xrmtoolbox

Some of the highlights:

• Scott Partying at Disney/Universal Studios
• PACX
• Lazy Italian Developers
• Automatically generate documentation at compile time
• Daryl and Scott give Ricardo homework
• Polymorphic lookup creation command
• XrmToolBox Tools
  • _n.ConstantsExtractor
  • _n.EnvironmentComparer
  • _n.EnvironmentSolutionsComparer
  • _n.ModernThemeBuilder
  • _n.SolutionManager
• Generate Wiki Style Documentation for Dataverse Tables
• Please submit PRs for the PACX

Riccardo's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/riccardogregori
• GitHub: https://github.com/neronotte
• PACX repo: https://github.com/neronotte/Greg.Xrm.Command
• XrmToolBox Tools repo: https://github.com/neronotte/Greg.Xrm
  • Tool Reviews
  • https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/nenvironmentcomparer.html
  • https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/nenvironmentssolutioncomparer.html
  • https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/nsolutionmanager.html

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In Episode 105 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Sara Laqerquist, a fellow BizApps MVP about her experiences building modern apps using the Creator Kit.

Some of the highlights:

• Sara can't grow a mustache for ACDC.
• We get by with a little help from our friends.
• Jonas taught Sara what to do, then told her not to do it!
• Are the Fluent 2 Modern Controls competing with the Fluent 1 controls?
• Being frustrated with model driven apps and solving with custom pages.
• When do you use choose custom pages over sticking with OOB functionality?
• Everything creates technique debt!
• Darly gives everyone tape dispensers!
• Benedikt Bergmann will find a way!

Sara's Info:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saralagerquist/ 
• X-Twitter: https://twitter.com/lagerquistsara
• Blog: https://saralagerquist.com/ 

Links:

• Fluent 2 Design System - https://fluent2.microsoft.design/
• Creator Kit - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/creator-kit/overview  
• Modern Controls in Power Apps - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/controls/modern-controls/overview-modern-controls 
• Arctic Cloud Devloper Challenge (ACDC) - https://www.arcticclouddeveloperchallenge.net/ 
• ColorCloud Conference in Haburg 18-19 April 2024 - https://colorcloud.rocks/ 

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In Episode 104 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Nick Doelman, former BizApps MVP about his experiences being an MVP, moving to Microsoft and then leaving to follow his passion for Power Platform training.

Some of the highlights:

• Scott reveals the not-so-secret news of him moving to work for Microsoft
• Daryl and Scott might have secret matching tattoos
• Nick has had to pay for his first conference
• What it's like transitioning from an MVP to a ‘blue badge’
• Nick provides insider info on the pros and cons of working at Microsoft
• Shout-out to The Power Platform Boost Podcast

Nick’s Info:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickdoelman
• X-Twitter: https://twitter.com/readyxrm
• Blog: https://readyxrm.blog

Power Platform Boost Podcast:

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@powerplatformboost
• X-Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatboost
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Scott interview Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about his original tools for the XrmToolBox, the Delta Plugins, and the new tool which allows you to rename the views in bulk.

Some of the highlights:

• Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM - to compare the plugins classes Plugin between the local vs the plugin assembly registered in the Dataverse environment
• Delta Plugin Steps between two environments
  • to compare plugin steps between two of your environments
  • export the results into an Excel sheet
• Daryl overwhelmed a new grad with a code review
• Using Preview features in production
• Pain points with the solution management
• View Renamer - bulk search and replace to bulk rename the views
• Homework for Clement from the hosts

Clément's Info and other links:

• • https://www.linkedin.com/in/clemolivier
  • @Clement0livier
  • Blog: https://stuffandtacos.azurewebsites.net
  • Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM: https://github.com/carfup/XTBPlugins.DeltaAssemblyvsCrm
  • Delta Plugin Steps between two environments: https://github.com/carfup/XTBPlugins.DeltaAssemblyvsCrm
  • View Renamer: https://github.com/carfup/XTBPlugins.ViewRenamer
  • Buy him a coffee if you appreciate his contribution to the community: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/clementolivier
  • Previous episodes with Clément
    • The Business Process Flow Manager w/ Clement Olivier & Gus Gonzalez: https://xrmtoolcast.libsyn.com/the-business-process-flow-manager-w-clement-olivier-gus-gonzalez
    • The Quick Edit Form, A PCF Control: https://xrmtoolcast.libsyn.com/the-quick-edit-form-a-pcf-control
    • New XrmToolBox Tool PCF to BPF with Clément Olivier: https://xrmtoolcast.libsyn.com/new-xrmtoolbox-tool-pcf-to-bpf-with-clment-olivier

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Jonas talk to Mark Carrington, Chris Piasecki and Matt Beard about the XrmToolBox Basics.

