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Hi Team,

I sometimes see the following code, it's related to Dynamics CRM.

        var query = '<fetch version="1.0" output-format="xml-platform" mapping="logical" distinct="false">'
     + '<entity name="entity">'
     + '<attribute name="attributename" />'
     + '<attribute name="attributename" />'
     + '<attribute name="attributename" />'
     + '<order attribute="attributename" descending="false" />'
     + '<filter type="and">'
     + '<condition attribute="attributename" operator="ne" value="' + value + ' />'
     + '<condition attribute="attributename" operator="not-null" />'
     + '</filter>'
     + '</entity>'
     + '</fetch>';

        var results = XrmServiceToolkit.Soap.Fetch(query);

what is XrmServiceToolkit? I am using Dynamics 365 online CRM V9.1. I never find any info on D365 documentations, it seems that this js uses SOAP instead of Web API. Is it available in D365 CRM online V9.1?

I only see there is Xrm.WebAPI, but it's Async call, is XrmServiceToolkit a Sync call? Should i use it ?

thanks

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gdas 50,091 Moderator on at

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Hello ,

XrmServiceToolkit is a library by which we used to make SOAP or REST call using JavaScript (internally uses organization service) before introduce Web API in dynamics CRM. There is no XrmServiceToolkit available for V 9.1 as you know Organization service has been deprecated in Dynamics 365 9.0 , even you can still use Organization Service using XMLHttpRequest but Microsoft recommended to use Web API or Xrm.WebAPI instead using Organization Service as this may be removed in future release.

community.dynamics.com/.../311096

Regarding synchronous call in the client side also has been deprecated by most of browser due to performance overhead , but you could always write your code inside onsuccess method of web API or Xrm.WebAPI so that once result comes do your operation.

Hope this helps.

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cloflyMao 25,210 on at

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Hi 10120,

XrmServiceToolkit is a JavaScript library which can be used for JavaScript Development under the platform for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011/2013/2015 environments.

https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=xrmservicetoolkit

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/emeadcrmsupport/2016/07/04/dynamics-xrm-service-toolkit/

As the doc described, XrmServiceToolkit has not been updated for later higher version, but the doc not mentioned that it will not work on the latest versions of D365.

From link1, both sync/async call are supported.

You could read doc below for how to use it:

https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/dynamicspeople/archive/2016/12/20/how-to-use-xrmservicetoolkit-javascript-library

https://cdn.rawgit.com/XrmServiceToolkit/XrmServiceToolkit/feature/TypeScript/src/typedoc/index.html

My advice is that it is better to migrate to lastest Web API libraries.

Regards,

Clofly

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cloflyMao 25,210 on at

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Hi 10120,

I just imported it (XrmServiceToolkit.js) to web resource and got error in a testing form in my D365 environment.

So WebAPI is your option.

Regards,

Clofly

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hi ,

thanks for your detailed info. but we're going to use Xrm.webAPI. but we meet a new question:

I am using Dynamics 365 CRM online V9.0. I am trying to add a custom filter on a lookup filed.

i write the following code:

var Sdk = window.Sdk || {}; (function () { this.addUnitLookupFilter = function (formContext) { try { var lookup_Values = ''; Xrm.WebApi.retrieveMultipleRecords("account", "?$select=name&$filter=startswith(name,'A')").then( function (results) { for (var i = 0; i < results.entities.length; i++) { var field_value = results.entities[i]["name"]; lookup_Values = lookup_Values + "<value>" + field_value + "</value>"; } console.log(results); if (lookup_Values != '') { var fetchXml = '<filter type="and">' + '<condition attribute="name" operator="in">' + lookup_Values + '</condition>' + '</filter>'; formContext.getControl("parentaccountid").addCustomFilter(fetchXml); console.log(fetchXml); } }, function (error) { console.log("addUnitLookupFilter--err"); } ); } catch (err) { console.log(err); } console.log("addUnitLookupFilter--end"); } // Code to run in the form OnLoad event this.filterUnitLookupOnFormLoad = function (executionContext) { var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext(); var parentControl = formContext.getControl("parentaccountid"); parentControl.addPreSearch(function () { Sdk.addUnitLookupFilter(formContext); }); } }).call(Sdk);

in the code, I use Xrm.WebApi to retrieve data and then add it to the custom filter. the code will run on form OnLoad event.

the problem is that Xrm.WebApi is Async call, the function will immediately return before the request finished. this causes the custom filter not work. Can you advise some opinion? this troubles me a lot.

thanks

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Victor Onyebuchi 410 on at

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hello,If you're still facing the Async problem, wrap your code in the following if(formContext.ui.getFormType()=== 1 || formContext.ui.getFormType();=== 2){//put code here };

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