Sage SalesLogix v7 5 4 Tips and Tricks PDF

Tips and Tricks
Versions 7.0, 7.2, and 7.5.0 through 7.5 SP4

Updated July 2011
Sage SalesLogix Version 7.5 SP4

Admin
Creating a Remote Database from an Oracle host
During the creation of a remote database, the process does not rely on, nor will it copy, Primary
or Foreign Key constraints. It does rely on Indexes and will recognize and copy over Unique
Indexes. To prevent duplicate IDs from being placed into the remote database, ensure that each
table has a Unique Index applied to the field required to be unique in addition to any
primary/foreign key constraints that are used in Oracle.
The CreateOracleIndexes.sql script for Oracle databases will create all the necessary indexes for
the base Sage SalesLogix tables. This script is required to be run on Oracle hosts that are using
Sage SalesLogix.
Application Architect
New Editable Grid control
This new control uses an internal or external SData feed as its data source and provides the
following functionality
Allows inline editing of column data.
Provides ability to look up child data and add new records to the grid.
Security may be implemented using the Applied Security property.
A number of different column types are available: Checkbox, Currency, Edit, Editable
Field, Link, Lookup, and Numeric.
Predefined grid toolbar buttons are available to save data changes, delete records from
the grid, or undo unsaved grid changes.
For more information, refer to the Application Architect Help topic, Editable Grid Control.
New 'Decimal Digits' property

This new property has been added for the Currency and Numeric controls and grid columns.
For the default value of -1, the current UI culture will determine the number of decimal
digits for data entry or display.
An integer value of 0 through 4 may be entered for specific control of the number of
decimal digits.
If a number greater than 4 is required, be sure that the bound field will support this. For
example, if the database field is defined as decimal(17,5), you could set decimal digits to
5.
For more information, refer to the Application Architect Help topic, Decimal Digits.
Link control improvement

This control may now be secured using the Applied Security property.
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Exchange Rate improvements

Setting the exchange rate for the Currency control and grid columns has been improved.
For the Exchange Rate Type property, a new option for Entity Rate has been added for
use where the exchange rate and exchange rate code are stored on an entity.
This option should now be used in place of the deprecated Opportunity Rate and Sales
Order Rate.
When using Entity Rate, the exchange rate and exchange rate code should be set
through data binding.
For more information, refer to the Application Architect Help topic, Currency Control.
Deploying the Web Site to Disconnected Web Clients

Ensure you run a synchronization cycle on the Host before deploying the Web site. The sync
cycle creates the PortalDeployments folder required for the Web site deployment.
Use the Application Architect to deploy the Sage SalesLogix Web site to Remotes.
To deploy
1. Open the Application Architect.
2. In the View menu, click Deployment Explorer, expand the Deployments tree view, and
double-click Remote Sales Client. The Remote Sales Client deployment tab opens.
3. In the Name box, type a deployment name. For example: Disconnected Web Clients.
4. (Optional) In the Description box, type a description for this deployment.
5. In the Deployment Targets tree view, click Remote Users. The Remote User Target
Settings pane displays.
6. Select the remote users to which you want to deploy the Web Client.
7. On the SlxClient tab
a. In the Virtual Directory box, type the alias name for the virtual directory. By
default, the Virtual Directory is SlxClient.
b. In the Port box, type the port number for the Web site.
The Sage SalesLogix Web Server requires its own port for each portal instance.
The port for each portal must be unique.
c. Ensure the Deploy Portal check box is selected. This indicates the portal is
active and should be deployed.
8. Click Save.
9. Click Deploy.
The RemoteManifest.xml file is created which contains the settings used by the remote
registration services to add an existing IIS Web site or register the site with a personal server
instance. When the Synchronization Server at the main office cycles, the portals are deployed to
the disconnected Web Client users. The remote users will then need to synchronize.
Note: It is necessary to change the port number on the Sdata port from 80 to 8088 because port
80 points to IIS, not the personal web server.
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Blank Merge Accounts/Contact Screen when Merging and error when the
check for Duplicates function is used
From step 12 in the Applying Service Pack 4 Documentation:
Delete the MergeConfiguration.xml and the PotentialMatchConfiguration.xml files.
Note: If you customized the files, record your customizations before deleting them. New
configurations have been added to the MergeConfiguration and PotentialMatchConfiguration files.
You must delete and recreate the files to see the updates. These files are rebuilt when you
convert a lead in the Web Client. After you recreate these files you can add your customizations
(step 69 in the service pack 4 documentation).
To delete
1. In the Application Architect, open the Virtual File System Explorer.
2. In the tree view, expand Configuration and expand Global.
3. If necessary, save the MergeConfiguration.xml and the
PotentialMatchConfiguration.xml files to another location or record any customizations
to the files.
4. Delete the files.
Desktop Manager
Install
It is possible to install the Desktop Manager to a different directory than the default. The
command line to perform that install is:
SlxDesktopIntegrationSetup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\<installationfolder>\""
Setting default configuration

Though users can configure their own Desktop Manager settings, some managers prefer them to
start with default settings.
To create and modify default Desktop Manager settings
1. Create the registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix\Outlook
and set the default values as desired.
2. The first time an individual user opens the Desktop Manager, the default settings from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix\Outlook are displayed.
3. Optionally, the user can change the settings.
4. When the user closes Desktop Manager with an OK or Exit, the users settings are saved
in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SalesLogix\Outlook.
This file takes precedence over the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES file for this user.
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Desktop Manager Settings:
Note: Y = True
N = False
1 = True
0 = False
SDataUserName = the Sage SalesLogix user, for example, Dan from the Eval database.
You must use the SalesLogix user, not the SalesLogix Admin user, so that the History
item is created as the SalesLogix user. Otherwise Sage SalesLogix security for the user
will be bypassed giving the user full access.
Windows Authentication
Desktop Manager can now use Windows Authentication introduced for the SData portal. For
more information on configuring Windows Authentication, please review the Administrator Help
topic, Enabling Windows Authentication Access for Web Client Users.
Tray Notifications
When Desktop Manager is running and a SendSLX or a Record to History is performed, users
may see notifications appear in the system tray depending on their options. To turn this off, open
the Desktop Manager and clear the Display Tray Notifications check box.
Customizing Desktop Manager

The source code is located in the Install folder under SDK Examples\DesktopManager. The
instructions for customizing are in the Readme.txt file located in the same folder. The
customization process will create a new SLXDesktopIntegrationSetup.exe file for the user to run
the installation.
Desktop Manager is unable to process E-mail

These are the retry intervals for when Desktop Manager cannot process an E-mail:
First Error - display a message box:
Could not process SendSLX message {0}
Will retry in 5, 10, 20, 45 minutes, 1:30, 3, 6, 12, 24 hours.
After the last attempt, a new message box is displayed and Desktop Manager gives up
trying:
Send SLX file
{0}
Could not be processed for more than 24 hours
No further attempts to process this file will be made.
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Logging
You can enable Desktop Manager logging to assist with troubleshooting.
To enable logging
1. Open the Desktop Manager and click the View Log button.
2. Check Enable Logging, and then press OK.
Following are examples of information written to the log.
Scenario 1:
Sending E-mail in Outlook and selected SendSLX. The contact cannot be found in Sage
SalesLogix (there is no contact in the system with a matching E-mail address).
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:19:502 Processing "testing to see if this logs to desktop manager log"
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:19:502 Build list of addresses to process
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:658 Processing 1 addresses:
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:658 John.Smith@testaccount.com
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:658 Building HTTP request
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:658 Looking for contacts
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:658 Searching for SalesLogix Contacts
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:971 Looking for leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:20:986 Searching for SalesLogix Leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:21:111 Found 0 contacts/leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:21:111 Building list of unresolved addresses
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:21:127 Found 1 unresolved contacts/leads:
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:39:21:127 Displaying unresolved contacts/leads
When the user selects OK (if prompting is enabled), the rest is written to the log.
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:42:55:118 Successfully processed "testing to see if this logs to desktop
manager log"
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:42:55:165 Successfully processed file, deleting C:\Documents and
Settings\jsmith\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\MSG\S-testing to see if this
logs to d.MSG
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:42:55:165 Successfully processed file 'C:\Documents and
Settings\jsmith\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\EML\S-testing to see if this logs
to d.EML'
Scenario 2:
There are two contacts with the same E-mail address:
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
6/10/2011 07:44:54:145 Processing "Two contacts exist with same E-mail address"
6/10/2011 07:44:54:145 Build list of addresses to process
6/10/2011 07:44:54:145 Processing 1 addresses:
6/10/2011 07:44:54:145 John.Smith@testaccount.com
6/10/2011 07:44:54:145 Building HTTP request
6/10/2011 07:44:54:145 Looking for contacts
6/10/2011 07:44:54:192 Searching for SalesLogix Contacts
6/10/2011 07:44:54:410 Found contact Adams, Georgia
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[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:410 Found contact Alexander, Mark
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:410 Looking for leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:410 Searching for SalesLogix Leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:457 Found 2 contacts/leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:457 Building list of unresolved addresses
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:504 Retrieving history count for ContactId = CDEMOA00000C
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:629 Retrieved history count: 3
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:629 Retrieving history count for ContactId = CDEMOA000006
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:660 Retrieved history count: 1
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:660 Found 2 duplicate contacts/leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:660 duplicate entry: name = Adams, Georgia, email =
john.smith@testaccount.com, number of history entries = 3
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:660 duplicate entry: name = Alexander, Mark, email =
john.smith@testaccount.com, number of history entries = 1
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:44:54:817 Displaying duplicate contacts/leads
Following is the result after only one of the contacts was selected to record the E-mail :
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:46:018 Removing duplicate: name = Alexander, Mark, email =
john.smith@testaccount.com,
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:46:018 Displaying list of resolved contacts/leads
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:47:939 Attempting to retrieve ticket id
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:47:939 Building history entry for 'Adams, Georgia'
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:47:955 Building History record
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:47:955 PerformQueryEx: entity: User, query = UserName eq 'dan'
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:48:049 PerformQueryEx: found 1 records
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:48:049 PerformQueryEx: entity: UserInfo, query = id eq
'UDEMOA00000G'
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:48:143 PerformQueryEx: found 1 records
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:48:158 Attaching all attachments (if any)
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:48:643 Preparing and displaying History details
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:51:330 Creating History record in the Database
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:51:330 Creating history Two contacts exist with same E-mail address
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:52:580 Created history id = HDEMOA0000KO
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:52:611 Created new history record: id = HDEMOA0000KO
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:52:642 Successfully processed "Two contacts exist with same E-mail
address"
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:52:642 Successfully processed file, deleting C:\Documents and
Settings\jsmith\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\MSG\S-Two contacts exist with
same e-m.MSG
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:45:52:642 Successfully processed file 'C:\Documents and
Settings\jsmith\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\EML\S-Two contacts exist with
same e-m.EML'
In addition to logging what is happening when performing SendSLX or Record to History, it will
also log if there is an error connecting to the SData portal. In the following, the wrong address for
the SData portal has been specified in the configuration:
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
[Info]
6/10/2011 07:48:05:559 Processing "Two contacts exist with same E-mail address"
6/10/2011 07:48:05:575 Build list of addresses to process
6/10/2011 07:48:06:731 Processing 1 addresses:
6/10/2011 07:48:06:731 john.smith@testaccount.com,
6/10/2011 07:48:06:731 Building HTTP request
6/10/2011 07:48:06:731 Looking for contacts
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[Info] 6/10/2011 07:48:06:747 Searching for SalesLogix Contacts
[Error] 6/10/2011 07:48:07:872 Exception: Error processing file 'C:\Documents and
Settings\jsmith\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\EML\S-Two contacts exist with
same e-m.EML':
.
.
Unable to connect to the remote server
Inner exception:
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 10.40.241.25:80
.
.
HTTP error
[Info] 6/10/2011 07:48:07:887 Processing file 'C:\Documents and Settings\jsmith\Application
Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\EML\S-Two contacts exist with same e-m.EML' failed
once; will retry later
Desktop Manager Options vs. User Web Client Options

A user can select the following four history options in Desktop Manager. They apply when the
user performs a SendSLX or Record to History from Outlook.
Prompt for Duplicate Contacts: If there is more than one contact or lead in the Sage
SalesLogix database that has the same E-mail address, the user receives a prompt for
which contact or lead to select.
Prompt for Contacts: Prompts the user to select which contact or lead to associate the
history item to.
Prompt for Unresolved Contacts: If Sage SalesLogix cannot locate a contact or lead with
that E-mail address, the user receives a prompt that it cannot find the entry in the
database.
Display History Details before saving: The Complete E-mail dialog box opens so the user
can change history notes and then schedule a follow up activity.
What if I do a Drag and Drop and not a SendSLX or Record to History? The option to prompt the
user to Log to History on a Drag and Drop is actually controlled through the User Options in the
Sage SalesLogix Web Client. With Sage SalesLogix 7.5.4, the prompts for when a Contact or
Lead is not located or when a duplicate is found have been removed. This is because those
options are being controlled through Desktop Manager. The user option in the Web Client for Log
to History strictly deals in the scenario where the user is performing a Drag and Drop of the Email into Sage SalesLogix.
When Desktop Manager is necessary

