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GroupCalendar with revised user interface

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:14:00 GMT

This article outlines the revised user interface of the GroupCalendar within version 5.45 and higher (click here to download the latest GroupCalendar version).

The user interface was renewed in the course of working on the GroupCalendar’s compatibility with RU12 and cross-browser. There are two slight changes in the user interface which are listed and described below:

menu of GroupCalendar-views with new design
renewed GroupCalendar view settings-menu

Menu of GroupCalendar views with new design
The menu of the GroupCalendar-views appears since version 5.45 with a new design and a shlightly changed structure. The main views (List-, Overview-, Gantt- and TopDown-view) now appear one below another in the drop-down boxes from the month-, week- and day-view. The drop down boxes can be easily opened by clicking on the month-, week- or day-view-button. As known from previous versions, the single views within the drop down boxes can be selected by clicking on them.

Figure 1: Menu of GroupCalendar-views with new design

Renewed GroupCalendar view settings-menu
Furthermore, there have been some slight changes in the GroupCalendar view settings-menu on the right. First of all, it is important to know that per default, the menu is not visible. To display the menu you have the following options:

Option 1: Click somewhere on the grey bar on the right (1). After that, the menu will open. It will disappear again in case you leave the menu with your cursor. If you would like to fix the menu, you have to click on the small [Pin/Un-Pin]-button at the top of the menu. If you fixed the menu and would like to hide it again, click on the [Pin/Un-Pin]-button once again.
Option 2: Click on the small arrow in the grey bar on the right (2). After that, the menu will appear and stay. If you would like to hide it, click on the [Pin/Un-Pin]-button.

Figure 2: Options to display the GroupCalendar view settings-menu

Figure 3: Pin/unpin displayed in the view settings-menu

Additionally, the option to create a new activity from within the GroupCalendar is placed directly within this view settings menu-pane up from this version. Until now, the [New Activity]-button was placed on the top of the GroupCalendar next to the GroupCalendar views. Now, as already mentioned, it can be found within the menu on the right side.

Figure 4: Create new activities within menu on the right

When you click on this button, a drop down menu will open. From this menu, you can select the activity to be created. After that, a standard CRM activity-form will open and you will be able to schedule your activity.

Figure 5: Select an activity to be created from the drop down menu

That’s it! We appreciate your feedback! Please share your thoughts by sending an email to support@mscrm-addons.com.

GroupCalendar fully supports Dynamics CRM RU12 (Polaris) and cross-browser compatibility

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:53:00 GMT

Our GroupCalendar for MS Dynamics CRM 2011 fully supports CRM RU12 (Polaris).
Up to now, the only workaround was to open the GroupCalendar in a new Internet Explorer-window.
Up from v5.45, GroupCalendar opens again directly within CRM. Furthermore, Chrome and Firefox are also fully supported by the GroupCalendar. This release also supports older CRM Rollups!

Supported Browsers

Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Chrome
Firefox

To benefit from the full support of CRM RU12 and cross-browser compatibility, on-premise customers just have to install the latest GroupCalendar version.
For CRM online-customers the GroupCalendar will be updated automatically, but they have to manually import a solution to their CRM system to view the GroupCalendar embedded in CRM.
Please continue reading for detailed instructions.

GroupCalendar for MS Dynamics CRM On-Premise

If you installed the GroupCalendar in an on-premise environment, you just have to update the GroupCalendar to at least v5.45. This update ensures that the GroupCalendar will load embedded within CRM and that it supports cross-browser compatibility.

You can download the latest version of GroupCalendar here.

GroupCalendar for MS Dynamics CRM Online

If you use the GroupCalendar for CRM Online, we will update your GroupCalendar installation automatically.

In the previous versions, the GroupCalendar was opened in a new Internet Explorer window due to a workaround.

With the latest version of GroupCalendar, you are able to use the GroupCalendar embedded in CRM again.

For being able to use and see the GroupCalendar embedded in CRM, you have to import and apply a solution to your CRM system.

Please note: If you don't update the solution, the updated GroupCalendar version will work but will continue to open the GroupCalendar in a new window!

How to import the solution to your CRM system

To import the solution to your CRM system, you need to download the following file:

MSCRMADDONScomGeneral.zip (440.50 kb)

After you have downloaded the file, please open your CRM system, go to Settings, click on Solutions and on Import.

Figure 1: CRM Settings > Solutions

This will bring up a dialog. Please select the downloaded MSCRMADDONScomGeneral.zip file and click on the [Next]-button.

Figure 2: Solution Import Dialog

Click on the [Next]-button in the following dialog in order to proceed.

Figure 3: Solution Information

Afterwards, please select Overwrite Customizations and Activate any processes.

Figure 4: Import Options

It could take some minutes until the solution is imported. After the import has finished, you will be noticed and you can close the window then.

Figure 5: Solution Import finished

After refreshing your CRM browser window, GroupCalendar will load embedded within your CRM system.

That’s it! We appreciate your feedback! Please share your thoughts by sending an email to support@mscrm-addons.com.

The compatibility of our addons with Dynamics CRM, RU12, SharePoint and MS Office

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:08:00 GMT

In this article, you can find a compatibility chart for all our addons. It shows which of our addons are compatible with

· MS Dynamics CRM 2011 On-Premise/Hosted (IFD)/Online

· RollUp 12

· MS Sharepoint 2010/2013/Online

· MS Office (x86, x64) 2007/2010/2013

· and which of them support cross-browsing.

This is very useful if you want to know a priori if our addons are compatible with other software you are using or if you will be confronted with interface problems.

Please note: We update our addons constantly.

Last Update
5/14/2013

Version

Last Version-Release Date

MS Dynamics CRM 2011

MS Sharepoint

MS Office (x86, x64)

On-Premise

Hosted
(IFD)

Online

RU12

Cross
Browser

2010

2013

online

2007

2010

2013

ActivityTools

5.33
and higher

02/01/2013

yes

yes^*3)

yes

AttachmentExtractor

5.16
and higher

12/14/2012

yes

AutoMerge

5.24
and higher

12/27/2012

yes

DocumentsCorePack

Server: 5.39
Client: 5.76

03/21/2013
02/21/2013

yes

yes^*1)*2)

yes

GroupCalendar

5.47
and higher

03/04/2013

yes

PowerSearch

5.33
and higher

09/19/2012

yes

RecordCounter

5.18
and higher

01/29/2013

yes

TelephoneIntegration

Server: 5.32
and higher
Client: 5.52
and higher

02/01/2013
02/27/2013

yes

yes^*2)

yes

*1) At the moment, FileExplorer-documents, SharePoint-documents and the Document Summary are not compatible.

*2) All browser windows created by the application will open in the InternetExplorer.

*3) Limited functionality as described on the ActivityTools product page.

That’s it! We appreciate your feedback! Please share your thoughts by sending an email to support@mscrm-addons.com.