Some of the highlights:

• Why do we need to get back to the basics
• Connection List
  • Managing Connections in XrmToolBox: https://youtu.be/mC5FR_LaY4w
• Different ways of connecting environments
• Set environment highlight colour
• Define browser and profile
• Why Tanguy couldn't join the show
• Change icon size in the tools list
• Order tools list by most used
• Contribute tools by providing a review, feedback or raising a pull request
• How to improve abandoned tool projects
• Impersonate in XrmToolBox or Level up extension
• Backup XrmToolBox storage folder on the cloud
• XrmToolBox storage folder path
  • %AppData%\MscrmTools\XrmToolBox
  • Full Path - C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MscrmTools\XrmToolBox
• You don't need to install tools in XrmToolBox
• Setting for open Tool Library on the startup
• Add to favourites with connection
• Postpone the tool update

Mark's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://markcarrington.dev
• GitHub - https://github.com/MarkMpn
• Twitter - @MarkMpn
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/MarkMpn

Chris's Info and other links:

• Twitter - @ChrisPiasecki89
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-piasecki

Matt's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://mbeard.co.uk
• Twitter - @mattybeard
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbeard7

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Maciej Kornacki and chat about the new Managed Solution Bulk Remover tool as well as the Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover tool.

Some of the highlights:

• Hoodie vs Jumper
• Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover
• Managed Solution Bulk Remover
• Uninstalling MS Marketing is horror stories
• Maciej let Power Virtual Agents answer some of the questions (Apologies for the robotic sound)
• Feature requests by the hosts as usual
• Future open-sourced Umbraco Portal tool

Maciej's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejkornacki
• @kornackimaciej
• Umraco Portal Tool: https://www.externable.com
• #TooLDR blog post for Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover
• #TooLDR blog post for Managed Solution Bulk Remover

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Jonas Rapp, the other co-host of the XrmToolCast, and chat about his Early-bound experience and feature requests for the EarlyBound Entity Generator.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl makes himself a fool
• Daryl teaches Jonas about Benedict Arnold (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold)
• Jonas dives into his Early-bound experience
• Deliver 100% of your obligations in 25% of your time
• Jonas tells Daryl what he needs to do with the EarlyBound Entity Generator
• If you don't have all the entities that you're working with inside a solution, then you're doing wrong
• Is it worth filtering specific attributes/columns in generating early-bound entity classes?
• Power Platform Level Up Dev Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/EpKUVj3Qu3

Jonas's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen
• @rappen
• The tool doc: XRM Tokens Runner
• The code doc: XRM Tokens
• Session video from South Coast Summit
• Blog on Power Apps Studio and GitHub

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Mark Carrington, a 3rd-time repeat guest of the show, about the new features added in the latest version of SQL 4 CDS.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl is allergic to duck eggs
• Scott looks like a quail egg person
• Variables and For Loop Support in SQL 4 CDS
• Execution plan view
• SQL 4 CDS now provides an ADO connection
  • Possible uses for it
• Naming things is one of the hardest things in Computer Science
• Where the TDS endpoint is still useful
• Current limitations with TDS endpoint
• .NET Core connector for on-prem databases

Mark's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://markcarrington.dev/
• SQL 4 CDS
  https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/MarkMpn.SQL4CDS/
  https://markcarrington.dev/sql-4-cds/
  https://github.com/MarkMpn/Sql4Cds
• Twitter - @MarkMpn
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carrington-1499a010/
• Work
  https://www.data-8.co.uk/
  https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?search=data8&page=1
• Blog posts about the latest updates for SQL 4 CDS
  https://markcarrington.dev/2022/04/11/sql-4-cds-ado-net-provider/
  https://markcarrington.dev/2022/04/11/sql-4-cds-v6-released/