When does a user actually need Desktop Manager? Desktop Manager is part of the installation
of Desktop Integration. Users who are performing SendSLX and Record to History in Outlook will
need Desktop Manager configured and running with the configuration, login information, and
options set.
Users who are performing the following functions need Desktop Integration installed but do not
need Desktop Manager configured and active:
Drag and Drop Attachments

Drag and Drop E-mail from Microsoft Outlook
Mail Merge
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Export to Excel
Drag and Drop Library Files (Administrator only)
If you have users who will not be performing SendSLX or Record to History, simply remove the
DesktopManager.exe from the Startup so it does not load for those users. However, Desktop
Manager must be configured and active for users who will be performing SendSLX or Record to
History.
Disabling the option for SendSLX and Record to History after Desktop
Integration has been installed and configured/used
1. Exit the Desktop Manager from the system tray.
2. Unregister the slmn.dll. For example, for Windows 2003:
regsvr32 C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Sage\slmn.dll u
3. Delete any pending e-mails to be recorded to History. For example, for Windows 2003:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\EML (and if exists,
\MSG) folders
4. Remove DesktopManager.exe from the Startup folder for each user logging into the system. For
example, for Windows 2003:
\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup)
Installation Paths for Desktop Manager:
Window XP: C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Sage
Windows 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Sage
Windows 7: C:\Users\%user.domain%\appdata\local\Sage
Changing the option to Save attachments with e-mail (MSG format) to Save
attachments as individual files
Note: The Desktop Manager will need to be closed and re-opened for the changes to take effect.
1. Log into the Administrator
2. Select Tools > Options > Outlook and change from Save attachments with e-mail
(MSG format) to Save attachments as individual files.
3. Close the browser.
4. Exit the Desktop Manager.
5. Click Start > All programs > Startup > Desktop Manager.
6. Create an E-mail in Outlook and add an attachment.
7. Click on SendSLX.
8. Log into the Web Client and find the contact to whom the E-mail was sent.
9. Check the Attachment tab and notice that the attachment has been saved.
This will cause the attachments to be saved as individual files on the Attachments tab
and the E-mail will save to the History tab with the body of the E-mail in the Notes field.
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Install Desktop Integration (Browser-Specific)

Firefox:
For Firefox it is important to install Desktop Integration from Firefox to properly enter the add-ons.
To install from Firefox
1. Use Firefox to browse to the Web Client.
2. Do one of the following:
Click the Enhance SalesLogix button on the log in page.
Log in, click Options on the status bar, click the General/Search tab, and click the
Enhance SalesLogix button.
Internet Explorer:
To install from Internet Explorer, you can use the Enhance SalesLogix button as described above
or install from the Installs\Sage SalesLogix Desktop Integration Module folder on the cd.
Firefox and Internet Explorer both installed on the same system:
If both browsers are installed on the system, you must install Desktop Integration from Firefox. If
you install from Internet Explorer, Firefox will not register the add-ons properly. Desktop
Integration installed from Firefox will properly register the add-on and both browsers will be able
to use Desktop Integration properly.
Intellisync
History Filter
Intellisync synchronizes History table information as well as Contacts and Activities. With Sage
SalesLogix 7.5.4, an Intellisync History filter has been added within the web.config file in the
Intellisync Portal. This will allow the administrator to determine if the History table information will
synchronize or not, and if so, how much of it will.
To customize the history filter
1. Open the web.config file in the Intellisync portal that has been deployed on the Web
server.
2. Locate the following and modify as necessary:
<intellisyncConfiguration maxMonthIteration="13" maxDayIteration="31"
maxWeekIteration="53" maxYearIteration="5" invalidStringList=""
invalidReplaceCharacter="!" syncHistory=true prevHistoryDays=30 />
prevHistoryDays Activities completed in SalesLogix and synced to Outlook appear

on the Outlook calendar as completed. Subsequently, Intellisync removes them from
Outlook when they fall outside the moving window of today minus prevHistoryDays.
Default=30.
syncHistory This determines if any history should be synced at all. Turning off will
negate the prevHistoryDays setting. Default=true.
3. Repeat steps 1-2 for each Intellisync portal that has been deployed.
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Installation
The command line to install Intellisync silently is: <path>\IntellisyncSetup.exe /s
For example: c:\test\intellisyncsetup.exe /s
After Intellisync is installed, the following files and folders should exist:
Location
\Documents and Settings\[windows user profile]\Application
Data\Sage\Configurations
\Program Files\SalesLogix\Intellisync
File/Folder Name
Intellisync XML
Intellisync XML.cfg
Iloptcfg.cfg
IS4Web.ini
IS4WebUI.ini
PTTrace.log
1033 many files inside here
Action Engine
Connectors
DATA
Desktop Setup
Help
3rd_party_copyright_license.txt
Attendees.dll
ConfigurationUpgrade.dll
ConfigurationUpgrade.dtd
ConfigurationUpgrade.xml
Conn_install.cfg
ConnectorRequestHandler.dll
CXLServer.dll
Eula.rtf
Iloptcfg.cfg
IlSdk.fil
IlsyncEx.dll
IlTif32.dll
Ilx32.dll
IS4Web.exe
IS4WebRuntimeData.dll
Mimepp_core.dll
PtAttach.dll
PtSSLog.dll
PushSyncCallback.dll
ReadMe.txt
SyncConfirmation.dll
SyncConflict.dll
System.dtd
UserLocMgr.dll
Zlib1.dll
After login and configuration, the following files and folders should exist:
Location
Data\Sage\Configurations\
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Con_Intellisync XML_username
Con_Intellisync
XML_username.cfg
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Data\Sage\Configurations\Con_Intellisync XML_username
A folder with an ID generated

name

Data\Sage\Configurations\ Con_Intellisync
XML_username.cfg
A folder with an ID generated

name
AppConfig.ini
Filters.il
Ilsync.psf
ProdInfo.cfg
Tables.caf
Tables.itb
ValuesMap.cfg
Privarea.cfg
Userarea.cfg

Data\Sage\Configurations\ Con_Intellisync
XML_username.cfg\ A folder with an ID generated name
When you synchronize the first time, these files get generated:
\Documents and Settings\[Windows User Profile]\Application
Data\PushSyncData
PushSync.dat
PushSyncLog.log
Oracle
Chunksize
In row and out of row lobs
A lob can either be stored along the row to which it belongs (called in row storage) or in the
lobsegment (called out of row storage). The maximum size for in row lobs is 3964 bytes.
Chunk size
A lob's chunk size determines the granularity of allocation for out of row lobs.
The Implementation Guide says that when using Oracle databases, the chunksize should be set
to 3000. If you get anomalous results, try setting it to 8000.
To set
1. In the Sage SalesLogix Connection Manager, edit the Oracle database connection.
2. Click the All tab and double-click Extended Properties.
3. In the Property Value box, type chunksize=8000, and click OK.
Provider
Installing History Provider Extension
1. Browse to the SDK Examples folder on the install media.
2. Copy the contents of the ProviderExtensions folder to the server.
3. Edit "test.udl" with Microsoft OLEDB Core Services application selecting the Sage
SalesLogix Server, SalesLogix database name, the SalesLogix User Name and the
SalesLogix Password. Check "Allow Saving Password".
Note: test.udl may be read-only when copied from the install media. Verify that the readonly attribute of the file is cleared.
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4. Click "Test Connection" to verify the link.
5. Click OK to save changes.
6. Open command prompt and change directories to the ProviderExtensions\HistorySecurity
folder.
7. At the command prompt, run the following command:
..\slxproviderplugin -m provider_extensions.xml -u ..\test.udl -i d
The message "** SUCCESS: Plugin installed successfully" in the command prompt
window will verify that the plugin has been installed.
8. Restart all Sage SalesLogix servers.
SpeedSearch
Speedsearch Service logging
To turn on informational logging for the SpeedSearch Service, add the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix\SpeedSearch\Service
Add String value: Debug
The logging information, which is recorded to the Windows Event Viewer, can assist in
troubleshooting issues related to building the SpeedSearch Indexes. Once logging is enabled, run
the index(es) again. The information will also include the SQL statements it builds up to retrieve
the index data.
Web Client
Promote to Dashboard for non-admin users
A non-admin user intending to use the Promote to Dashboard option from an entity must create
a dashboard page to promote to.
When a user selects Promote to Dashboard, a popup appears with the text Display this group
list on the following dashboard page. Only the pages (tabs) that the user has permission to write
to are displayed. Because the default pages, My Dashboard and Sales, are owned by the
administrator, a non-admin user does not have write permissions to them.
Sales Order and Opportunity Product data grid
In the Opportunity or Sales Order Product data grid, after selecting a new Price Level
from the drop down combo box, focus must be removed from the Price Level field in
order for the new Price to display in the data grid
In the Opportunity or Sales Order Product data grid, the Adj Price (User) is not editable
because both the Adj Price (Base) and Adj Price (User) are bound to the same property.
In order to edit the Adj Price (User) field, the Product record must be edited from the data
grid and the field is edited from within the Edit Product form.
When multi-currency is enabled, the Adj Price column labels do not display the (User) or
(Base) designation. This is due to both fields being bound to the same property (FR 180962). In the data grid, the left Adj Price column is (Base) and the right Adj Price column
is (User).Likewise in the Edit Product form. The top Adj Price field is (User) and the
bottom is (Base)
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Group Lookups
If the lookup result group is filtered, performing a group lookup may not return the correct results.
When performing a group lookup, make sure the lookup result group is not filtered.
Windows Authentication
Passwords and Windows Authentication
A user attempting to log in to the Sage SalesLogix Web Client receives Your password has
expired. Please change it. However, Windows Authentication is being used for logins.
To resolve this error, the administrator should set the expiration days to 0 in the Sage
SalesLogix Administrator under Tools> Options> Passwords> Days until password expires. If a
value other than 0 has been set, it will override Windows Authentication once it passes that
value.
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Sage SalesLogix Version 7.5 SP3 Reloaded

Checkbox Properties
String or binary data would be truncated error occurs in the Web Client.
When importing new SLXBoolean(CHAR(1)) fields created in the Administrator DB Manager and
adding them to a form, ensure the Entity type is set to True/False.
Open Administrator.
In DB Manager, add a SLXBoolean (CHAR(1)) field.
In Application Architect, Update the entity with the new field.
Build the portal.
Add the field to the appropriate form. Ensure you make it a Checkbox control.
Build and deploy the portal.
Open the Web Client, open the form, check the box, click Save, and you receive the
following error: String or binary data would be truncated
Update statement generated:
UPDATE DEFECT SET MODIFYDATE = [DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP,20100805
16:40:12.000], ISEFFICIENCYIMPROVEMENT = [DBTYPE_STR,"True"]
WHERE DEFECTID = [DBTYPE_STR,"fYV3MA001MYO"]
In Application Architect, open the Entity.

Set the Entity type to True/False
Build and deploy the portal.
Update statement generated:
UPDATE DEFECT SET MODIFYDATE = [DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP,20100805
16:49:32.000], ISEFFICIENCYIMPROVEMENT = [DBTYPE_STR,"T"] WHERE
DEFECTID = [DBTYPE_STR,"fYV3MA001MYO"]
To Fix
Deploying Web sites from one server to another

To deploy a web site from a SalesLogix Server to a dedicated Web server requires the following
to be performed in the Application Architect Deployment Explorer.
Edit the following details in the web site you are deploying:
Server - This will be either the IP address or machine name of the web server you wish to
deploy to
Base Directory - The base directory must either contain the location of the shared
wwwroot folder on the other machine, or use the admin default share (c$ for example).
For example, the Base directory would look something like this: \\servername\wwwroot or
\\servername\c$\inetpubs\wwwroot
Once those steps have been taken, save the deployment, and then deploy the web site
as normal. Deploying using the admin default share method is recommended method
when deploying in a cloud based environment
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Making Merge Records Functionality Visible in the Web Client

Merge Records allows the user to eliminate duplicate accounts or contacts. You can only merge
duplicate accounts and contacts to which you have access rights. The first record selected in the
list view is the "Source" and the second record is the "Target", the Merge Records is invoked by a
Right Click in the list view - a popup will appear and the required values can be selected.
To Make Visible in the Web Client
One of the following options must be completed to make the Merge Records functionality visible
in the Web Client.
Option 1 SQL Command
1. Delete the existing global MergeConfiguration.xml file located in the VFS
2. Edit the database with the SQL Command Delete FROM
sysdba.VIRTUALFILESYSTEM where itemextension = '.xml' and itemname =
'MergeConfiguration.xml'
3. Merge the new Account and Contact mappings with the existing global
MergeConfiguration.xml file located in the VFS.
Option 2 - Application Architect
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Open Application Architect.

