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Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

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Posted on by DanWa

I have a stand alone web resource linked from the site menu in a Model Driven App. It does multiple api calls using parent.Xrm.WebApi and currently works fine. According to Microsoft deprecation notice, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/important-changes-coming, parent.Xrm will be going away and no longer work for standalone Web Resource. Xrm.WebApi without referencing the parent throws an error "Xrm" is not defined. Can anyone help with a supported way to access Xrm.Utility and Xrm.WebApi from a standalone web resource?

NOTE: parent.Xrm will be removed after the removal of the ClientGlobalContext.js.aspx page; dates yet to be announced.

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Bipin D365 28,983 Moderator on at

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RE: Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

Hi,

As per docs parent.Xrm.Page will continue to work in case of HTML web resources embedded in forms as this is the only way to access the form context from the HTML web resource.

docs.microsoft.com/.../important-changes-coming

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DanWa 5 on at

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RE: Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

I am using a Web Resource linked from the site menu, not embedded in to a form.

"parent.Xrm.* will work if the HTML web resource is loaded in a form container. However, for other places, such as loading an HTML web resource as part of the SiteMap, parent.Xrm.* also won’t work."

So I am trying to find out if there is a supported way to access Xrm in this scenerio

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Diana Birkelbach 140 Most Valuable Professional on at

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RE: Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

A possibility would be to use PCF (PowerApps Component Framework).

The PCF could be defined for datasets (so you can bind a PCF to an Entity which is shown in the home grid).

Maybe you get even more: the Dataset PCFs could give you even the data that you retrieve now using the Xrm.WebApi (or at least a part of it).

This would work now.

In the future, also unbound PCFs will be possible (then you don't need a view to bind the PCF).

Kind regards,

Diana

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Pankaj Gogoi 3,177 on at

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RE: Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

Hi DanWa,

I think you can use the getContentWindow() method. This will work only on Unified Interface.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/model-driven-apps/clientapi/reference/controls/getcontentwindow

https://www.inogic.com/blog/2020/08/how-to-use-xrm-and-formcontext-in-html-webresource-in-dynamics-365-crm/

Hope this helps.

Best Regards

PG

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Noorahmad001 130 on at

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RE: Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

Did you find any solution for the problem you posted in the community i.e. using xrm in standalone webresource in Dynamics 365

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Sivert Byfuglien on at

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RE: Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

Try using opener.Xrm to access the Xrm object in a standalone webresource opened from a form as described here in the parent.Xrm section: docs.microsoft.com/.../important-changes-coming

"If the getContentWindow method doesn't work, you can use parent.Xrm to get to the Xrm object inside an HTML web resource. If the HTML web resource is opened in a new window, then you should use opener.Xrm instead."

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Xrm.WebApi in a stand alone Web Resource

I am using a Web Resource linked from the site menu, not embedded in to a form.

"parent.Xrm.* will work if the HTML web resource is loaded in a form container. However, for other places, such as loading an HTML web resource as part of the SiteMap, parent.Xrm.* also won’t work."

So I am trying to find out if there is a supported way to access Xrm in this scenerio

Do we have answer for this?

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