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Carl Cookson, supposedly (Ex) Developer & fellow MVP, and chat about the new XrmToolBox Tool - BPF To Visio Builder.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl Read-off-the-people's-Twitter-profile LaBar
• Do former Devs need to keep up their Dev chops?
• Does someone need to be a good developer to be a good manager?
• Field games that the hosts and the guest are familiar with
• Other XrmToolBox tools that Carl built under the name of LinkeD365
• Using documentation tools to capture a snapshot of the delivered system
• What's the gap that you cannot document now in XrmToolBox
• Benefits of automating the documentation
• Documentation is always out of Date
• Copypasta

Carl's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlcookson
• @LinkeD365
• Blog: https://linked365.blog
• BPFs To Visio: https://linked365.blog/BPFToVisio

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about the new XrmToolBox Tool - PCF to BPF.

Some of the highlights:

• Gardening Podcast
• PCF to BPF
• How Custom Controls are added to BPF Table FormXml
• Adding Choices field to Data Step of BPF
• Crashing the XrmToolBox Worldwide
• What Clément didn't test
• Virtual DOM for Fluent
• What are the bounds on a PCF control in the BPF

Clément's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/clemolivier
• @Clement0livier
• Blog: https://stuffandtacos.azurewebsites.net
• PCF2BPF: https://github.com/carfup/XTBPlugins.PCF2BPF
• Buy him a coffee if you appreciate his contribution to the community: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/clementolivier

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Guido Preite, the repeat guest of the XrmTool Cast, and chat about the new PCF Gallery search and his latest tool, Dataverse Rest Builder.

Some of the highlights:

• Word of the day "Esthete"
• How Dataverse Rest Builder fetches metadata
• Guido tells nerdy stories
• Process of publishing a new tool in XrmToolBox
• Maintaining energy on long projects
• Recursive programming is no joke
• New PCF.Gallery Search
• Guido did not author all controls on the PCF.Gallery (apart from one)

Guido's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidopreite
• @crmanswers
• CRM Answers Blog
• PCF Gallery
• Dependent Option Set Manager
• Dataverse Rest Builder

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Crackling Fireplace Sound by JuliusH from Pixabay

Daryl and Scott interview Jonas Rapp, the other co-host of the XrmToolCast, and chat about his latest tool, the XRM Tokens Runner.

Some of the highlights:

• Scott and his own tissue brand
• Jonas's Health
• History of XRM Tokens Runner
• ToEntityReference with KeyAttributes
• How to ask a question to Jonas
• Understanding your Audience

Jonas's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen
• @rappen
• The tool doc: XRM Tokens Runner
• The code doc: XRM Tokens
• Session video from South Coast Summit
• Blog on Power Apps Studio and GitHub

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Bram Colpaert, a good lazy developer based in Belgium, and chat about one of his tools, the Data Transporter. 

Other topics:

• Queen's English and George Doubinski's accent
• Fellow listeners from The UP Podcast
• Star Trek, Lieutenant Commander Data and transporter beam
• Better Connection Management in XrmToolBox over Microsoft Tools
• Scott spends his free time diving into Dataverse GUID generation
• Daryl's magic trick to entertain aliens in Toy Story
• Editor of XrmToolCast, Linn Zaw Win
• The Simpsons episode about Homer repeatedly travels back in time with a toaster
• Made-up words
• Bram only works in the summer
• Dad Jokes

Bram's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcolpaert
• https://github.com/bcolpaert
• https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Colso.Xrm.DataTransporter
• https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/data-transporter.html

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow/ | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin/  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Matt Beard, fellow MVP and a data nerd, and chat about his newest tool, the Dataverse Format Changer. 

