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Dynamics CRM - Plugin Registration Extension

Ahmed Elsawalhy (Yagasoft)

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Visual Studio extension that reduces the hassle of using the official plugin tool, so it is much easier and faster to update plugins.

A Visual Studio extension that reduces the hassle of using the official plugin tool, so it is much easier and faster to update plugins.

Features

  • Register a plugin/step from inside Visual Studio
  • Automatically builds the project before registering/updating the assembly
  • Update multiple plugin/step assemblies at once
  • Auto-name steps to be meaningful
  • Filter messages to what the entity supports
  • Prevent registering steps/images for unsupported configurations
  • Automate assembly upgrade, which resolves missing WF Custom Step parameters on update

Guide

  • Install the Visual Studio extension (here)
  • Right-click a plugin project and choose 'register' or 'update'

Changes

  • Check Releases page for the later changes

v1.13.4 to v2.4.1 (since 2018-09-13)

  • Added: filtering
  • Added: list of non-existent plugin types to the popup message
  • Changed: switched to explicit Connection Strings to allow for a broader support of newer features
  • Changed: save settings as JSON (at the solution level)
  • Updated: SDK to match other tools to avoid conflicts
  • Updated: SDK packages
  • Updated: Controls library
  • Updated: SDK to match other tools to avoid conflicts
  • Updated: licence
  • Updated: SDK to match other tools to avoid conflicts
  • Updated: SDK to match other tools to avoid conflicts
  • Updated: Common assembly reference
  • Improved: switched to EnhancedOrgService package for improved connection pooling and caching
  • Improved: performance
  • Improved: UI layout
  • Improved: connection pooling
  • Improved: connection caching
  • Improved: separated the connection save file to facilitate excluding from source control
  • Improved: stability of initiating connections
  • Improved: speed of refreshing types
  • Improved: connection readiness performance
  • Improved: upgraded to VS Async API
  • Fixed: show missing messages in some entities
  • Fixed: image attribute list empty on first access to dialogue
  • Fixed: updating image throws exception
  • Fixed: thread deadlock
  • Fixed: issue with assembly binding
  • Fixed: connection string values containing '=' character causing connectivity issue (e.g. client secrets containing '=')
  • Fixed: connection errors causing deadlocks
  • Fixed: settings not saved properly
  • Fixed: duplicating settings causes issue with saved data
  • Fixed: connection issues
  • Fixed: clear cache
  • Fixed: non-existent entities in settings persisting, causing error with 'generate cached'
  • Fixed: random range error
  • Removed: 'refresh' of WF steps, as it doesn't work in v9.1 (increment the assembly version instead)

v1.1.1 (2015-06-05)

  • Initial release

Copyright © by Ahmed Elsawalhy (Yagasoft) -- GPL v3 Licence

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