DaveCarr
Thu Jun 02 22:59:38 CDT 2005
No, sorry, I don;t believe there's even a hack work around for that... Rumor
has it next release you can customize activities... HTH,
Dave
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"Auxis-1" wrote:
> Is ther any way to hide or remove the Category and Sub-Category fields from
> the form? These forms don't seem to be available in the customization manager.
>
>
>
> "Dave Carr" wrote:
>
> > While it's completely true that you can't customize activities in 1.2 (the
> > good news is you will be able to in the next version), there are some things
> > you can do. They're not elegant, but you can do the following:
> >
> > 1) You can customize the views, although it's unsupported. To show the
> > activity date, or the category field, e.g.
> >
> > There are numerous posts that show you how, but basically, customize any
> > view, hit CTRL/N to the address bar, find the objectid for the activity view
> > you wish to modify in the savedquerybase table in MSCRM, and paste that
> > objectid into the address bar, replacing the existing GUID.
> >
> > 2) You can use the Category field to 'group the activity into different
> > types'. The big drawback is this is a text feild only, so you have to rely
> > on your users to use this field correctly.
> >
> > HTH, Good luck,
> > Dave
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> > "Scanner2001" wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking for a way to customize activities in the "workplace"
> > > section. I am familiar with adding new schema fields and have done this, and
> > > customized other forms such as the account forms. But I do not see a way to
> > > change the activities.
> > > The end goal is to be able to group the activities into different types.
> > > So I would either like to add a new field, that could be put on the form, or
> > > add in additional types of activities beyond the email, task, etc.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > I am using version 1.2 on windows 2003 server.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > J
> > >
> > >
> > >