disable field and hide/unhide field, section and form

disable field


    crmForm.all.new_link.disabled = false;  //disable the field
    crmForm.all.new_link.disabled = true;   //enable the field

hide/unhide field


    crmForm.all.<fieldname>_c.style.display = "none";
    crmForm.all.<fieldname>_d.style.display = "none";

hide/unhide section

    crmForm.all.<fieldname>.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.style.display="none";

   another way :


    document.getElementById("tab<tabNo>").childNodes[0].rows[<sectionNo>].style.display = "none";
    // <tabNo> is zero based tab number from left. <sectionNo> is zero based section number from top.

hide/unhide tab


   document.getElementById("tab<tabNo>Tab").style.display = "none";
   // <tabNo> zero based tab number from left

Button in CRM

it is very easy to create button in CRM.

just follow the step.

1. create one text attribute.
2. named new_link.
3. put the below code in OnLoad vent of the form.




//CRM 4.0-Style button creator
//Creates a Button from a Textattribute.
//For every Button you need, create a nText Attribute and place it on the Form
//mario raunig, world-direct 04/2008

function create_button_from_textattribute(fieldname, buttontext, buttonwidth,clickevent)
{
functiontocall=clickevent;
crmForm.all[fieldname].DataValue = buttontext;
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.borderRight="#3366cc 1px solid";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.paddingRight="5px";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.borderTop="#3366cc 1px solid";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.paddingLeft="5px";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.fontSize="11px";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.backgroundImage="url(/_imgs/btn_rest.gif)";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.borderLeft="#3366cc 1px solid";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.width=buttonwidth;
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.cursor="pointer";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.lineHeight="18px";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.borderBottom="#3366cc 1px solid";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.backgroundRepeat="repeat-x";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.fontFamily="Tahoma";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.height="20px";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.backgroundColor="#cee7ff";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.textAlign="center";
crmForm.all[fieldname].style.overflow="hidden";
crmForm.all[fieldname].attachEvent("onmousedown",push_button);
crmForm.all[fieldname].attachEvent("onmouseup",release_button);
crmForm.all[fieldname].attachEvent("onclick",functiontocall);
}

function push_button(){
window.event.srcElement.style.marginLeft="1px";
window.event.srcElement.style.marginTop="1px";
}

function release_button(){
window.event.srcElement.style.marginLeft="0px";
window.event.srcElement.style.marginTop="0px";
}

// tell the button what to do
function testfunction()
{
alert('Ta-da!');
}

// create the button
create_button_from_textattribute('new_link', 'new resource','84px',testfunction);

enjoy it