SL VBA Custom Control Crashes

Sometimes a VBA screen customization that creates a new custom control works correctly in development but crashes when installing from a there to a test or production environment. Everything in the customization may work when the control (and references to it) are removed. But if the control is a requirement, that’s not much help. If everything else seems to be correct it’s sometimes helpful to export all the other customizations on that form with VBA as text. Save, then import... Continue reading →

SL Web Apps Password Caution

When creating Active Directory passwords that will be used to login to Dynamics SL Web Apps avoid using the HTML markup characters: less than, greater than, ampersand, hash tag (#), and single or double quotes. These can cause an error message that is not logged anywhere. The message is “Sorry, an error occurred while processing your request.” The only way to detect this is specifically ask about the password he or she uses to login. The password will work to... Continue reading →