I have researched a possible solution. My notes are below:
Description: Add an Industry field to the Software Entity. The Industry field should be able to be added to on the fly.
Plan:
1. Create a new option set for Industry.
2. Add the new option for Industry to the Software Entity.
3. Create a button on the Software to “Add Industry”.
4. Create code to do the following whenever the Add Industry Button is clicked.
a. Prompt the user for the name of the new industry using jQuery Impromptu. The user can enter the Industry name and click OK or Cancel out of the dialog.
b. Once a name is given, verify that the Industry is not already in the list. If it is in the list, alert the user about the issue.
c. Get a list of all Option Set values and determine the highest value used and then add 1 to it.
d. Save a new Option Set Name and Value to the Database.
e. Publish the Software Entity so the new Option Set is now available.
f. Add the new Option Set value to the form.
11/3/2011 10:39:24 AM - Researched some for step 4.f.
Var oOption = document.createElement(“option”);
oOption.value = 10006; // This is whatever value you want to use for the option
oOption.text = ‘Blah’; // This is whatever text you want for the value.
Xrm.Page.getControl(‘blah’).addOption(oOption); // Blah is the name of the Industry field.
Also found found:
1. Xrm.Page.getControl(‘blah’).removeOption(12345);
2. Xrm.Page.getControl(‘blah’).clearOptions();
11/3/2011 10:42:53 AM - Researched some for step 4.c.
Var MaxValue = -1;
Var OptionsList = Xrm.Page.getAttribute(‘blah’).getOptions();
For (var x=0; x < OptionsList.length; x = x + 1)
{
If (OptionsList[x].value > MaxValue)
MaxValue = OptionsList[x].value;
}
11/3/2011 10:53:58 AM - Researched info for step 4.d. I found the following web page that indicates how to add an Option Set Value via Javascript.
http://mileyja.blogspot.com/2011/03/working-with-optionset-values-in.html
11/3/2011 10:55:02 AM - Researched info for step 4.e. I found the following web page that indicates how to public an entity via Javascript.
http://mileyja.blogspot.com/2011/03/publish-entity-in-jscript-in-crm-2011.html
Tim Hays
