RELEASE_NOTES.md

Release Notes

2.5.2 - January 15 2018

• Fixed an issue where in the case of the NavigationPropteryName attributes being null in the relationship metadata, the generated definition file was not valid typescript code.

2.5.1 - January 05 2018

• Updated .NET framwork to 4.6.2 in order to fix issue with connecting to Dynamics 9.0

2.5.0 - December 15 2017

• REST API interfaces are now sorted

2.4.0 - November 24 2017

• Reverted the name change after a more elegant fix was proposed, in which the user uses the namespace feature of XDT.

2.3.12 - November 23 2017

• The WebEntities interface has been split up, as to comply with standards made in Typescript 2.4
• As a fix for clashing names with the standard Typescript library in 2.4-2.6, all entity interfaces have been postfixed with "XDT" - this is a breaking change.

2.3.11 - November 09 2017

• XrmQuery now handles additional cases where Guid parentheses can occur.

2.3.10 - November 09 2017

• Views, LCIDs and webresource images are now properly generated based on generation settings instead of rawstate.
• Increased support for CRM 9.0.
• Header and footer controls will no longer be generated when using CRM 2011.
• Two Options formatted as Lists now get the proper type boolean instead of number.
• Made XrmQuery automatically remove Guid parenthesis, if they are there.

2.3.9 - October 13 2017

• Forms with duplicate names are named starting from 1
• Forms with duplicate names are ordered by their guid, to ensure a deterministic order

2.3.8 - October 13 2017

• Duplicate names in forms are now allowed

2.3.7 - October 12 2017

• Fixed issue with updating a datetime or date only field using XrmQuery

2.3.6 - October 10 2017

• All functionality in this release is only for CRM version 8.2 and above
• A new argument, "views", has been added. When set, all Views in the loaded solutions will be generated and put into the supplied namespace.
• The available languages installed in CRM are now retrieved and useable as an enum called LCID.
• The image web resources for the loaded solutions are now retrieved and useable as a union type called WebResourceImage.
• A helper function is now available for custom view icons and tooltips introduced in CRM 8.2.

2.3.5 - September 6 2017

• A new argument, "useDeprecated", has been added that toggles whether to include or exclude deprecated functionality.
• The following functions have been moved into deprecation extensions due to the impending 9.0 release:
• Xrm.Page.context: getQueryStringParameters, getTimeZoneOffsetMinutes, getUserId, getUserLcid, getUserName, getUserRoles, getIsAutoSaveEnabled, getOrgLcid, getOrgUniqueName
• addOnKeyPress removeOnKeyPress, showAutoComplete, hideAutoComplete
• Xrm.Utility: alertDialog, confirmDialog, isActivityType, openEntityForm, openQuickCreate, openWebResource

2.3.4 - September 5 2017

• isOutlookClient() and isOutlookOnline() now correctly appears when using CRM 2011
• Xrm.Page.ui.process and OptionSetControl.getOptions() which where introduced in CRM 2015, no longer appears in previous versions
• Xrm.Page.data.process which where introduced in CRM 2016, no longer appears in previous versions

2.3.3 - September 1 2017

• Additonal form programming methods introduced in CRM 2013 as well as some introduced in CRM 2015, no longer appear when using CRM 2011

2.3.2 - August 29 2017

• Fixed a bug when generating typings for 2011

2.3.1 - August 29 2017

• Form programming methods introduced in CRM 2013 no longer appear when using CRM 2011

2.3.0 - July 19 2017

• Updated XrmQuery to be compatible with TypeScript 2.4.1

2.2.4 - June 29 2017

• Added new methods to grid control which are found in newer versions (i.e. getAttributes())
• Moved setDisabled and getDisabled from the BaseControl interface to the Control interface
• Made an AnyControl type which collections of controls use instead of the BaseControl type

2.2.3 - June 29 2017

• Fix: Promise polyfill was not being included properly in the new gulp compilation setup

2.2.2 - June 28 2017

• Bind variables are now generated based on N:1 relationships, instead of Lookup attributes

2.2.1 - June 23 2017

• Fixed filtering and ordering by entity references in XrmQuery for the Web API

2.2.0 - June 20 2017

• Added some of the new Dynamics 365 form functionality
• SDK.REST.retrieveRecord now allows null values in the select and expand parameters
• double attributes are now typed as numbers instead of strings for both endpoints
• decimal attributes are now typed as numbers in the WebAPI, and as strings in the old REST endpoint
• Fixed generated output when targeting all entities

2.1.2 - May 24 2017

• Fixed bug when trying to access elements in the Xrm-namespace, while using declare var Xrm: Xrm<...>
• Replaced all returns of the Empty... interfaces with the undefined type