Go to VFS Explorer.
Expand Configuration.
Expand Global.
Find MergeConfigurations.xml.
Delete MergeConfigurations.xml.
Web Admin
Field Level Security Profile
The default security profile for a new user (except webviewer User) will be Team Owner Profile
and WebViewer user is Read Only Default.
Other Calendars Tab within a User Profile

Consider the following rules when determining calendar access:
A user appears in their calendar list. Do NOT remove a user from their own Calendar
since this will remove the users access to their own calendar.
If a user does not appear in the calendar list, the user whose profile you are editing has
no access to that user's calendar
If a user appears in the list, they can view the selected user's calendar (when Add, Edit,
Delete and Sync are not selected, the user has read-only access)
Calendars Tab within a User Profile

Consider the following rules when determining calendar access:
The Administrator user appears in a user's calendar list and cannot be removed
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Users Lookup
Use usercode for lookups using user types. The user types don't appear to have a mapping
between the type codes: W, N etc. and the types names: Administrator, Network, etc.
User Type
Usercode
Network User
Remote User
Web only user
Concurrent User
Web Viewer User
Template
Add-on User
Retired User
Web Pick list
Setting the Ticket Status pick list attribute to "Allow Multiple Selections" will display the
pick list item as an ID in the Ticket status field.
Setting the Return Type pick list attribute to "Allow Multiple Selections" and selecting all
the pick list items for that field, an error displays when saved. This field is not currently
configured to hold multiple selections. Feature Request 1-75269 has been logged for this
request.
Setting the Opportunity Close Probability pick list attribute to "Allow Multiple Selections"
causes this field to not display the selected pick list item.
Setting the Source (Ticket) pick list attribute "Allow Multiple Selections" causes the field
to display blank when multiple items are selected.
Setting the Defect Priority pick list attribute to "Allow Multiple Selections" causes an error
when multiple items are selected for this field.
Setting the Defect Urgency pick list attribute to "Allow Multiple Selections" causes the
Defect Urgency field to display as an ID.
Setting the Defect Status pick list attribute to "Allow Multiple Selections" causes the
Defect Status field to display as an ID.
Admin
Password Options (Administrator)
If "Password must contain numbers and letters" is checked in Password Options, make sure the
default password contains numbers and letters otherwise an error message (Passwords must be
alphanumeric!) is displayed when creating new users in the Web Client.
Integrity Checker
If you add or import users in the Administrator, complete the following steps to ensure the users
function correctly on the Web. Users added in the Web Client do not require these tasks.
1. Create or import the users.
2. Run the following Integrity Checker User tests: Child owner id not in owner,
Parent Owner Id not in Owner, and User Calendar, CalUserId, records not in User
Security
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3. If the user(s) need access to the Web Client (for Add/Delete/Edit Account,
Add/Delete/Edit Contact and Add/Delete/Edit Opportunity), use the Web Client to assign
them to the Standard User role on the Users tab of the Standard User Role Detail view or
using the Set All Users To Standard Role link in the Roles List view.
New Integrity Checker Library

The new Integrity Checker library will be in the 7.5.3 patch (file name Sales SalesLogix
v7.5.3.1425.sxc) and can be moved locally. The default installation location is
C:\ProgramData\SalesLogix\Integrity Checker. Verify the path in Administrator from the
Tools>Integrity Checker>File>Load Library menu item.
For Windows 2003, the default Integrity Checker library files point to C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix\Integrity Checker
Dashboards
Creating a custom tab
The out-of-the-box tab is owned by Administrator, and therefore cannot be edited. In order to
customize the tab, you can copy it and create a new tab.
To create a personal tab
Right-click the default tab and select Copy Tab, name the tab and click OK.
The charts in the new tab can now be customized.
Setting the default tab

Setting the default tab will ensure that the tab is displayed in focus when logging in or returning to
the Dashboard view from another view.
To set the default tab
1. Right-click the tab you want to make the default tab.
2. Select Edit Options, select the Make Default box and click OK.
Column Chart
The Goal parameter sets a value on the Y axis to draw a horizontal green line in the graph. The
following table gives an example of the data format required.
Valid Data
20000000
20000000
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Invalid Data
20M
20,000,000
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Display Tips
Use the following techniques to maximize the full functionality of displaying and reviewing charts:
Create custom groups for displaying chart data (they will be available in the group pick list)
Turn off the name display in the Edit Chart Options. Graphs can become illegible when
several items have a similar value. The data can be viewed by hovering over the chart
objects.
Optimize the chart display by setting the Column Width in the Tab Edit Options.
User Defined Links

The Link URL must include http://
Data is required in the target field to display a URL on a new page (any data can be entered).
One web page can be used for multiple URLs if they are assigned the same target.
Desktop Manager
If you send an e-mail to contacts or leads with duplicate e-mail addresses using the Desktop
Manager SendSLX button and the Prompt for Duplicate setting is not selected, then each of the
contact or lead will receive an entry in the history table for the email.
Note: Prior functionality was that when sending emails to Contacts/Leads with duplicate email
addresses and the Prompt for Duplicates deselected only the Contact/Lead with the most
history would receive an entry in the history table.
Install path for the SlxDeskTop Manager

Window XP: C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Sage
Windows 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Sage
Windows 7: C:\Users\%user.domain%\appdata\local\Sage
Sage SalesLogix Desktop Integration Module files

The following files are installed with the Sage SalesLogix Desktop Integration Module
Lumisoft.net.dll
MailMerge.chm
sagegears.dll
SLMN.dll
SlxDesktopManager.exe
SLXDocW.dll
SLXFaxW.dll
SLXFramer.ocx
SLXMMEngineW.dll
SLXMMGUIW.dll
SLXWinFaxW.dll
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Desktop Manager File Types for History Creation

The Desktop Manager creates two types of files when using the SendSLX button in Outlook, EML
and .MSG files. These files are used to add history items to Sage SalesLogix. The files are
created in the following directories:
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\EML
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir\MSG
If the Desktop Manager fails to process the files from these folders you will receive an error. The
Desktop Manager will continue to try to process the files in these folders. Once the issue
preventing the files from being processed is resolved, the files must be deleted from these folders
in order for the Desktop Manger to proceed.
Mail Merge
Macro Security Error When Mail Merge Performed with Vista and Office
2007 Word
Receive the following error when doing any type of Mail Merge using Vista and Office 2007 word.
"The function you are attempting to run contains macros or content that requires macro language
support. When this software was installed, you (or your administrator) chose not to install support
for macros or controls"
Ensure the following:
The site has been added to the "Trusted" sites.
"Protection Mode" is turned off
"Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting" is set to Enable or
Prompt.
Go to Internet Options>Security>Trusted Sites> and click the Custom level button. Select
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting and set to Enable
or Prompt.
If the above does not correct the issue do the following:
1. Do one of the following:
Vista - click Start> Control Pane> Classic View> Programs and Features
Microsoft Office 2007 - Change >Add or Remove Features> Continue and expand
Office Shared Features
2. Set Visual Basic for Applications to Run from My Computer.
3. Click Continue and follow the prompts.
When performing a Mail Merge in Citrix, the image comes across as a red
cross
Using folder redirection in an active directory such as roaming profiles will cause some
SalesLogix paths to be redirected to the wrong location. Using an UNC path (such as
\\Servername\...) can create this problem.
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Specifying a drive letter (such as Z:\) instead of the UNC path will ensure the pictures are
accessible. Use the SalesLogix Path Manager to specify the location used to cache items such as
pictures used during the Mail Merge process.
To use the SalesLogix Path Manager
1. Choose a location to temporarily cache Mail Merge files. A local path can be used, but if
you wish to use a network location you must first map a network drive to that location.
2. Using the registry editor add the following registry key on your Citrix or Terminal server.
For 32-bit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SalesLogix\PathManager]
For 64-bit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SalesLogix\PathManager]
3. Start the SalesLogix Client. Once the login screen appears, the following Mail Merge
registry entries will have been added under the PathManager key.
MailMergeAttachmentsTempPath
MailMergeCachePath
MailMergeDataPath
MailMergeDebugPath
MailMergeFaxTempPath
MailMergeLogPath
MailMergeTempPath
Note: The %user% variable is not used by path manager. In order to use path manager
to define the paths used by Mail Merge you should set the location from step 1.
Example:
MailMergeAttachmentsTempPath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Temp\Attachments
MailMergeCachePath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Cache
MailMergeDataPath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Data
MailMergeDebugPath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Debug
MailMergeFaxTempPath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Temp\Fax
MailMergeLogPath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Log
MailMergeTempPath = M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Temp
4. If the Web Client running on Citrix, you must also add:
WebClientAttachmentsPath
WebClientLibraryPath
Example:
WebClientAttachmentsPath = M:\SomeLocation\WebClient\Attachments
WebClientLibraryPath = M:\SomeLocation\WebClient\Library
Note: User specific data will be added in a subfolder of each of these locations using the
user's USERID value (e.g. M:\SomeLocation\MailMerge\Temp\ADMIN).
5. Once the correct paths have been set, the modified keys must be made active. To
activate the key remove the <> symbols from the path. Active keys are now used by
every user login on this server.
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Provider
Connection Manager Settings
A Sage SalesLogix connection can be created programmatically without using the Sage
SalesLogix Connection Manager. Since this connection is not created in the UI, the
SYSTEMINFO table in the database must be updated manually. When creating a connection
manually, there is no check to ensure what you are passing is valid.
The connection file is stored in %AllUsers%\Application Data\SalesLogix\SlxOleDBConfig.dat.
But it is encrypted and cannot be modified directly.
You will want to access it through COM, which there are two examples: one for VBScript and
another with C#.
Build the interop dll as interop.SlxOleDBConfig.dll.
They both show the main calls you would need to make to build your connection.
VBScript:
'=============================================
Sub Create_Connection()
Dim oConnMgr
Dim svConnStr
'On Error Resume Next
Set oConnMgr = CreateObject("SlxOleDBConfig.DBConfigMgr")
svConnStr = GetConnString("SalesLogix_Test", "sysdba", "masterkey",
GetMachineName() & "\SQLEXPRESS")
'oConnMgr.DeleteAlias "SalesLogix_Server", svConnStr
oConnMgr.AddAlias "SalesLogix_Test", svConnStr
oConnMgr.SetConnMgrInfo "SalesLogix_Test", 51101, GetMachineName()
oConnMgr.SetRWPass svConnStr, ""
oConnMgr.SetROPass svConnStr, ""
Set oConnMgr = Nothing
End Sub
'=============================================
'=============================================
Function GetConnString(aDB, AID, aPW, aSRV)
GetConnString = "Provider=SQLNCLI.1;Password=" & aPW & _
";Persist Security Info=True;User ID=" & aID & _
";Initial Catalog=" & aDB & _
";Data Source=" & aSrv
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End Function
'=============================================
C#:
private static void ConfigureSLXConnection(string SQLServer)
{
try
{
interop.SlxOleDBConfig.DBConfigMgr configMgr = new
interop.SlxOleDBConfig.DBConfigMgr();
string svConnStr = GetConnectionString("SalesLogix", "sysdba", "masterkey",
SQLServer);
try
{
configMgr.DeleteAlias("SalesLogix");
}
catch { }
configMgr.AddAlias("SalesLogix", svConnStr);
configMgr.SetConnMgrInfo("SalesLogix", 51101, ipInternal);
configMgr.SetRWPass(svConnStr, "");
configMgr.SetROPass(svConnStr, "");
}
catch { }
}
private static string GetConnectionString(string dataBase, string userId, string password,
string server)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("Provider=SQLNCLI.1");
sb.Append(";");
sb.Append("Password=");
sb.Append(password);
sb.Append(";");
sb.Append("Persist SecurityInfo=True");
sb.Append(";");
sb.Append("User ID=");
sb.Append(userId);
sb.Append(";");
sb.Append("Initial Catalog=");
sb.Append(dataBase);
sb.Append(";");
sb.Append("Data Source=");
sb.Append(server);
return sb.ToString();
}
}
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Creating a UDL (Universal Data Link) on a 64-bit system

If you are running Sage SalesLogix on a 64-bit system, and you have installed the provider
extenstions, you must run the Data Link Manager in 32-bit mode. If you do not create a UDL, you
may see the error Provider is no longer available. Ensure that the provider is installed properly.
when testing the connection.
Note: Both 32-bit and 64-bit machines must run the Data Link Manager and access the SLX
OLE DB Provider in 32-bit mode.
1. Create a blank UDL file (using Notepad) on the C: drive called test.udl & save it.
2. Run one of the following commands to open up the blank UDL
For a 64-bit machine, run the following command: C:\Windows\syswow64\rundll32.exe

