Hi all

I like to have a additional button in the CRM Toolbar. This button should 
launch a local installed application (like the Navision Client).

Anyone has some experience? Thank's for your help.

Kind regards
Stephan

Adding a button: see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa682420.aspx
for reference

Launching a local application: don't think this is possible...

GrandiJoos

On 5 jun, 11:42, iStephan <iStep...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I like to have a additional button in the CRM Toolbar. This button should
> launch a local installed application (like the Navision Client).
>
> Anyone has some experience? Thank's for your help.
>
> Kind regards
> Stephan

Offcause it can be done, just think of mailto:someone@somewhere.com links. It 
does however require a little mingeling with the registration database on the 
client computer. I would make a little regedit file and mail it around in the 
organisation.

The procedure is quite easy!
run regedit
find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto
make a new entry just like mailto, except call it your application name and 
point it to the application exe
right click and choose export
have people install the .reg file on their computers
It might require a restart, but now people should be able to user you new 
linktype to start the applicaiton

you could call it myapplication:start or something

kind regards
Kasper

"GrandiJoos" wrote:

> Adding a button: see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa682420.aspx
> for reference
> 
> Launching a local application: don't think this is possible...
> 
> GrandiJoos
> 
> On 5 jun, 11:42, iStephan <iStep...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I like to have a additional button in the CRM Toolbar. This button should
> > launch a local installed application (like the Navision Client).
> >
> > Anyone has some experience? Thank's for your help.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Stephan
> 
> 
> 

By the way...

I just exported mailto.reg. It looks like this

----------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto]
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
@="URL:MailTo Protocol"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\DefaultIcon]
@="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office12\\OUTLOOK.EXE\",7"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office12\\OUTLOOK.EXE\" -c IPM.Note /m \"%1\""
----------------------------------------------------
Copy paste the above lines(without the ---- lines) into a text file and save 
it to myapplication.reg or whaterver... then alter the information to suit 
your needs. That should do the trick ;)

"GrandiJoos" wrote:

> Adding a button: see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa682420.aspx
> for reference
> 
> Launching a local application: don't think this is possible...
> 
> GrandiJoos
> 
> On 5 jun, 11:42, iStephan <iStep...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I like to have a additional button in the CRM Toolbar. This button should
> > launch a local installed application (like the Navision Client).
> >
> > Anyone has some experience? Thank's for your help.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Stephan
> 
> 
> 

I don't think he wants the button to send an e-mail but launch an
application...

GrandiJoos

On 12 jun, 11:46, Kasper <Kas...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> By the way...
>
> I just exported mailto.reg. It looks like this
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto]
> "URL Protocol"=""
> "EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
> @="URL:MailTo Protocol"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\DefaultIcon]
> @="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office12\\OUTLOOK.EXE\",7"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command]
> @="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office12\\OUTLOOK.EXE\" -c IPM.Note /m \"%1\""
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Copy paste the above lines(without the ---- lines) into a text file and save
> it to myapplication.reg or whaterver... then alter the information to suit
> your needs. That should do the trick ;)
>
> "GrandiJoos" wrote:
> > Adding a button: seehttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa682420.aspx
> > for reference
>
> > Launching a local application: don't think this is possible...
>
> > GrandiJoos
>
> > On 5 jun, 11:42, iStephan <iStep...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all
>
> > > I like to have a additional button in the CRM Toolbar. This button should
> > > launch a local installed application (like the Navision Client).
>
> > > Anyone has some experience? Thank's for your help.
>
> > > Kind regards
> > > Stephan