2.1.1 - May 20 2017

• Fixed creation of typings directories

2.1.0 - May 17 2017

• Removed NuGet dependencies and added necessary assemblies directly as files -- making it easy to use the tool straight from NuGet
• New argument oneFile makes XrmDefinitelyTyped concatenate all the dynamic parts of the typings into one file context.d.ts
• Automatic generation of config file, if one does not exist and no arguments are passed to executable
• Fixed automatic CRM version check
• General clean-up of code and structure

2.0.7 - February 7 2017

• Result and FormattedResult interfaces were incorrectly initialized for retrieve queries
• Removed string type as a valid parameter in certain function definitions of xrm.d.ts

2.0.6 - January 20 2017

• Made boolean a valid filter type in the Web API

2.0.5 - January 10 2017

• Fix: Filter.substringof changed to be Filter.contains in the Web API
• Added matching generic return type on promise() of Query
• Helper function promiseRequest method now also correctly returns the promise

2.0.4 - December 16 2016

• Promises now works properly in all cases

2.0.3 - December 15 2016

• Generation of lib and declaration files is now properly skipped if they are not specified in the configuration

2.0.2 - December 8 2016

• Fix: Intersection entity interfaces were not generated properly for the Web API (no entity set name)

2.0.1 - December 8 2016

• More robust usage of GetGlobalContext(), since CRM will bug out in certain cases when it is executed

2.0.0 - December 2 2016

• The Web API is now supported
• Generation of REST and Web API entity interfaces is now opt-in, and they can be namespaced
• Generation of Form interfaces can now be skipped
• The XrmQuery functionality for the REST endpoint has been moved into XrmQuery.Rest
• The filter functionality for the REST endpoint has been moved into Filter.Rest
• base.d.ts has been renamed to xrm.d.ts
• Interfaces from the IPage namespace have been moved to the Xrm namespace
• IPage entity interfaces have been deprecated in favor of intersection forms
• It can now generate the context from a local metadata file via the new save- and load-arguments
• JavaScript library files (XrmQuery) can now be automatically updated when generating the context with the jsLib-argument

1.11.1 - November 1 2016

• Better handling of tabs and sections when intersecting forms

1.11.0 - October 6 2016

• Added union types throughout the generated declaration files to make it usable with TypeScript's strictNullChecks.
• XrmQuery update (new javascript code):
  • Added getAll function to RetrieveMultipleRecords which concatenates all page results and serves it to the success callback.
  • Changed execute function of RetrieveMultipleRecords to have obligatory errorCallback and onComplete handlers to promote proper usage of paged results.

1.10.0 - September 5 2016

• Added the possibility of generating special declaration files, which are intersections of multiple forms.

1.9.1 - August 29 2016

• Fix: Removed the newly version-controlled function addTabStateChange from the base declaration file

1.9.0 - August 29 2016

• Split base.d.ts into more parts
• XrmDefinitelyTyped now retrieves the version from the targeted CRM and modifies the resulting base.d.ts to fit that version
  • Made AddTabStateChange function for specific CRM versions (Pre-CRM2016: add_tabStateChange, Post-CRM2016: addTabStateChange)
  • Made CRM 2015 Update 1 form functionality only available, when CRM is that version or higher
• Added more specific types when getting controls on an attribute via <Attribute>.controls
• Changed IPage module to be a namespace instead
• Made IPage.ExecutionContext generic, such that it contains the type of the event source

1.8.0 - August 2 2016

• Removed current implementation for supporting previous TypeScript versions
• Made use of string literal types for certain functions in base.d.ts
• Better error messages when encountering AggregateExceptions
• XrmQuery update (new javascript code):
  • Added getFirst function to RetrieveMultipleRecords

1.7.9 - July 4 2016

• Added support for entities and option sets sharing the same name
• XrmQuery updates (new javascript code):
  • Fixed attribute select in expanded entities
  • Added new filter functions to make it easier to make chained conjunctions: Filter.ors, Filter.ands
  • Added new functions to RetrieveMultiple that make it possible to extend the current filter: .orFilter or .andFilter

1.7.8 - June 22 2016

• Fixed variable name: Xrm.Page.ui.FormSelector -> Xrm.Page.ui.formSelector

1.7.7 - June 21 2016

• Fixed bug in XrmQuery when using IE in which it would fail to execute in certain cases
• Changed getInitialValue() of option-sets to also return the corresponding enum value

1.7.6 - June 15 2016

• Changed the Option interface to be generic based on the type of the parent attribute/control
• Updated base.d.ts with more types to allow the use of noImplicitAny in the TypeScript compiler
• Added a few missing functions to base.d.ts

1.7.5 - May 3 2016

• Added CRM version check for BPF fields in order to support CRM2011

1.7.4 - February 24 2016

• Added "/useconfig" argument, see usage for more information
• Renamed "/config" argument to "/genconfig"
• Changed exit-code for the executable to be 1 instead of 0, when it encounters an exception

