Smartpart Development in Visual Studio [ Edited ]

[TomKaiser]

Here is the configuration:

SalesLogix v8.0, Visual Studio 2010 Pro

I have a question about developing and testing forms using Visual Studio.

When I open the SalesLogix website using Visual Studio, I am able to log into the web client. If I make changes to an existing smartpart, such as lead\leadqualification.ascx, save the changes, and debug, I do not see the changes in the web client. I have tried building the website, clearing the cache, using a different browser, I am still not able to view the changes to the existing smartpart in the web client.

For now, I am working in App Architect.

Thanks,

Tom Kaiser 

[CollinCampbell · Accepted solution]

To make changes and see them without moving them into the model and redeploying you need to disable the dynamic form customizations.

2 changes are needed to disable dynamic form customizations:

• Disable dynamic quick form editing. Edit the web.config file of the portal (Portal Manager > Sage SalesLogix > SupportFiles), comment the dynamic quick forms line, and redeploy. For example: 

  <!-- WFG: dynamic quick forms enabled; switch following two lines to disable -->
  <globalization culture="auto" uiCulture="auto"/>
  <!--<globalization culture="auto" uiCulture="auto" resourceProviderFactoryType="Sage.Platform.QuickForms.WebFormGen.Web.UpdatableResXResourceProviderFactory, Sage.Platform.QuickForms.WebFormGen"/>-->

• Disable the virtual path provider for the portal so the dynamically regenerated forms will not be accessed by the portal. Edit the Global.cs file of the portal (Portal Manager > Sage SalesLogix > SupportFiles> App_Code), comment the EnableDynamicFormSupport line, and redeploy. For example:

  //#define EnableDynamicFormSupport

[TomKaiser]

Collin,

Thanks for this information. This solved the problem!

Tom