Open a html webresource as a window or a dialog box in CRM 2011.

Hi Guys,

If you need to open a web resource as a window or as a dialog in Dynamics CRM 2011 you can use these methods. But you need to know somethings:
- When you open a dialog you cannot use anymore F12 key to debug javascript code in your called webresource.
- An opened dialog cannot refresh or close a parent window. If you need to refresh the parent entity form you need to use openWebResourceAsWindow() insteed of openWebResourceAsDialog(). because, in the window mode you can use :

window.opener.location.reload();

Source Code

1.  
2. /// <summary>
3. /// Allow to open a html webresource as a dialog box
4. /// </summary>
5. /// <param name="webResourceName"><b>string</b>: HTML web resource logical name like (new_webresource.html)</param>
6. /// <param name="webResourceData"><b>string</b>: URI Encoded web resource data using encodeURIComponent() that begins with "?"</param>
7. /// <param name="width"><b>int</b>: the width of the window without (px)</param>
8. /// <param name="height"><b>int</b>: the height of the window without (px)</param>
9. /// <param name="viewScrollbars"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the scrollbars (true or false)</param>
10. /// <param name="viewToolbar"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the toolbar (true or false)</param>
11. /// <param name="viewMenubar"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the menubar (true or false)</param>
12. /// <param name="viewLocation"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the location (true or false)</param>
13. function openWebResourceAsDialog(webResourceName, webResourceData, width, height, viewScrollbars, viewToolbar, viewMenubar, viewLocation) {
14.     var $v_0 = Mscrm.CrmUri.create(String.format("$webresource:{0}", webResourceName));
15.  
16.     if (!isNullOrEmptyString(webResourceData)) {
17.         $v_0 = $v_0 + webResourceData;
18.     }
19.     var parameters = "";
20.     if (viewScrollbars !== undefined && viewScrollbars == true) {
21.         parameters = "scrollbars=1,";
22.     }
23.     else {
24.         parameters = "scrollbars=0,";
25.     }
26.     if (viewToolbar !== undefined && viewToolbar == true) {
27.         parameters += "toolbar=1,";
28.     }
29.     else {
30.         parameters += "toolbar=0,";
31.     }
32.     if (viewMenubar !== undefined && viewMenubar == true) {
33.         parameters += "menubar=1,";
34.     }
35.     else {
36.         parameters += "menubar=0,";
37.     }
38.     if (viewLocation !== undefined && viewLocation == true) {
39.         parameters += "location=1";
40.     }
41.     else {
42.         parameters += "location=0";
43.     }
44.  
45.     return openStdDlg($v_0, null, width, height, true, false, parameters);
46. }
47.  
48. /// <summary>
49. /// Allow to open a html webresource as a window
50. /// </summary>
51. /// <param name="webResourceName"><b>string</b>: HTML web resource logical name like (new_webresource.html)</param>
52. /// <param name="webResourceData"><b>string</b>: URI Encoded web resource data using encodeURIComponent() that begins with "?"</param>
53. /// <param name="width"><b>int</b>: the width of the window without (px)</param>
54. /// <param name="height"><b>int</b>: the height of the window without (px)</param>
55. /// <param name="viewScrollbars"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the scrollbars (true or false)</param>
56. /// <param name="viewToolbar"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the toolbar (true or false)</param>
57. /// <param name="viewMenubar"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the menubar (true or false)</param>
58. /// <param name="viewLocation"><b>bool</b>: allow to view the location (true or false)</param>
59. function openWebResourceAsWindow(webResourceName, webResourceData, width, height, viewScrollbars, viewToolbar, viewMenubar, viewLocation) {
60.     var $v_0 = Mscrm.CrmUri.create(String.format("$webresource:{0}", webResourceName));
61.  
62.     if (!isNullOrEmptyString(webResourceData)) {
63.         $v_0 = $v_0 + webResourceData;
64.     }
65.     var parameters = "";
66.     if (viewScrollbars !== undefined && viewScrollbars == true) {
67.         parameters = "scrollbars=1,";
68.     }
69.     else {
70.         parameters = "scrollbars=0,";
71.     }
72.     if (viewToolbar !== undefined && viewToolbar == true) {
73.         parameters += "toolbar=1,";
74.     }
75.     else {
76.         parameters += "toolbar=0,";
77.     }
78.     if (viewMenubar !== undefined && viewMenubar == true) {
79.         parameters += "menubar=1,";
80.     }
81.     else {
82.         parameters += "menubar=0,";
83.     }
84.     if (viewLocation !== undefined && viewLocation == true) {
85.         parameters += "location=1";
86.     }
87.     else {
88.         parameters += "location=0";
89.     }
90.     return openStdWin($v_0, null, width, height, parameters)
91. }
92.  
93. /// <summary>
94. /// Allows to open the custom Discount Dialog
95. /// </summary>
96. function openDiscountDialog() {
97.     if (Xrm.Page.data.entity.getIsDirty()) {
98.         alert("One or more fields are modified. Please save the form.");
99.         return;
100.     }
101.     var entityId = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();
102.     var entityName = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName();
103.     var customParameters = encodeURIComponent("?EntityName=" + entityName + "&EntityId=" + entityId);
104.     openWebResourceAsDialog("njl_discountDialog.html", customParameters, 280, 130, false, false, false, false);
105. }
106.  
107. /// <summary>
108. /// Allows to open the custom Incident Resolution Window
109. /// </summary>
110. function openIncidentResolutionWindow() {
111.     if (Xrm.Page.data.entity.getIsDirty()) {
112.         alert("One or more fields are modified. Please save the form.");
113.         return;
114.     }
115.     var entityId = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();
116.     var entityName = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName();
117.     var customParameters = encodeURIComponent("?EntityName=" + entityName + "&EntityId=" + entityId);
118.     openWebResourceAsWindow("njl_incidentResolutionWindow.html", customParameters, 400, 280, true, false, false, true);
119. }

Enjoy yourself,
N.JL