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Today I have published version 2018.2.2.7 of my XrmToolBox plugin.  The purpose of this plugin is to make it easy to download and backup attachments in CRM.  This release is a major release as it is the first built version with all pieces working.  The first version  only had note downloads working. Overview of Plugin: Current Version: 2018.2.2.7 Purpose: Download Attachments and E-Mail attachments GitHub Link . GitHub Wiki Link . Nuget Package Link . How To Use The Tool: Launch XRMToolBox. Connect to organization. Step 1, choose what you want to download. (Once a choice is made, Step 2 becomes usable) Notes - Download attachments from note entity. E-Mail - Download attachments from emails. Both - Downloads attachments from notes and emails entities. Step 2, choose if you want to download all attachments in the system or specific attachments.   All Attachments - This will search the chosen entity to find all records that have an attachment and download the

When we are setting up CRM Portals to allow customers to update their information, open cases, fill out an applications, etc. We want to make sure that we are validating their input before it is committed to CRM.  This way we ensure that our data is clean and meaningful to us and the customer. CRM Portals already has a lot validation checks built into it. But, on occasion we need to add our own.  To do this we will use JavaScript to run the validation and also to output a message to the user to tell them there is an issue they need to fix. Before we can do any JavaScript, we need to check and see if we are using JavaScript on an Entity Form or Web Page.  This is because the JavaScript, while similar, will be different.  First, we will go over the JavaScript for Entity Forms.  Then, we will go over the JavaScript for Web Pages.  Finally, we will look at the notification JavaScript. Entity Form: if (window.jQuery) { (function ($) { if (typeof (entityFormClientVali