1.7.3 - February 16 2016

• Added support for the new CRM 2016 form types
• Added version print when using the executable
• Added "/config" argument which generates a dummy configuration file to use

1.7.2 - December 29 2015

• Improved retrieval of CRM metadata

1.7.1 - December 21 2015

• Added CRM Online 2015 Update 1 functionality to subgrid controls

1.7.0 - December 18 2015

• Added filtering of which entities should be included in the context, see usage for more information.
• Fixed a missing generic type declaration on certain controls of type OptionSetControl
• Reduced version requirements to support backward-compatibility:
  • Reduced requirement of the dependency Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreAssemblies to 5.0.18 or greater
  • Reduced used .NET Framework to version 4.5.2

1.6.0 - November 10 2015

• Added possibility of using .exe.config file to pass arguments
• Changed IPage.Control to be generic, depending on the attribute it contains
• Added IPage.BaseControl as a superclass to IPage.Control that is non-generic and has no getAttribute() function.
• Added IPage.StringControl and IPage.NumberControl as shorthand names for their corresponding attribute controls
• Updated entity IPage interfaces with new control types

1.5.6 - October 23 2015

• Added the attributes and controls that come along when addressX_composite is on a form
• Added interface IPage.LookupAttribute as a shorthand name for IPage.Attribute<IPage.EntityReference[]>

1.5.5 - September 30 2015

• Code refactoring in preparation for open-sourcing the project

1.5.4 - September 29 2015

• Added numbering to controls when there are multiple of the same field on a form
• Added getAttribute to form controls

1.5.3 - August 31 2015

• Changed to use more robust Date object check in XrmQuery (updated javascript files)

1.5.2 - August 27 2015

• Updated to use Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreAssemblies 7.1.1
• Made XrmQuery and the SDK entities use enums instead of just numbers
• Altered the type when selecting XrmQuery expand attributes

1.5.1 - August 24 2015

• Added support for using Date objects when filtering in XrmQuery (updated javascript files)
• Added execution context object to the handler passed to addOnChange

1.5.0 - August 19 2015

• Now generates declaration files for the newest TypeScript version
• New argument tsversion to specify which TypeScript version it should generate files for (newest version is default)
• All word characters are now allowed in declaration names
• Added check for empty string declarations, outputting _Unknown instead
• Eliminated duplicates of global enums and removed the obsolete file optionsets.d.ts
• Fixed escape of string literals that contained single/double quotes

1.4.4 - August 11 2015

• Fixed an incorrectly named function.

1.4.3 - August 11 2015

• Added interfaces for the Xrm.Page.data.process and Xrm.Page.ui.process objects.
• Changed an interface for the XrmQuery expand function.

1.4.2 - July 31 2015

• Fixed an incorrectly assigned interface

1.4.1 - July 31 2015

• New entity interfaces specifically for XrmQuery to ensure input correctness
• Updated dg.xrmquery.js and dg.xrmquery.min.js

1.4.0 - July 30 2015

• Added XrmQuery

1.3.0 - July 23 2015

• Changed to use .NET Framework 4.6
• Added Business Process Flow fields to forms
• Added more functionality to addOnSave on forms
• Added missing functionality to Xrm.Page.ui

1.2.2 - July 21 2015

• Updated to use Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreAssemblies 7.1.0
• Added more functionality to lookup controls

1.2.1 - July 7 2015

• GetContext now throws an exception when called programatically and an error occurs

1.2.0 - June 15 2015

• Separated declarations for SDK.Metadata.js into a new file metadata.d.ts.
• Added more specific declarations for the types gotten via Metadata calls
• Added install script for the NuGet package, which automatically copies the required DLLs into the same folder upon installation

1.1.2 - May 22 2015

• Fixed type of Money attributes sent and received through the REST API.

1.1.1 - May 7 2015

• Made the OptionSet attributes use the type of the actual corresponding TypeScript enum instead of just the type number
• Fixed type of OptionSet attributes for SDK.REST calls.
• Fixed type of some TwoOption attributes for Form declaration files.
• Fixed bug when duplicates of the same field existed on a form.

1.1.0 - April 23 2015

• Introduced a new declaration file for each specific form. Read more here.
  • The previous IPage declaration files are still being generated in case they are necessary.
  • Changes to base.d.ts to comply with the new Form declaration files
• Added docs to most of the base functionality.

1.0.1.1 - April 10 2015

• Updated some attribute types to be more specific
• Added generic Xrm interface for different pages
• Added executable usage description
• Better executable error messages

1.0.1 - April 8 2015

• Added more specific types to some attributes
• Added support for deleteRecord, associateRecords and disassociateRecords
• Removed attributes from entities which were not available via OData
• Changed NuGet package structure and added batch script to copy necessary assemblies

1.0.0 - April 7 2015

• Initial public release