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MSCRM Addons 2011 – Version Number Guide

This article describes how to find out the version number for each mscrm-addons product.


Get ready for MS CRM 2013 Orion

As the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Orion expected to be released soon, we would like to provide you with some important information.


Recap: WPC 2013 in Houston, Texas

Thank you for joining us at the WPC 2013 in Houston! It was great meeting you there!


DocumentsCorePack - Configuration Chart
The below chart provides you with an overview of the possible configuration scenarios of CRM and SharePoint
together with DocumentsCorePack and AutoMerge for CRM 2011


Issues with the automatic generation of folder locations in CRM Online and SharePoint Online
If you you experience issues with the automatic generation of SharePoint Online folder locations for the CRM integrated Sharepoint solution,
this article provides you with a solution. (For both, DocumentsCorePack and Automerge, the steps are the same.)
Please note: These steps are only necessary, if you have performed an upgrade of DocumentsCorePack or Automerge previously
and now, the automatic folder creation does not work for one of these addons any longer for CRM SharerPoint Online.


AutoMerge: specific settings for plug-in based printing

With AutoMerge for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 On-Premise/Online, you are able to print the dynamically generated document automatically to a specific printer. Sometimes, the printer settings regarding trays, duplex, size, etc. are not applied if you define them using a specifc user account, because the service runs under different user accounts. In order to avoid this, AutoMerge offers you the possibility to define specific printing options in the workflow itself.


Service-based printing in AutoMerge
AutoMerge offers a service-based printing option which is additionally available to the already known plugin-based printing-option. The additional option is available within AutoMerge for MS Dynamics CRM 2011 version 5.30 and higher (click here to download the latest AutoMerge version) and is based on a service running in the background.
This article covers the following essential topics:
  • How to create a service and a printer for printing documents
  • How to add the service-based printing step to a workflow
  • Exception: How to add the service-based printing step to workflows including
    a Delete Document-step
Before you continue reading, please make sure that you have installed AutoMerge v5.30 or higher. 

Please note:
If you already run a service for printing documents, you can skip the first section of this article and can continue reading in the ‘How to add the service-based printing step to a workflow’-section. 

AutoMerge: service-based printing
AutoMerge now offers a service-based printing option which is available additionally to the already known plugin-based printing-option. The additional option is available within AutoMerge for MS Dynamics CRM 2011 v5.30 and higher (click here to download the latest AutoMerge version) and is based on a service which is running in the background.
This article covers the following essential topics:
Before you continue reading, please make sure that you installed AutoMerge v5.30 or higher. After that, please proceed as described in the sections below.

Recap: Convergence2013 in New Orleans

Thank you for joining us at the Convergence2013 in New Orleans! It was great meeting you there!


Addon-Update Behaviour (valid for builds from 1st March 2013 and beyond)

 

When you launch an upgrade installation of our products, the setup will update existing files and solutions in CRM. The default behaviour of upgrading a product installation has changed with all releases after 1st of March, 2013.