Rollup 8 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Microsoft has introduce a new Xrm reference. These functions are available in every application page that supports script.
The functions are below
 

Function	Description
openEntityForm	Opens an entity form
openWebResource	Opens an HTML web resource.

1. openEnityForm

Use to open an entity.

Syntax

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

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);

Open a new contact record, move it to the top left corner of the screen, and set the size of the window

Note

You cannot use window object methods such as moveTo or resizeTo in scripts that will run in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook.

var newWindow = Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("contact");

newWindow.moveTo(0,0);

newWindow.resizeTo(800,600);

2. openWebResource

Opens an HTML web resource.

Syntax

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

Examples:

1.     Open an HTML web resource named “new_webResource.htm”:

Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm");

2.     Open an HTML web resource including a single item of data for the data parameter”

Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm","dataItemValue");

3.     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);

Note

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");

Open an HTML web resource, setting the height and width:

Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_webResource.htm", null, 300,300);