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\Ole DB\oledb32.dll",OpenDSLFile C:\test.udl
For a 32-bit machine, double-click the file in the file manager and run
C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\OLE
DB\oledb32.dll",OpenDSLFile <SalesLogix install folder>\test.udl
3. With the blank UDL open, open the Data Link Manager.
4. Create a new database connection and make sure you select the SalesLogix OLE DB
Provider on the Provider tab.
5. Test and save the UDL file.
6. Move the UDL file to all computers that require a connection to Sage SalesLogix. By
default, the file should be stored in C:.
Sync
FTP SYNC
Changing Sync to run using debug mode:
Run Regedit and navigate to the following location:
32 bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SalesLogix\Synchronization
64 bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SalesLogix\Synchronization\
Create a new String Value in that location called: DebugFTP
The value will be empty. As long as the key exists it will be running in debug mode.
This will enable FTP debug messages to the SyncServer\SyncClient Console or output file.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
SalesLogix
Synchronization
DebugFTP
HTTP SYNC
To create an HTTP site on Windows 2008
1. On the HTTP Server, create a folder where you want the Sage SalesLogix Web site you
create to point. For example, SLXHTTPSync.
2. In the folder you created in the Step 1, create the following three sub folders. Set folder
permissions to Read, Write, and Modify.
o Infiles
o Outfiles
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
o FailedTrans
Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
o Create or use an existing Sage SalesLogix application pool.
o Ensure the identity of the application pool is set to log on with a user that has
Read, Write, and Modify permissions to the HTTP sync folders you created in
Step 2.
o For 64-bit operating systems, enable 32-bit applications.
In the Connections tree view, expand your HTTP Server, and then expand Sites.
Right-click the Sites folder, and then click Add Web Site.
o In the Site name box, type a name for the Web site. For example, SalesLogix
HTTPSync.
o In the Physical path box, browse to the folder you created in Step 1. DO NOT
point to the network logging path.
o Click Connect as, verify Application user (pass-through authentication) is
selected, and click OK.
o Click Test Settings to verify the connection.
o In the Type box, ensure http is selected.
o In the IP address box, select All Unassigned.
o In the Port box, change the port number to port 1024 or higher. Record the port
number you are using. If necessary, port 80 can be used.
o Leave the Host name box blank.
o Click OK.
In the Connections tree view, select your Sage SalesLogix HTTP Web site.
In the Features View under IIS, double-click Authentication.
In the Authentication list, select Anonymous Authentication, and in the Actions pane
click Disable.
Enable Windows Authentication.
o In the Authentication list, select Windows Authentication, and in the Actions
pane click Enable.
o In the Actions pane, click Advanced Settings.
o In the Extended Protection drop-down, select Off or Accept (either option
works), and then click OK.
o In the Actions pane, click the Providers link.
o In the Enabled Providers list, select NTLM and move it to the top of the list.
o Click OK.
In the Features View under IIS, double-click MIME Types.
o In the Actions pane, click Add.
o In the File name extension box, type SLXT.
o In the MIME type box, type text/plain.
o Click OK.
In the Features View under IIS, double-click Directory Browsing.
In the Actions pane, click Enable.
Enable and configure WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning).
o In the Features View under IIS, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules. If
WebDAV Authoring Rules is unavailable, download the WebDAV Extensions for
IIS from Microsoft.
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In the Actions pane, click Enable WebDav.
In the Actions pane, click Add Authoring Rule.
In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box, set the following options, and then click
OK.
Under Allow access to, select All Content.
Under Allow access to this content to, select All users.
Under Permissions, select the Read, Source, and Write options.
14. Reset IIS.
After setting up IIS, you must create a Sync Transfer Profile in the Administrator.
o
o
o
Using SyncServer commandline switches

/reset - ends previously running instances of SyncServer.exe and
starts a new SyncServer.exe running.
Verifying the Documents Path
When debugging issues with Sync and SendSLX, verify the path is entered correctly, including all
spaces, underscores, etc. When the Documents Path is set without a Sync Server and using
SendSLX, it does not prompt or present an error. If there is no Sync Server and the Documents
path is set incorrectly, users are not prompted when using SendSLX if there is an attachment.
No More Queue Files

To stop Sage SalesLogix from generating queue files when sync is no longer used, use one of
the following steps (depending on your scenario).
The steps for each scenario should be done while there are no users logged on to the database.
Running through the steps while users are currently logged on could cause unintended data loss
and further damage.
Database Server: MS SQL

No Sync Server license
If you do not have a Sync Server license, but queue files are still being generated. Use these
steps:
1. Back up your database
2. Shutdown all SalesLogix Services
3. Run the following statements on the SalesLogix database
o UPDATE sysdba.SYSTEMINFO SET PRIMARYSERVER = 'NOSYNCSERVER'
WHERE SYSTEMINFOID = 'PRIMARY' /* This replaces the existing SyncServer
sitecode with NOSYNCSERVER */
Go
o UPDATE sysdba.BRANCHOPTIONS SET SITECODE = 'NOSYNCSERVER' /*
This updates the BranchOptions table to replace the SyncServer sitecode with
NOSYNCSERVER */
Go
o UPDATE sysdba.SITEOPTIONS SET HOSTSERVER = 'NOSYNCSERVER'
WHERE HOSTSERVER IS NOT NULL /* This will update each user in the
database to use NOSYNCSERVER instead of the SyncServer sitecode*/
Go
o UPDATE SYSDBA.SYNCSERVER SET SERVERPATH = NULL /* This will
update the logging path for the SyncServer to be NULL. Library and Documents
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paths will stay intact. */
Go
4. Restart the SalesLogix Server.
5. Ensure the desired SalesLogix services have restarted.
Queue files should no longer be generated.
Database Server: Oracle

No Sync Server license
If you do not have a Sync Server license, but queue files are still being generated. Use these
steps:
1. Back up your database.
2. Shutdown all SalesLogix Services.
3. Run the following statements on the SalesLogix database:
WHERE SYSTEMINFOID = 'PRIMARY'; /* This replaces the existing SyncServer
o UPDATE sysdba.BRANCHOPTIONS SET SITECODE = 'NOSYNCSERVER'; /*
NOSYNCSERVER */
WHERE HOSTSERVER IS NOT NULL; /* This will update each user in the
o UPDATE SYSDBA.SYNCSERVER SET SERVERPATH = NULL; /* This will
update the logging path for the SyncServer to be NULL. Library and Documents
paths will stay intact. */
Database Server: MS SQL

Sync Server License is shown in the Licenses tab
If you do have a Sync Server license and want to disable sync and prevent queue files being
generated. Use these steps:
WHERE SYSTEMINFOID = 'PRIMARY' /* This replaces the existing SyncServer
Go
o UPDATE sysdba.BRANCHOPTIONS SET SITECODE = 'NOSYNCSERVER' /*
NOSYNCSERVER */
Go
WHERE HOSTSERVER IS NOT NULL /* This will update each user in the
Go
3. Open the SalesLogix Administrator.
4. Select Systems from the Navigation Bar.
5. Click the Licenses tab.
6. Right-click the Sync Server license and click Delete License.
7. Confirm you want to delete the license.
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Database Server: Oracle

Sync Server License is shown in the Licenses tab
If you do have a Sync Server license and wish to disable sync and prevent queue files being
generated. Use these steps:
WHERE SYSTEMINFOID = 'PRIMARY'; /* This replaces the existing SyncServer
o UPDATE sysdba.BRANCHOPTIONS SET SITECODE = 'NOSYNCSERVER'; /*
NOSYNCSERVER */
WHERE HOSTSERVER IS NOT NULL; /* This will update each user in the
3. Open the SalesLogix Administrator.
4. Select Systems from the Navigation Bar.
5. Click the Licenses tab.
6. Right-click the Sync Server license and click Delete License.
7. Confirm you want to delete the license.
If you want to reinstate Sync Server, you will need to retrieve your Sync Server license.
Add the Sync Server license back into Sage SalesLogix and set up the correct logging path when
prompted (as if you were adding Sync Server for the first time). A new Sync Server sitecode will
be generated and you will need to create new remote databases to use this new Sync Server.
SData
IIS 7.5 in Server 2008 r2
You should test the $system/adapters URL for functionality. A 404 error could be caused by an
authentication issue. Make sure you enable Anonymous Authentication and ASP.NET
Impersonation for the SData portal.
Unicode
Creating Unicode fields in Oracle with Sage SalesLogix
When using an Oracle database, Sage SalesLogix creates new Unicode fields as a varwchar field
type. This field type uses the NLS_CHARACTERSET not the NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET.
Oracle databases need to be created with NLS_CHARACTERSET set to AL32UTF8
This query can be used to determine what character set is being used.
SELECT value$ FROM sys.props$ WHERE name = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET' ;
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After installing zip bundles, an error sometimes occurs and displays a message similar to
"System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists."
This happens if the temporary files created during the bundle install are not automatically deleted
at the end of the process. If the install fails, the next install attempts to create files with the same
extension, causing the error.
For example, a project backup may contain *.$$$ files that should have been deleted.
To delete these files manually:
1.Open a command prompt.
2. Navigate to the target project directory.
3. Execute the following command: del *.$$$ /s (where .$$$ represents the filename extension.)
Admin
Filters
If there are filter tabs in the Administrator that display without titles or do not seem to be
functioning correctly, then the tabs can be removed by editing the registry. The registry
entry contains the user filter tabs for the Administrator Users view.
To remove blank filter tabs:
There will be several numbered folders under the following registry location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SalesLogix\Administrator\UserFilters\.
Each of these numbered folders is associated to a filter tab.
To determine which one is which, use the FilterName key of each entry
Outlook 2007
To allow the Administrator to send reports through e-mail, you must install the
Collaboration Data Objects (CDO).
Beginning in Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007, CDO 1.2.1 will no longer be
provided as a part of the product installation. As a result, there is functionality missing
that many applications depend on. CDO 1.2.1 is a package providing access to Outlookcompatible objects through a COM-based API.
Download the CDO file from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2714320D-C9974DE1-986F-24F081725D36&displaylang=en
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Attach Remote Utility

Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 7 denies access to the SQL Express data folder to protect it. Therefore when
attempting to attach a remote database, you are given an access denied error. To gain access
you must open the folder in Windows Explorer. A message will ask you to click here to gain full
access to this folder. Enable access and you will then be able to attach a remote database.
Attach a Database to an instance other than the SalesLogix default

Edit the file: AttachRemoteSettings.ini (file can be found here: C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix)
o The contents will look like this:
[Admin]
InstanceName=MACHINENAME\SALESLOGIX
AlwaysUse=0
DBName=SLXRemote
Login=sa
Pwd=9BBD46CD57FF7CA39A5E
o Change InstanceName to the correct SQL Express instance.
For example: InstanceName=MACHINENAME\SQLEXPRESS2008
o The other entries are explained as follows:
InstanceName This will be the instance of SQL Express that is
to be used to attach the remote database
AlwaysUse This tells the AttachRemote.exe to always use the
instance specified in InstanceName
DBName This is the name of the database once it has been
attached to SQL Express
Login This is the sa user for SQL Express
Pwd This is the password used for the user specified in the
Login parameter (it is encrypted).
Synchronization
Conflict Resolution After changing the conflict resolution rules in the Administrator, you must do one
of the following for the new conflict resolution rules to be applicable.
o Close the sync server and then reopen it.
o If using the SyncService, stop the server and start again.
How does conflict resolution handle the following scenario:
o Workstation A issues SQL update statement for field x
o Workstation B issues SQL update statement for field x
Does the sync process determine which statement is applied to the database
based on time or transaction ID?
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Two workstations on a single database (host or remote office) would not have
conflicts. With that assumption, how sync handles conflict resolution depends on
the conflict resolution rules that have been applied.
o If the only rule that is applied is Remote wins, then it is controlled by
transactionID. The first transaction applied to the host would win.
o If the Remote and Most Recent Change rules have been applied, then it
is controlled by transaction date.
To alter the number of transactions that are written into each wglog file, add a
registry entry to the registry of the LoggingServer:
o Run Regedit, then expand HKEY LOCAL Machine\Software\SalesLogix
o Create a new DWORD key named: WGLogTrans
o Enter the value of the key. A value of 10 or greater should be entered
here (10 being the default value hard coded into SalesLogix)
The LoggingServer uses this key to determine the number of transactions to
write into each wglog file. The default value is 10.
This is only required within the registry of the machine running the
LoggingServer. Setting this value too high may cause performance degradation
To make sync log to a specific file, add the following to the command line:
o /SV=<logfile> /c, Where <logfile> has the form vLogPath + add a
registry entry to the registery of the LoggingServer:
\ + vLogName + .log
The LogPath should be a shortpath equivalent.
This will cause SyncServer to run in Auto mode (meaning no popup messages
and closing when finished).
To enable server logs when running as a service.
1) Create the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix\Synchronization\Sync
Server\Logging
2) Create a DWord value named the SiteCode of your SyncServer.
3) Use the following values: 0: Logging disabled and 1: Logging enabled.
To change Sync to run using Active FTP or Passive FTP.
(Note: Sync is set to Passive FTP by default or if no registry key exists.)
Registry key can now be used to select either passive or active ftp connections
1 Run Regedit and navigate to the following location:
32 bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SalesLogix\Synchro
nization
64 bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sal
esLogix\Synchronization\
2 Create a new String Value in that location called: Active FTP
3 Then modify the value to be:
True or False
1 or 0
Yes or No
If the value is True, 1 or Yes then Active FTP will be enabled.
If the value is False, 0 or No then Passive FTP will be enabled.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SalesLogix\Synchronization\Acti
veFTP
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Microsoft Windows Firewall and FTP sync

