I just got back from BUILD and I am very excited about the new possibilities of Windows 8 Metro style apps. I was very eager to get my feet wet and see how easy it would be to pull records from CRM 2011 using HTML 5 and JavaScript and here is the result.
Disclaimer: This is just a sample application and is not intended as a full working app. This sample will NOT work with CRM Online and requires the device to have access to the on-premise CRM. When the app loads it will prompt for credentials to the CRM organization. To get around these limitations, a proxy service would need to be built to interface with CRM.
Notes:
Windows 8 Developer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Express for Developer Preview were used to create this Windows 8 app (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516). The source code for this solution can be found at http://crm2011metrocontacts.codeplex.com/.This application will pull from the fullname, jobtitle, address1_line1, address1_city, address1_state…
Disclaimer: This is just a sample application and is not intended as a full working app. This sample will NOT work with CRM Online and requires the device to have access to the on-premise CRM. When the app loads it will prompt for credentials to the CRM organization. To get around these limitations, a proxy service would need to be built to interface with CRM.
Notes:
Windows 8 Developer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Express for Developer Preview were used to create this Windows 8 app (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516). The source code for this solution can be found at http://crm2011metrocontacts.codeplex.com/.This application will pull from the fullname, jobtitle, address1_line1, address1_city, address1_state…