We have noticed this with the Online and IFD environment, that, if you are
using "CRM 2011 Outlook Client" and try to open any web resource like html file
and Silverlight application (.xap file) or any entity record
using window.Open() or Response.Redirect() then
you get prompt for user name and password.
Window.Open() methods opens the CRM record in the
browser (IE) and outlook does not pass your CRM credential. As you are not
logged-in in the CRM from browser (IE), it asks credentials of
user.
If you are already logged-in from browser and open
CRM record from Outlook client then it will not prompt for the user
credential.
Microsoft has released Rollup 8 which exposes two new
methods through SDK. These methods will open window in the process Outlook.exe
instead of Iexplore.exe. So it will not ask for credentials.
Below are two methods:
This opens a HTML web resource page.
1) openWebResource(string
webResourceName, string webResourceData, int width, int
height):
This opens a HTML web resource page.
i.
webResourceName: This is the name of the web resource that you want to
open.
ii. webResourceData: Parameter that is to passed to the
web resource. Web page (HTML) or Silverlight Web resource page can only accept a
single custom parameter called data.
iii. width: Width
of the window
iv. height: Height of the window.
e.g.
Xrm.Utility.openWebResource("new_/pages/test.html",null,700,700);
2) openEntityForm(string name, string id,
Dictionary parameters):
This opens an entity form dialog e.g. Account
record.
i. name: Name of the entity of which record is
to be opened. e.g. account.
ii.
id: GUID of the record. e.g.
"89A2F3FB-18FF-E011-A003-00155D005515".
iii.
parameters: Parameter that is to passed to the record.
e.g.
Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("account","89A2F3FB-18FF-E011-A003-00155D005515",null)
