XrmLinq releases version 1.4

XrmLinq is proud to release XrmLinq version 1.4, the first release to be made under its new Microsoft ISV (Independent Software Vendor) status!

Download the trial version 1.4

Version 1.4 has two major new features, dynamic queries and explicit joins; plus other improvements and bug fixes.

Dynamic Queries

You now have two ways that you can query the data. You can create a XrmDataContext instance if you want to dynamically query crm. Or you can use the CrmDataContext that the Entity mapper generates to query dynamically as well as statically.

Some of you have been waiting for this – take a look at the sample page to see which crm data types map to which .net types, (we’ve tried to keep this as strongly typed as possible by abstracting away the crm data types).

Explicit Joins

This allows you to join entities explicitly, including joining on different keys. v1.3 and below generated the links and you couldn't specify where you wanted to link to.

Take a look at the sample queries for more information.

More v1.4 Improvements

• Added support for the Annotation entity – see example
• Improved support for the Lookup properties – see example
• Licenses can now be stored inside the registry
• Improved generated field names for European and Asian installations
• Entity Mapper remembers last used settings
• Monitor queries using the new Dump event inside CrmDataAccess
• A new property on entities called ‘ForceNullOnUpdate’ which allows you to “reset” values in crm

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Entity Mapper – issue with unicode on European languages
• Fixed: Selector projection returning all columns instead of specific columns
• Fixed: Nullable fields not being passed correctly when using WCF
• Fixed: Nullable enums not handled correctly
• Fixed: Selecting a single field didn’t work

Feature Requests and Feedback

Please contact support@xrmlinq.com