To allow FTP connections and web connections to non standard ports, you must set the
ports to be allowed in the Microsoft Windows Firewall.
o In Server 2008 this is done in the advanced settings (Microsoft Windows Firewall
with Advanced Security), where you must create a rule to allow the port
connections for incoming and outgoing. Otherwise FTP/HTTP may fail to connect
to the remote server/site.
o In Microsoft Windows 7, open Windows firewall and go to the advanced tab to
add ports.
Web Host
Field Level Security
Sage SalesLogix SP2 contains a new feature related to Field Level Security (FLS) and Web
Entity inserts. The change pertains to with whether or not new entity inserts will incorporate
Field Level Security.
o False = means that no FLS will be incorporated (this is the default setting)
o True = FLS will be used during the insert.
The web.config file contains the following text:
o When set to true, ApplyFieldLevelSecurityOnInsert tells field-level security to use the
security configuration when inserting an entity. If this value is set to false, the user
may set entity properties, regardless of how field-level security is configured for the
user. The default is false.
Attachments
When attaching files to accounts, contacts, etc, you may find you are unable to attach
any file over 4MB in size (4,096KB). By default, ASP.NET limits the max size of a request
to 4MB. This is specified in the machine.config and can be overridden in the web.config.
o To increase the size of the upload this will have to be changed manually in the
web.config. Change the maxRequestLength parameter of the <httpRuntime>
section in the Web.config file. (you will need to reset IIS or the Personal Web
Server in order to see the change in the Web Client)
Note: When the maxRequestLength attribute is set in the Machine.config file and
then a request is posted (for example, a file upload) that exceeds the value of
maxRequestLength, a custom error page cannot be displayed. Instead, Microsoft
Internet Explorer will display a "Cannot find server or DNS" error message.
If you want to change this setting for programs on the computer and not just this
ASP.NET application, you must modify the Machine.config file.
By default, the <httpRuntime> element is set to the following parameters in the
Machine.config file:
<httpRuntime executionTimeout="90" maxRequestLength="4096"
useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="false" minFreeThreads="8"
minLocalRequestFreeThreads="4" appRequestQueueLimit="100" />
The Machine.config file is located in the \System
Root\Microsoft.NET\Framework\Version Number\Config folder.
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Database Schema
There are two new fields within 7.5.2
ACTIVITY:ATTACHMENTCOUNT
HISTORY:ATTACHMENTCOUNT
These are new fields to represent if the Activity or History has an attachment.
Crash Dump
How to get a Crash Dump
On the web server, please do the following:
1. Install the Debugging Tools for Windows
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx) and make a note of
the install path. You will need to refer to this later if you change it from the default.
2. Navigate to the SlxClient website. Ensure that a w3wp.exe process exists.
3. Open up a command prompt.
4. Run the following command (modify paths where appropriate): -->cscript "C:\Program
Files\Debugging Tools for Windows (x86)\adplus.vbs" -crash -iis -NoDumpOnFirst -o
c:\Temp
5. In most cases, an ADPlus message box will pop-up providing a warning about the
_NT_SYMBOL_PATH. You can ignore this warning and click OK.
6. You will now get a message box that ADPlus is now running in CRASH mode. Please
note the path (which exists in the folder you specified for adplus.vbs) as you will need to
refer to this later once a crash occurs.
7. You should see a couple new console windows in the task bar. Do not close these.
8. When you notice that a crash has occurred, navigate to the folder mentioned in step #6,
and look for a file with a dmp extension. If one exists, you may now close the other
ADplus windows, zip up the entire folder containing the dmp file and save it.
Memory Dump
How to get a memory dump from a SalesLogix Web Server:
1. Install the Debug Diagnostic Tool.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
2. Launch DebugDiag v1.1 from the Start Menu.
3. Cancel out of the Rule Wizard.
4. Go to the Processes Tab.
5. Right-click on the correct process and choose: Create Full Userdump.
The full userdump should be fine in this case as getting the mini userdump with all the options
would require using WinDbg.
1. To generate a crash dump automatically upon a failure:
2. Run DebugDiag.
3. In the "Select Rule Type" dialog, which will be shown when you start the application,
choose "Crash", and then "Next".
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4. Depending on your version of Windows:
5. x86: choose "All IIS/COM+ related processes" and then click "Next". (or)
6. x64: choose "A specific process", click "Next", then locate the "w3wp.exe" process and
then click "Next".
7. On the "Select Dump Location And Rule Name (Optional)" dialog, make a note of the
path in "Userdump Location" or choose a new path and click "Next".
8. Choose "Activate the rule now" and click "Finish"
Process Orchestration
In order to monitor DBEventing in real time, close the DBEventing service in the "Manage
Computer" console and instead start the DBEventing application using the following
command: c:\Program Files\SalesLogix\DBEventingService.exe /Console
SData
SData is case sensitive - note the Contact property "LastName" in the following request:
http://localhost:3333/sdata/slx/dynamic/-/contacts?where=LastName eq 'Smith' returns
list of Smiths.
If the property were spelled "lastName", the request would fail:
http://localhost:3333/sdata/slx/dynamic/-/contacts?where=lastName eq 'Smith' returns an
error.
Upgrading to SP2 with Migration Tool already Installed

If the Migration Tool was installed, the following error may appear after upgrading to Sage
SalesLogix v7.5.2: "Module declared a dependency on another module... Missing
Sage.Platform.Extensibility.PlatformModule
Sage.Platform.Orm.Gencode.CodeGenerationModule..."
To resolve this issue, do the following:
1. Edit the SaleLogix.xml file located at ...Program
Files/SalesLogix\AppConfig\SalesLogix.xml
2. Add entires to the <CoreModules> for the missing modules:
<CoreModules>
<Include ModuleName="Sage.Platform.Extensibility.PlatformModule, Sage.Platform"
/>
<Include ModuleName="Sage.Platform.Orm.CodeGen.CodeGenerationModule,
Sage.Platform.Orm.CodeGen" />
3. Replace the ModelTypes.xml file
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Oracle
To find the version of Oracle
Start SQL Plus from the Oracle tools, and enter the username, password and the hoststring. (If
they are available to you). The command line program is sqlplus.
Normally, SQL plus reports the version it is running, but if it does not, type the following command
into SQL plus.
select * from v$version
where banner like 'Oracle%';
How to find the version of the Oracle OLEDB dll file:

Oracle 10G
o The default installed location of the OraOLEDB10.dll can be found here C:\Oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1\BIN
Oracle 11G
o The default installed location of the OraOLEDB11.dll can be found here C:\Oracle11G\product\11.1.0\client_1\BIN
To find the version of the dll file, RMB on the file and click Properties. Then click the Version tab.
This will provide you with the file version.
To obtain the latest version of the Oracle OLEDB Provider, you must connect to the Oracle
website.
Note: The URL provided below may change without notice and become invalid. If this occurs,
search oracle.com for ODAC Downloads
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/windows/odpnet/index.html
SQL Server 2005

When installing SQL Server 2005 on a Windows 2008 Server, you must apply SQL Server 2005
SP2 after the installation has completed. SQL 2005 will not function correctly unless SP2 is
installed.
SQL Express
When running on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2, you must install SQL 2008 SP1 to be able
to attach a database. This can be done via Windows Update. SQL Express 2008 is not
compatible with Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 Server until Service Pack 1 for SQL Express
2008 is installed.
With any OS, on machines running SQL Express 2008 that need to attach a remote database
(Remote Client, Remote Office, Disconnected Web Client), SQL 2005 Backwards Compatibility
must be installed. Currently Sage only installs SQL 2005 Backwards Compatibility with the
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Administrative Tools and Servers installation. If you do not have access to the SalesLogix
installation DVD, then the SQL 2005 Backwards Compatibility install can be downloaded directly
from Microsoft at the following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b919e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en
On that website, search for: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility
Components
SendSLX and Attachments

Starting in SLX 7.5 SP2, it is possible to save attachments from e-mail two separate ways. The
option is a system wide change for both LAN and Web. This option is set either using the
Conversion Utility or in the Admin, under Tools, Option, Outlook tab.
Option 1: Bundle attachments with e-mail message (.msg file)
Functionality in v7.5 and later
A single e-mail attachment contains the e-mail and all attachments
Option 2: (Recommended) Save attachments as individual files
Functionality in versions prior to 7.5.0
E-mail attachments are saved as individual files
Web Client
Active Mail
Active Mail cannot run in protected mode (where applicable). This needs to be
unchecked in the IE options under the security tab.
When Active Mail is configured in the Web Client it must be run as a trusted component
(Active Mail includes both Mail Merge and Send SLX components). This is a requirement
because of the locations it must read from and the .SLM files that it must delete on the
user's computer. It is also required for mail merge because of the OLE automation
involved. In order to make Active Mail trusted the Sage SalesLogix Web site must be
added to the trusted locations and the following trusted security settings must be set:
Default trusted settings plus the following:
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting (Enable)
o Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting (Enable)
SLMN.dll
The SLMN.DLL (SLMN) implements an Outlook add-on known as the SalesLogix Mail Notification
add-on. When a user clicks Send SLX or Record to History in Outlook this add-on generates a
special Outlook Message file with the file extension .SLM. The .SLM file is created in the
SalesLogix Outlook Temporary Mail Directory. The default location of this client-side directory is
as follows:
Windows XP and Windows 2003
C:\Documents and Settings\%UserProfile%\Application Data\SalesLogix\Outlook\TempMailDir
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Windows Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7
C:\Users\%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Saleslogix\Outlook\TempMailDir
It's possible to override this location by setting SLMN's HistoryDir REG_SZ value in the registry
as follows:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SalesLogix\Outlook\SLMN]
HistoryDir=\\NetworkLocation\TempMailDir\%USERNAME%
Note: The %USERNAME% value will be replaced with the user's logon name. This is useful in
Citrix or Terminal Server environments. The system TEMP/TMP location is also used for writing
temporary files. The user's logon name folder will be created automatically if it does not already
exist.
SlxEmailNotifier.dll
The SLXEmailNotifier.dll (SLEN) implements an ActiveX control whose sole responsibility is to
process Send SLX and Record to History activity generated by the user within Outlook. It does
this by monitoring the TempMailDir location. When it finds one or more .SLM files it starts
processing them. It first identifies the Contact or Lead, with user interaction if required, and then
creates the associated database records (HISTORY, ATTACHMENT, and if applicable,
TICKETACTIVTY).
If the Outlook Message has attachments, the user is prompted to ask if he or she would like to
save those attachments as separate attachment files in the ATTACHMENT table. Beginning in
SLX version 7.5.0, the .MSG file itself is inserted as an associated attachment on the Web, apart
from the general attachment processing aforementioned (the .MSG file is always uploaded and
associated with the Contact or Lead. Note: 7.5.3 will introduce an option for this). Since there will
always be an attachment uploaded by SLEN, it is necessary for the Web server to have access to
the attachment path as defined in ADMIN.EXE.
Note: When Active Mail is configured in the Web Client it must be run as a trusted component
(Active Mail includes both Mail Merge and Send SLX components). This is a requirement
because of the locations it must read from and the .SLM files that it must delete on the user's
computer. It is also required for mail merge because of the OLE automation involved. In order to
make Active Mail trusted the Sage SalesLogix Web site must be added to the trusted locations
and the following trusted security settings must be set:
Default trusted settings plus:
o Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting (Enable)
o Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting (Enable)
Setting the Refresh Rate for the Reminders

Currently the rate is set to refresh every 5 minutes for performance purposes. This setting can be
changed by adding the following to the Saleslogix.xml config:
approx. line 248:
value="0.00:01:00"/>
<add key="CacheActivityRemindersResultTimeout"
By adding this line in the SalesLogix.xml config the refresh rate will change to 1 minute. Changing
this setting might impact performance.
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Attachment Filter counts