Other topics:

• Beards and Mr. Beard
• Matt reacts to the worst schema names
• What use case is the JSON format?
• Dataverse for Teams leads the way
• Data Validation Tool
• Connector Gallery
• Exclusive announcement of London user group meeting
• Data8 Ltd, the data quality company
• Matt’s Dad Joke

Matt's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbeard7
• @mattybeard
• https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/DataverseFormatChanger
• https://mbeard.co.uk/2021/09/13/introducing-dataverse-format-changer-in-xrmtoolbox
• https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/dataverse-format-changer.html

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow/ | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin/  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

With Scott being on vacation Mike Ochs was nice enough to fill in the co-host seat as we dive into the Albanian Early Bound Tool for the XrmToolBox with Betim Beja.  Betim is a developer based in Albanian, who talks about his tools as well as his home country.

Betim's Info and other links:

• Blog: https://xrm.al/
• LinkedIn: BetimBeja
• Twitter: @betimbeja
• GitHub: Albanian-xrm

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsochs/ | @MikeFactorial
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, we talk to the current maintainer of the Plugin Registration Tool for the XrmToolBox.  We talk through the history of the tool and what the future may hold for it as well as:

• Microsoft's announcement of being able to register additional DLLs
• DLL Hell
• The Auto Deployer Tool
• "War" Stories

Imran's Links

• Twitter: @imranakram365
• Email: Imran@Biznamics.com
• LinkedIn: Imranakram1
• Github: ImranAkram
  
  

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://linkedin.com/in/ScottDurow/ @ScottDurow
Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ @rappen
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, we talk to brand new baby MVP Mark Carrington, creator of the SQL 4 CDS XTB tool, about his new improvements.

• Scott is Canadian, Eh?
• SQL 4 CDS Safe Guards and Query Optimization 

Mark's Links

• Blog - https://markcarrington.dev/
• SQL 4 CDS
  https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/MarkMpn.SQL4CDS/
  https://markcarrington.dev/sql-4-cds/
  https://github.com/MarkMpn/Sql4Cds
• Twitter - @MarkMpn
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carrington-1499a010/
• Work
  https://www.data-8.co.uk/
  https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?search=data8&page=1

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://linkedin.com/in/ScottDurow/ @ScottDurow
Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ @rappen
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl interviews James Novak.  James is the maintainer of a slew of WinForm controls designed for the XrmToolBox, as well as the Document Template Manager Plugin.  This is a dev heavy episode where the following topics are discussed:

• Shared Projects
• Source Only Nuget Files
• Sharing code in XrmToolBox Projects
• ILMerge/ILRepack
• Pitfalls we ran into
• XrmToolBox.com ratings improvement
• CodeNow

James's Info and other links:

• Blog: https://futurezconsulting.com/blog
• LinkedIn: JamesNovak
• Twitter: @crmdevjim
• https://github.com/jamesnovak/xrmtb.XrmToolBox.Controls
• https://github.com/jamesnovak/XrmDocumentTemplateManager
• https://github.com/gluck/il-repack 
• https://github.com/dotnet/ILMerge 
• https://github.com/ashlega/TreeCat.XrmToolBox 

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ @ddlabar
Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ @rappen
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Dataverse has had custom actions for some time now, and now, a similar new tool is available to Dataverse developer, Custom APIs.  We've brought David Rivard on to not only help define what they are, but to talk about his new Dataverse Custom API collection.  Other topics covered:

• What's the difference between Custom APIs and Custom Actions?
• What are the current hang-ups with Custom APIs, and what does Jonas want it to be?
• Why APIs are helpful for ISVs
• Jonas and David start collaborating on future tools while on air (one of which became the Custom API Manager for XrmToolBox)

David's Info and other links:

• Blog: https://itmustbecode.com/ 
• LinkedIn: davidrivard
• Twitter: @david_rivard

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ | @ddlabar
Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ | @rappen
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode we interview Carl Cookson, a creator of 3 XrmToolBox Tools.  We dive into each tool and why you should be using them.

• ERD Visio Builder - https://github.com/LinkeD365/ERDVisioBuilder
• Org Settings - https://github.com/LinkeD365/OrgSettings
• Mockaroo Data Munger - https://github.com/LinkeD365/MockarooDataMunger 

Carl Cookson's Info:

• Blog: linkeD365.blog
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlcookson/ 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinkeD365 

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at cast@xrmtoolbox.com.

Your hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ @ddlabar
Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ @rappen
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com