CRM 2011 How to change attribute type in database

Recently I wanted to change the attribute type from 'Single line of text' to 'Multi line text' in CRM 2011. but we cannot do from CRM form. but there is a way to do it.

First you have to find the Single line attribute and multi line attribute from the "Attribute" table. and get the attributetypeId.

then simply update the Multi line attributetypeId with single line attributetypeId.

After that you have to Export the Entity and then Import it again to the CRM system.

Now open the Entity Form and remove the attribute and add it again to the form.

Save and Publish the Form.

That's it. now you will see the changes. btw, this is 'UNSUPPORTED' way.

MVC Movie App tutorial : Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed

I got another problem when I work with MVC Movie App tutorial provided by Microsoft Asp.Net site.
I just go through the step by step. But unfortunately I stuck at one point. Once I build the solution and press F5, and I tried to go to the following url. But it says “Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed.”

I tried several options and found good solution at this url.

What I did was just replace the connection string given by that url with my connection string. It works perfectly now….

How to change debugging browser used in VS 2010 , MVC 3

Recently I have work with Asp MVC 3 and had a problem with changing my default Brower from Firefox to IE.

In Asp.NET it is possible with “browse with” option. See more details on ScottGu’s blog.
But in MVC project we don’t have any aspx files, so how to configure our solution to do it so?
There is a way to do this.

1. Right click on solution and go to the “Properties”
2. Go to “Web” Tab
3. Set the Start Action to use Start external program and then pass the Internet Explorer executable path and the url as Command line arguments.
4. Set the Servers’ specific port to the same port set in the url in step 3.
See the following image to get more info.

VS2010 not opening CSS files : MVC 3

Hi all,

I am using Visual Studio 2010 as my development platform. Recently I have install MVC 3 with Web Standards Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. But unfortunately when I try to work with MVC 3 applications I was unable to open CCS file with Visual Studio.

So I just Google it and found the solution. Here is the link .

Try to repair your installed Web Standards Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1 by using following path.

Got to Tools - Extension Manager - Online Gallery and search for/install the "Web Standards Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 sp1"

Then click on repair link. And restart Visual Studio. Hop everything fine now ….

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Web hosting empowers you and anyone with a computer and internet connection to own a piece of cyberspace. In your space, you can have news, bulletins, documents, data, files (your web site) and your own post office (mail server) to accept mail, all in the context of you or your business. This is your space and to get this space you either have to own a piece of the physical internet with a network connection to the internet backbone and computer(s) operating as server(s) offering access to your files and post office, for people on the internet to view your web site or send and receive email with you.

The cost of owning a direct connection to the backbone and a server dedicated to a web site and email is out of reach for the average business and especially general members of the internet. Even running a web site and mail server on your own computer when it is connected to the internet requires a lot of technical ability and knowledge. The internet itself has to be your business for either of these options to be viable.

In a web-hosting environment, you are offered a web site to place your files, data, documents, and bulletins for people to access with their web browser and an email server for you to send and receive email messages. The web host will also provide you a means to get an address for people to get to your web site with a web browser and post email to you.

This is just a begin. I’ll write more about web hosting in my next post… cheers you all.

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New iPhone Could Render Apple TV Obsolete

We all know that Apple will be unleashing a new version of the iPhone this summer and this highly anticipated handset is sounding better and better by the moment. We've already heard about possible upgrades like a 3-megapixel camera and video calling, but now we've got another juicy tidbit to consider.

You see, Apple has told its retailers to start putting the iPod AV cables on clearance. Why is this notable? Because they're reportedly making way for a new set of AV cables that combine both composite and component video outputs into a single set of cables. These will function in much the same way as the component cables for the Xbox 360.

If you go with the composite configuration, you'll get SD video as you've always had, but if you go with the component configuration, you can gain access to 720p and 1080i video output. That's because, so the story goes, the new iPhone (and iPod touch) will be capable of doing some great HD video goodness. And it'll output it through these new cables.

So, how does this relate to Apple TV? By the sounds of things, Apple will include a handy piece of software in iPhone 3.0 that "closely replicates" the functionality of Apple TV. In this way, you may be able to stream HD video content over a Wi-Fi connection, through your iPhone, and into your HDTV using the said cables. The Apple TV-like menu gives you access to not only locally stored media, but also stuff that can stream over Wi-Fi or 3G.

Chalk this up to rumor for now, but I wouldn't put it past Cupertino to do this. Too bad for Apple TV. Too good for iPhone Next