If the database contains nulls in the attachment value, they are not included in the filter counts.
New activities with attachments will populate the field. It may be necessary to run a sql statement
to populate the nulls. Until such a script is run, the counts for false plus true will not equal the total
count in the eval db.
Sales Orders Web Client only

The Navbar entity Sales Orders is new to SLX 7.5 SP2. In addition, a Sales Orders tab has been
added to More Tabs in the Account entity. (In the LAN Client, the Opportunities Sales Orders tab
is the only area for Insert/Edit/Delete actions. )
In the Web Client the insert Sales Order form can be invoked from
Toolbar New > Sales Order
Accounts > More Tabs > Sales Orders
Opportunities - Common Tasks Pane
Opportunities > More Tabs > Sales Orders
Navbar Sales Orders <RMB> - select New Sales Order
Sales Orders can be accessed , inserted or deleted from
Accounts > More Tabs > Sales Orders
Opportunities > More Tabs > Sales Orders
Changes to the contact address update the appropriate Sales Orders, the Sales Order address
will not be updated if it has already been changed in the Sales Order. The LAN Client
automatically updates the Sales Order and does not give an option of not changing it like the Web
Client.
Converting Opportunity Sales Orders

The conversion utility runs when the SP2 bundle is applied. As part of the conversion utility, it will
update the seccodeid with the sales orders opportunities account.
All Opportunity Sales orders are copied to the Sales Order Entity when the SP2 bundle is applied.
Add Products Dialog

The Add Opportunities/Sales Order Product now contains a paged list for the available products.
The pages can be accessed via the video buttons or by typing in a page number.
Inserting a New Sales Order

When a new Sales Order is invoked, several fields are pre-populated. The data for some of the
fields are dependant on the history. The following fields are the standard defaults.
Field
Date Requested
Type
Status
Currency
Exchange Rate
Ship Via
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The data used for the remaining pre-populated fields are described in the following table:
Pre-populated field
Last History Record
None Just logged in
Standard Defaults
(No Accounts,
Contacts, Opportunities
or Sales Orders have
been accessed)
Contact
Standard Defaults +
Account
Account associated with the contact from the
last history record
Account Manager
Account manager of the Account
Bill/Ship Contact
Contact from the last history record
Bill/Ship Address
The primary address for the contact
Account
Standard Defaults +
Account
Account from the last history record
Account Manager
Bill/Ship Contact
Primary contact
Bill/Ship Address
The primary address for the contact
Opportunity
Standard Defaults
+
Account
Opportunity Account from the last

history record
Account Manager

(Opportunity)
Bill/Ship Contact
Bill/Ship Address
Primary contact (for the Opportunity)

The primary address for the primary
contact (Opportunity)
Notes:
1. For Opportunities there is a difference between New Sales Order from the top drop
down menu and Add Sales Order from the Common Tasks in the Opportunities
detail view. Add Sales Order includes the Products associated with the opportunity.
2. Account, Billing and Shipping Address fields must be completed before products can
be added or the Sales Order saved (a red asterisk appears adjacent to a field that
requires data).
Conversion for Email and Attachments

It is necessary to have Outlook installed (for MAPI) on the machine where the conversion
tool is being run. If Outlook is not installed, the error presented in the conversion tool will
be similar to the following:
Error Calling MAPIInitialize, Returns result = 0x80004005.
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LAN Client
Storing Attachments as a .MSG file
When using the "Save attachments with e-mail message (MSG format) feature, if there
is a Web Client on the same machine as the LAN Client, ensure that the Web Client is
shut down. If the Web Client is active, the attachments will store as individual
attachments on the attachments tab. The .ocx file will override the setting in the
administrator.
Activity Reminder
In the LAN Client, when you close the Activity Reminder by using the "X" the behavior is
the same as snoozing the activities. The alarms are reset (Snoozed).
An alarm and an activity are treated separately. If you dismiss an alarm the activity
remains until it is completed or deleted. The alarm will no longer be active on the activity.

Synchronization
The SyncSecTables table The SyncServer uses this table for handling virtual subscription on tables that have a
SecCodeID but do not have a relationship back to an Account.
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Opportunity lookup: all records in the database are now returned. In 7.2, only Opportunities
associated to the Account were returned.
Importing Leads
When importing new lead records from a file where one or more of the records contain
extended characters (for example, , , ,) the characters may not correctly display in the
Preview section of the Lead Import Wizard. In this case, proceeding with the import will
import corrupted characters into your database. To prevent this, resave the import file and
explicitly define an encoding type as UTF-8, Unicode, or ANSI. You can then re-select the file
in Step 1 of the Lead Import Wizard and continue with the import. The characters will display
properly in the preview pane and will correctly import into your database.
Products
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In the Add Product screen, you must fill out the criteria filter before selecting Show Result as
the products are no longer listed automatically when the screen displays. To see all your
products, select the Show Results button without filling out any filter criteria.
Note: A time out error may display if more than several hundred products are available to be
returned. If this occurs, use the filter criteria to narrow down the list.
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Permissions
All users must have Modify, Read, Read & Execute, and Write permissions on the directory
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix\Cache. The install
properly creates the correct permissions, but if they are modified, the Sage SalesLogix Client
may close unexpectedly.
Administrator
Documents
After changing the Attachments path in the Administrator (Systems > Offices > Sync Options
tab), documents may still be sent to the old path. The original setting appears to be cashed in
the Sage SalesLogix System. To correct this, after using the Administrator to change the
path, restart the Sage SalesLogix system service for every Sage SalesLogix Client connected
to the system.
Quick Forms
It is now possible to cut, copy, and paste controls within a form and between forms.
The following new Quick Form controls have been added :
o
Panel
Use for a single group of controls
MultiTab :
Use where multiple groups of controls occupy the same form space. Choose the visible
group by either clicking tabs or via code. See the Application Architect online Help topic
Setting the Active Tab and Captions on a MultiTab Control for more information.
SparkLine
Enable display of a small, high resolution graphic. The graphics available are Bar Chart,
Bullet Chart, Column, Discrete, Impulse, Pie Chart, and Smooth.
Mashup Data Source

Enables specifying a mashup and result processor that can be used as a source of data
for the following controls:
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Data Grid
Radio Group
SparkLine
Timeline Visualization
The new Lookup Control Setup Wizard guides you thorough setting up the desired
Lookup control properties.
Mashup Debugging
Provides the ability to run all or part of a mashup from the Application Architect.
Custom Entity Filters

It may be necessary to perform a full build of the web platform before new or edited filters are
visible in the Web Client list view task pane.
Bundle Install Password

You can now apply password protection to a bundle created from a manifest.
Web Reporting
The default application pool for Web Reporting should be SLX Web Reporting.
Disconnected Web Client

The ability to Subscribe/Unsubscribe to/from New Accounts is now available. After
Subscribing/Unsubscribing from an Account on the What's New page, an entire sync cycle
must be completed to see this change reflected in the user's remote database. This means
running Sync Client, then Sync Server, and then running Sync Client again.
For Library items to exist and function on the Disconnected Web Client, the Library items
must be marked for Forced Distribution in the Administrator. If they are not, the actual files
will not be sent to the Disconnected Web Client.
Provider
Tracing Events
The Sage SalesLogix Provider can be set to trace events. The key is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "SOFTWARE\\SalesLogix\\SLXOLEDB", "debuglevel". It should
be set to a non-zero value such as -1.
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To trace communication between SLXServer and SLXSystem, add logging to the SLXServer.
You need to add the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\SalesLogix",
"EventsLogging" Registry setting and set the DWORD value to 1.
You may need to stop and restart the service.
You can view the output with an application that lets you monitor debug output, such as
DebugView which can be downloaded using the link below.
o
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx
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Synchronization
HTTP/HTTPS Sync
When setting up HTTP sync, ensure that WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and
Versioning) is enabled in IIS.
If using self signed SSL certificates, each workstation and server accessing the HTTPS site
will require that the self signed certificate is installed locally within Internet Explorer in the
Trusted Root Certificates. This allows the Sync Server(s)/Client(s) to access the HTTPS Web
site without prompting to accept or reject the certificate. Since the Sync process does not
have the ability to deal with this prompt automatically, it will fail to connect unless the SSL
certificate is installed.
Synchronization Client
To help prevent problems during the sync process, ensure that your anti-virus software is
configured to exclude active scanning of the WGLOGS directory. You may also exclude the
following directories (optional):
o
Infiles
Outfiles
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o
Writecache
Synchronization Service User

When setting up the Synchronization service, the service user must:
o
Be a Domain user.
Log on as Service permission.
Have full rights to the path, if the path is on the local machine.
Attach Remote Database Script

The following command line parameters can be used to script the process of attaching a
remote database:
o
\ADMIN = Admin Mode (Default is false);
/DB = Path and name of the file to attach (Default is '')
/N = Database Name to use when attaching (default is 'slxRemote')
/A = Attach database (Default is False)
/D = Detach database (Default is False);
\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix\AttachRemoteSettings.ini is also used;

[Admin]
InstanceName= MSDE instance name
DBName=remote database name
AlwaysUse=True\False
Login=sa
Pwd=encrypted password
Running AttachRemote creates the file.
Forced Distribution
If a library document has already been added, and then later the Force distribution option is
checked, this will not force that library item out to remotes.
To force this library item out to all remotes again, change the revision date and ensure that
"Forced distribution of this file" is checked.
The library item should now sync out to all remote users/offices again.

If User Account Control is enabled within Windows Vista, when attempting to attach a remote
database to the local MSDE/SQL Express instance, the attach process will fail. User Account
Control prevents the Attach Remote application from writing the mdf and ldf files to the data
folder.
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The workaround is to run Attach Remote as Administrator (right-click AttachRemote.exe and
click Run as Admin) or turn off User Account Control.
LoggingServer
To alter the number of transactions that are written into each WGLog file, add the following
registry entry to the registry of the LoggingServer:
1. Open Regedit and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix.
2. Create a new DWORD key named: WGLogTrans. The value of the key can then be
entered. A value of 10 or greater should be entered here (10 being the default value
hard-coded into Sage SalesLogix).
The LoggingServer uses this key to determine the number of transactions to write into each
WGLog file. The default value is 10. Setting this value too high may cause performance
degradation. This is only required within the registry of the machine running the
LoggingServer.

Web Time-Out Minute Value
To modify the time-out setting for all Web Client users, perform the following update the
value of a minute.
1.
In the AA, choose View > Virtual File System
2. Expand Webroot SlxClient jscript

3. Right-click on general.js to open
4. Use Ctrl + F to open the Find/Replace dialog
5. Search for variable oneminute
6. Update the value and redeploy for the change to go into effect.
Web Groups
The (pr) in group name stands for Private.
In Query Builder | Layout tabs, there is a property that can be set to create a link to an entity.
The user will have to create the entity page in order for the link to work.Otherwise, the user
receives a message notifying that it cannot find the page:
Example of error message: Creating a link for an Address field:
Server Error in '/SlxClient' Application.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have
been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following
URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /slxclient/ADDRESS.aspx
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In this example, since there is no Address.aspx page. The user will have to create an
Address.aspx page for this link to work appropriately.

Attach Remote
If you are using SQL Express 2008, install the SQL 2005 Backward Compatibility
Components. This will allow the AttachRemote.exe to attach a database correctly.
Outlook Integration
To prevent being prompted for graphics below a certain size or specific files, you can edit the
registry:
1. On the Sales Client machine, open the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SalesLogix\Outlook
2. Select the MinImageSizeToIgnore registry and edit the size (in bytes) of the images
(JPG, JPEG, BMP, and GIF) to be ignored.
Graphics files with a size below this value will be ignored and a user will be prompted
only if there are other files.
3. Select the IgnoreFileNames registry and create a list of files to ignore, separated by a
";". You may use "*" and "?" wildcards.
The files matching the criteria will be ignored. Example: "*.jpg;jungle.gif". This applies
to all files, not just images.
Intellisync for Sage SalesLogix

Sage SalesLogix does not have an endless option for recurring activities. Intellisync can have
issues with recurring activities scheduled in Outlook with no end date. Therefore Sage
recommends that all recurring activities have an end date. If a recurring activity has a specific
end date or a set number of occurrences, then all the instances will sync to Sage SalesLogix.
For daily, weekly and monthly recurring activities we suggest an end date one year from the
start date (or the end of the current year).
Registry entry needed to turn on our extra debugging.
o
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\SalesLogix
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\SLX_Intellisync
DebugLogPath= logging_folder_path
o
These 2 log files and their location are listed below.

Program Files\SalesLogix (PtTrace.log and tif.log)
Program Files\SalesLogix\username ilsync.log
Recurring Events
Outlook
Sage SalesLogix
Task
<->
Timeless
<->
Appointment
<->
Timeless Event<-
ToDo
Timeless Activity
Activity
Event
Sage SalesLogix does not support Recurring Events. To fix a previous issue caused by
fanning (creating multiple single occurrences for a recurring event), Sage SalesLogix now
maps Recurring Events FROM Outlook to Timeless Activities in Sage SalesLogix.
If an Event is created in Sage SalesLogix and synced to Outlook all should be fine. If that
Event is changed in Outlook to recurring, the additional occurrences will NOT sync to Sage
SalesLogix (unsupported). Only the single instance will display in Sage SalesLogix.
If a user has a Recurring Event (for example 52 weekly recurring events) which has fanned to
Sage SalesLogix, up to 52 Sage SalesLogix occurrences may exist. When the new engine
runs and attempts to sync Outlook and Sage SalesLogix, the Recurring Event will create a
New Recurring timeless activity in Sage SalesLogix. The single event occurrences will create
duplicate entries on the Outlook side.
A recurring value can now be customized in the Intellisync Web Portal. The following values
will be used when No End Date is selected in Outlook. As Sage SalesLogix does not have
the concept of no end date, these values will be used for Number of occurrences in Sage
SalesLogix (which will sync back to Outlook). The default values are set to the previous
defaults for SLX 7.2.2 and earlier:
o
Daily:
31
Weekly:
52
Monthly:
12
Yearly:
Automated Client Installation

When creating automated Client installations, you must set a Network Location where the
automated installation should be created. If you later move the automated installation from
this folder, ensure you do the following:
o
Modify the shortcut created on the desktop to point to the new folder (where the
installation is located). Redistribute the shortcut as necessary.
Modify the UNC paths within the configuration file to point to the new folder (where
the installation is located).
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Administrator
Logs
To log to a file:
o
Add the following to the command line: /SV=<logfile> /c where <logfile> has the
form vLogPath + '\' + vLogName + '.log'
The LogPath should be a shortpath equivalent.
This will cause the SyncServer to run in Auto mode (meaning no popup messages
and closing when finished).
User Filters
The following registry entry contains the user filter tabs for the Sage SalesLogix Administrator
Users view. If there are tabs that show up without titles, or do not seem to be functioning
correctly, then the tabs can be removed simply by editing the registry.
o HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SalesLogix\Administrator\UserFilters
o There will be several numbered folders under the registry location. Each of these
numbered folders is associated to a filter tab. Use the FilterName key for each entry
to determine which folder is associated to the tab.
Web Host
Performance
In order to cache and improve performance, the following would be best practice for the
following subdirectories in each Portal deployed.
o
CSS folder
Images Folder
Jscript Folder
1.
2.
3.
4.
In IIS Manager, right-click on the sub folder.

Click the Http Headers Tab.
Select the Enable Content Expiration check box.
Select an appropriate expiration, such as 30 days. This could be much longer
depending on how often changes are made to files in these directories. i.e.
CSS might be changed more often.
5. Click OK.
Application Architect Quick Forms
The 'New Form Wizard' now displays business rules that return IList<type> as the return
value.
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A dockable quick form 'Data Sources' view has been added that displays all available data
binding properties in a tree view. You can drag properties onto quick forms to create a control
bound to that property.
When using the code snippet action item, Intellisense is now available in the code editor.
Application Architect Portal Manager Nav Bar

You can now indicate where you want to place the text relative to the image (below, above,
left, right) using the 'Text-Image Relation' property defined at the navigation group level.
Application Architect Entity Page

You can now double-click a Smart Part to add it to the Smart Part list in the Page Editor.
Deployment Explorer
You may have a permissions issue if you attempt to deploy a portal to a different server.
You must have local Administrator permissions, or be part of the local Administrators group,
to create a Web site or application.
You can create a Web site or application in a non-domain scenario if you have a user on both
machines that are administrators with the same password.
Disconnected Web Client

Registry Settings for Citrix Environments
Stop and Stop Server in the Sage Personal Web Server GUI:
o Use Stop to stop the active Web site displayed in the drop-down list.
Use Stop Server to stop the entire Personal Server application.
If queue files are not being created on a remote, using the Disconnected Web Client, check
to make sure the connection string has logging enabled. You can verify this by editing the
connection.config file in the Portal Deployment folder. Logging should be on (LOG=ON). This
file can be opened in Notepad.
Portals can be deleted by removing the specific entry from the SageServer.config file (make a
backup of this file before editing it).
After deploying a Web site, if the remote user gets an error when opening the site that
mentions the GroupTranslator.dll, the dll will need to be registered again on the workstation.
This can be done by going to Start>Run and typing the following: regsvr32 "C:\Program
Files\SalesLogix\GroupTranslator.dll" (if your Sage SalesLogix installation path is different
than the default installation path, you will need to change the path).
Mail Merge
Compression
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If you are using IIS 6 and have compression enabled, you must disable it for the mmserver
directory. Mail merge sends and receives zip compressed streams to and from the mail
merge ISAPI library slxmmweb.dll. When compression is enabled in IIS, it causes problems
with the zip stream .
1
Enable compression according the Sage SalesLogix Implementation guide.
Execute the following:

adsutil set w3svc/3/root/mmserver/DoStaticCompression false adsutil set
w3svc/3/root/mmserver/DoDynamicCompression false
"3" is the numeric identifier of the SLX Web site. Use the correct numeric identifier that
corresponds to your SLX Web site.
mmServer Virtual Directory

The error message "The following HTTP status error was reported in
THTTPRequestThread.Execute: Method not allowed." can arise if virtual directories are not
configured properly.
If Web Host is installed, create a virtual directory called "mmServer" and point to "C:\Program
Files\SalesLogix\Web Components\mmServer", adding execute permissions.
If the mmserver alias does not exist, you can create a new alias (and then make it an
application) for the Web site. It should point to the location where the slxwebmm.dll file exists.
Also, this alias/application will need Execute permissions.
Provider
Connection Manager using SQL 2008 Native Client
When using the connection manager with the SQL 2008 Native Client, you must edit the
advanced properties of the connection and manually set the Persist Security Info to "True". Then
return to the Connection tab and ensure that the Blank Password checkbox is not checked and
that the Allow Saving Password checkbox remains checked.
SLX Profiler
In order for the SLX Profiler to function correctly in Vista or Windows 2008, the application
being profiled and the SLX Profiler should both be run as admin. (achieved by right-clicking
on the application and selecting 'Run as Admin')
Process Orchestration
Configure additional debug-logging for the Process Host
Sage SalesLogix uses log4net by Apache. Exceptions, errors and startup events are logged
to the Application Event Log as Sage SalesLogix Process Host. Changes to logging can be
made by altering the log4net.config file in the root directory of the process host Web site. A
restart of the Web site will be required. Additional debugging configuration specific to the
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process host is documented in the log4net.config file deployed to the site. For additional
information on log4net, see http://logging.apache.org/log4net/index.html
Workflows cannot have duplicate names

As of Sage SalesLogix 7.5, workflows cannot have duplicate names even if they reside in
different workflow assembly libraries.
Changes to Workflow Library and Start File picked up automatically

Web site does not have to be restarted in order to pick up changes to ProcessLib.xml and
ProcessStart.xml.
Process Orchestration FAQ

The following are some frequently asked questions to consider when working with Sage
SalesLogix Process Orchestration:
Note: This is an excerpt from Application Architect online Help File. For more information on this
topic, open the Application Architect help file table of contents, expand the book called Web
Developers Reference, and then expand the book called Process Orchestration Quick Start )
Q: How do I configure additional debug-logging for the Process Host?

A: Sage SalesLogix uses log4net by Apache: Exceptions, errors, and start up events are logged
to the Application Event Log as Sage SalesLogix Process Host. Make changes to logging by
altering the log4net.config file in the root directory of the process host web site. A restart will be
required. View documentation on additional debugging configuration specific to the process host
in the log4net.config file deployed to the site.
For additional information on log4net, see http://logging.apache.org/log4net/index.html
Q: Can workflows have duplicate names if they reside in different workflow assembly
libraries?
A: Not at this time.
Q: How do I make my workflow projects aware of model changes? What location should I
use when I add a reference in my VS project to Sage.Entity.Interfaces.dll?
A: The Installing Sage SalesLogix VS Workflow Items Help topic instructs you to consolidate
assemblies in a single folder. All workflow projects should use this new folder as the source of
referenced assemblies.
The Sage.Entity.Interfaces.dll should also be referenced from this folder, as it will automatically
be updated whenever you build interfaces or build the web platform in Application Architect.
Q: When should the MS workflow runtime be started?
A: Anytime you start your ProcessHost website (through IIS or web dev server for example), you
must restart the MS workflow runtime by browsing to the \registeredprocesses URL.
Q: When do changes made to the ProcessStart.xml file take effect?
A: Changes to the ProcessStart.xml file take effect as soon as the file is saved. Saved changes
are detected immediately by the MS workflow runtime.
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Q: When do changes to the ProcessLib.xml file take effect?
A: Changes to the processlib.xml take effect as soon as the file is saved. You can verify your
changes are in effect by browsing to the /registeredprocesses URL.
Q: Can the MS workflow runtime listen for nonspecific changes to an entity?
A: No, it only listens for changes to properties you specify. So in the processstart.xml file, the
memberfilter parameter on runprocess is required and must have at least one entity property for
which changes are being watched.
Q: If a process name listed in the processstart.xml cannot be found, what happens?
A: When an action tries to start a process it cannot find, an exception is logged.
Q: How should I change a workflow that is already deployed to production?
A: As a best practice, for workflows that run to completion immediately, it is acceptable to make
changes and redeploy the assembly. If the workflow runs for an indefinite period of time, and
therefore could be persisted to secondary storage (i.e. the database for Sage SalesLogix), you
should never change the structure of the workflow and redeploy. If you are sure that change will
not have an impact on the persisted state of a workflow, it may be acceptable to change;
however, it is still considered a risk. A better approach would be to version your workflows, such
as by naming convention.
Q: The message "Process Host Not Found" appears in the Process Tasks pane in my Web
Client. What could cause this error?
A: The Process Tasks pane appears in the Web Client when you have enabled Sage SalesLogix
ProcessTasksTasklet for an entity Detail view. To enable the Web Client tasklet to consume the
Process Host service, the service must be registered with the Web Client portal in its
ServiceHost.xml file. Portal Deployment uses portal dependencies to write <service> entries to
this file.
If the message "Process Host Not Found" appears in your Process Tasks pane, then you may
have deployed SlxClient in such a way that the ServiceHosts.xml file does not contain any
entries, or the process host URL that is listed in ServiceHosts.xml is not a valid Process Host
URL. The file ServiceHosts.xml file in the root of the Sage SalesLogix portal (for example:
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SlxClient\ServiceHosts.xml) should have a <service> entry similar to the
following:
<service name="ProcessHost">http://servername:port/ProcessHost</service>

Upgrading
SQL Server 2005
The SQL Native Client must be installed on every workstation and server that will connect to
a database on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 instance. Use the following link for the SQL
Native Client.
(http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/c/27c60d49-6dbe-423e-9a9e1c873f269484/sqlncli.msi).
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Building the Web Site

Use the following command to pre-build the Web Site to expedite the first build.
Example: (where SlxClient is the name of the site)
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_compiler.exe /v /SlxClient
Redeploying Web Client on Windows 2000

Once the Web Client has been deployed, the SlxClient virtual directory is created in IIS. If
using Windows 2000, an error will occur when redeploying the site if the SlxClient virtual
directory exists. You must first remove the SlxClient virtual directory from within IIS manager
prior to redeployment to resolve this issue.
Build Interfaces or Build Web Platform:

Whenever a change is made to Entities, you should either Build Interfaces or Build Web
Platform.
Example:
After adding a new Entity to a package, you must use Build Interfaces before you can
create a quick form for the entity.
After the form is created and saved, you must use Build Web Platform so that the form
may be used as a smart part on a Web page.
Quick Form Action items:

At the form level, the LoadActions property defines any actions that should run when the form
loads in the Web Client.
At the control level:
The OnClick action (Button control) defines actions to run when you click the button.
The OnChange action defines actions to run when the value in a control changes.
Dialog action:
Displays a quick form in front of the current UI.
When the quick form to be shown is added as a smart part under the entity portal page,
the Target Workspace should be set to DialogWorkspace.
Show Message: enables you to display a message to the user.
Validation Business Rule:
This action item provides a way for developers to define a business rule that returns a
Boolean value and takes some action, depending on the result.
The OnFail and OnSuccess properties of this item can be any other action items.
Business Rule:
This action item is a way to invoke a business rule method that does not return a value.
The OnCompleteActionItem is any other action item that should be run when this
completes.
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Refresh Data:
This action item would typically be run after a business rule method has run that
changes data on the entity. The form would need to be refreshed to reflect these
changes.
User Interface interaction:
This action item allows you to change properties on controls at runtime.
This would typically be done after a business rule has run, allowing you to hide or show
different controls, change captions, and so forth.
C# Snippet Action Item: C# code snippet may be entered for execution in the Web Client.
Redirect : You can redirect the page to a different page
Web Client active tab:
There are two ways to make a particular tab visible when a Web page first loads.
1. On the querystring add &activetab=mySmartPartID
o If the form is already mapped to the middle pane, it will stay there.
o If the form is in the main tab area, it will stay there, but it will be open.
o If the form is under the MoreTabs tab, the MoreTabs tab (and the form) will be
open.
o The form will open only when linking from the particular link.
Example:
An Account form has a datagrid of Contact information.
If you want to link to a Contact portal page with the ContactTickets tab active,
add a link column type (QFLinkCol) to the datagrid.
For example:
Add a link column type (QFLinkCol) to the datagrid
DataField : LastName
TextFormatString : {0}
DestinationBindFields : Id
DestinationFormatString :
~/Contact.aspx?entityId={0}&activetab=ContactTickets
2. Open the portal page containing the entity.
3. In Template Information, click Configure to open the template properties.
4. In the Misc list, set the OverrideActiveTab property to the name (ID) of the smart
part.
5. Every time the page loads, the indicated tab will be open.
Web controls:
GroupNavigator control:
This is used to place a navigation control on a form
The record count indicates the number of records in the current group, and the arrows
allow navigation through the group (first, last, next, previous records).
To see how this is used, open the Contact Details form and press the ellipsis button for
the Toolbar property. The GroupNavigator control is added under the Toolbar Editor.
Datagrid control :
In-grid editing is not supported in this release; however, you can add an edit
column type (QFEditCol) that allows you to open a dialog for data editing.
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There is also a delete column type (QFDeleteCol) that will remove the selected
record. A ConfirmationMessage property allows you to proceed with the deletion
or not.
Owner control:
This would typically be bound to the Owner property.
The lookup in the Web Client allows selection by user/ team/ system.
User control:
This would typically be bound to the AccountManager property.
The lookup in the Web Client allows selection by various user groups (all valid
login users/ network users/ remote users/ concurrent users/ web users/ admin
user).
Entity portal pages:
The following features are available in the Template Information group box. You can:
change the default number of visible tabs
choose to include the middle pane
choose to include the More Tabs tab
override the active tab when the page loads
enable viewstate
You can enable viewstate for the smart parts added to a page.

Tickets
To generate a new Ticket Activity without displaying the Add Ticket Activity dialog, click
the Save button in the Ticket Activities tab view.
To generate a new Ticket Activity with text, without displaying the Add Ticket Activity
dialog, enter text in the Comments field, then select the Save button.
To display the Add Ticket Activity dialog, select the Advanced button.
To commit a ticket to the database and navigate to the Ticket Detail view, click the
Punch In button.
Security
Creating a Remote Database:
A Remote path must be provided in the Create Database Options dialog box. For
example, D:\SLXRemoteDB\NewDBs. The Administrator creates the remote database in
this location. The designated folder must exist on the Microsoft SQL Server or MSDE
instance machine and the folder must be shared.
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When Past Due activities display in the Activity Reminder, to close the reminder without
enabling the alarm on the past due activities, clear 'Display Past Due' on the Activity
Reminder before using the 'X' to close the Activity Reminder.
It is now possible to prevent the Activity Reminder from automatically displaying. To not
display the Activity Reminder, select 'Do not display Activity Reminders from the Tools,
Options, Activities tab.
If you do not want Confirmations to display in the Activity Reminder, clear 'Display
Confirmations' from the Tools, Options, Activities tab.
Synchronization
To script the process of attaching a remote database:
These are the command line parameters.
\ADMIN = Admin Mode (Default is false);
/DB = Path and name of the file to attach (Default is '')
/N = Database Name to use when attaching (default is 'slxRemote')
/A = Attach database (Default is False)
/D = Detach database (Default is False);
\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix\AttachRemoteSettings.ini is also used;
[Admin]
InstanceName= MSDE instance name
DBName=remote database name
AlwaysUse=True\False
Login=sa
Pwd=encrypted password
Running AttachRemote creates the file.
HTTP Sync
When setting up HTTP sync, ensure that WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and
Versioning) is enabled in IIS.
If using self signed SSL certificates, each workstation and server accessing the HTTPS site
will require that the self signed certificate is installed locally within Internet Explorer in the
Trusted Root Certificates. This allows the Sync Server(s)/Client(s) to access the HTTPS Web
site without prompting to accept or reject the certificate. Since the Sync process does not
have the ability to deal with this prompt automatically, it will fail to connect unless the SSL
certificate is installed.
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To help prevent problems during the sync process, ensure that your anti-virus software is
configured to exclude active scanning of the WGLOGS directory. You may also exclude the
following directories (optional):
Infiles
Outfiles
Writecache
Synchronization Service
When setting up the Synchronization service, the service user must:
Be a Domain user.
Have full rights to the path, if the path is on the local machine.
Citrix
Registry Settings for Citrix Environments
The following are the settings for Citrix Environments, These are registry entries under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix\Sales Client
ToolbarRefresh :
Default (if the registry item does not exist - defaults to 900ms).
This is the default refresh rate for the toolbars. Some users choose 10 seconds or more
to reduce the perceived CPU usage on the system (10000 decimal). This will affect the
rate at which certain toolbar buttons get updated -like the Save button or Copy/Paste.
DontCacheGroups (added to 6.2 SP and above)
Default = F (False implies you will cache groups which will positively affect group
performance. If memory is the concern (as it was in versions prior to Virtual Server Side
Cursors), you can change this setting to T (saves memory but negatively affects
performance).
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Upgrading
Changing floats to number (17,4)
In response to our customers needs and the BP community, fields that contain only dollar
amounts, and are currently float or real data types, are being changed to a number data type
with the precision and scale of 17,4. Several Create Field bundle actions generate these
changes. At the server, a temporary table is created with the data from the original table. The
original table is dropped then re-created with the new data type. The data is moved into the
new table and the temporary table is dropped. The actions cannot be completed by the
server if there are primary or foreign key constraints, or if unique indexes or corrupt indexes
on the tables are being modified. If any of these conditions exist for the following tables, the
indexes should be removed before the bundle is applied. If the upgrade fails at this point, the
upgrade bundle may be reinstalled (choose Upgrade) when the keys and/or indexes have
been removed.
LEADSOURCE
LITERATURE
ACCOUNT
CAMPAIGN
CONTRACT
CONTRACTINCIDENT
OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITY_PRODUCT
PRODUCT
PRODUCTPROGRAM
QUOTA
To drop the constraints or unique indexes in SQL Server 2000, you may use Query Analyzer
/ Object Browser or a script to alter the table. On SQL Server 2005 it can be done through the
Management Studio or with a script.
To drop constraints on Oracle you will need to use a script to alter the table. Most indexes
may be removed through the Manager Console or a drop index script.
Upgrading if there is a cache file

An error may occur if a computer with v6.2.x Sage SalesLogix Client installed has a cache file
and is then upgraded to v7.0. If you create records while logged on as a user to the v7.0
Sage SalesLogix Client, you will not be able to log on to the Sage SalesLogix Client as
Admin. In order to fix this problem, you will need to delete the cache file. You can delete the
cache file before the upgrade, before using the v7.0 Sage SalesLogix Client, or after
experiencing the issue.
Performing an upgrade/conversion using triggers on a Microsoft SQL database might cause
the upgrade/conversion to fail. It is recommended that all database triggers are turned off
before running the conversion.
To Locate ALL Triggers on a SQL database:
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SELECT object_name(parent_obj) as TableName, NAME as TriggerName
FROM sysobjects
WHERE Type = 'TR'
ORDER By TableName
To DISABLE ALL Triggers on a SQL2k database:

sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER all"
To ENABLE ALL Triggers on a SQL2k database:

sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER all"
SQL Server 2005

The install creates a connection using the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server. The
test connection will appear to be successful, but will fail when using Sage SalesLogix (and
other third-party tools). You must change the connection to use the 2005 version called SQL
Native Client.
The SQL Native Client must be installed on every workstation and server that will connect to
a database on a SQL Server 2005 instance.
Oracle 10gR2
On some platforms, it is not possible to import views from a .dmp file using the recommended
permissions for the SLX sysdba user when the server is Oracle 10g Release 2. The additional
permission has been added to the CreateOracleUser.sql script for those who need it.
Administrator
Feature Security (previously Menu Security)
Two new items in 7.0 are Disabled by default for new users:
o
Manage > Dashboard Options
Manage > Sales Processes
To disable these items for existing users in an upgraded database, use the following
statements for each user you want to change.
o
Insert into sysdba.usersecfunctions (userid, functionname) values

(userid_to_be_changed, ToolsManageDashBoardOptions)
Insert into sysdba.usersecfunctions (userid, functionname) values (userid,

ToolsManageSalesProcess)
When modifying Main view tabs in the users profile or Tools/Options/Client Plugins, it is
important to note that only the Main view tab in focus will be altered during the update.
The Main View tab Reset function will only reset the tab that is visible.
When accessing the Query Builder within the Web Client there may be a delay after the
Database schema has been altered to allow for the DBSchema blob to rebuild. Subsequent
attempts to access Query Builder will take less time until the database schema is altered
again.
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Architect
NavBar and Toolbar Updates
NavBars and Toolbars now support XP icons (transparency, etc.), in addition to bitmaps.
The extra step in Admin.exe to activate NavBars and Toolbars, after they are released in
Architect, has been removed. NavBars and Toolbars can now be released like other plugins.
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The order can still be changed in the Administrator.
The NavBar groups supplied by Sage SalesLogix are now separate plugins so they may be
released by role.
The ButtonStyle option for a toolbar may be set to Glyph Only, Text Only, or Glyph and Text.
The ButtonStyle for NavBar groups is Glyph and Text (regardless of the option chosen when
it is created). This is by design.
Architect/Bundle Switch
To see all messages, warnings, and errors generated and suppressed when merging
bundles, installing bundles, or releasing plugins in the Admin or Architect, create a new
DWord for the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ SalesLogix \ Architect key called
ShowErrors. 1=On. 0=Off.
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NOTE: You will not be able to differentiate between messages, warnings, or errors.
Abort will stop the bundle action. Ignore will move on to the next bundle action.
Architect/Event Logs
Problems and actions that are not completed are now written to the event log as either
messages or errors.
Enhanced or New Controls

Enhanced Image control
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New property: Binary Stream. This allows binding of a BLOB type database field. It
supports BMP, JPG, WMF and ICO formats.
New method: OpenPictureFromFile(Filename, ShowDialog, MaxSize). This opens

the image from a file.
Where MaxSize option is specified, selecting an image over a specific size will
display an error message.
New method: SavePictureToFile(Filename, ShowDialog). This saves the image to a

file.
Enhanced Tab control

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Developers may now set the tab order for the Tab control in the Architect UI without
having to re-create the control.
New PickListCombo control

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Allows a picklist to be tied to a combo box.
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Enhanced DataGrid control
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Virtual Server Side Cursors support has been added. A new DataGrid property
UseVSSC enables or disables Virtual Server Side Cursors.
Chart Control
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A variety of charts are now available including Line, Bar, Horizontal Bar, Area, Point,
FastLine, Horizontal Line, Horizontal Area, Bubble and Volume Pipe.
Legacy Views and Scripts

Sage SalesLogix still fully supports Legacy plugins except Support-specific Legacy Forms,
which are now read-only.
Group Customizations
It is now possible to create an ad hoc group for any Main view, including Main views of
custom tables.
Application.BasicFunctions.CreateAdhocGroup now has an optional LayoutGroupID
parameter which allows the layout of a group to be created to match the layout of any existing
group.
Customizable Attachments
All attachment views are now active forms.
All attachment tabs may now be customized.
Attachment tabs may now be created for custom tables.
Projects and Bundles

The concept of a project has been expanded to replace the Bundler.
All actions previously available in the Bundler are now available when creating a project.
A bundle is now a physical representation (container) of the project, which may be installed
on another database.
Bundles created in versions 5.2 through 6.2.x may be installed on a v7.0 environment.
Bundles created in version 7.0 may not be installed on a database prior to v7.0.
To secure the project passwords, the absence of a password is no longer a null value in the
database. This prevents a user from setting the password to null in order to open a secured
project.
Localization
Integrity Checker. If the Integrity Checker Tasks do not translate properly, perform the
following:
1. Browse to the folder where the Sage SalesLogix Localization Toolkit was installed
and double-click the SalesLogixINTL.ini file.
2. Below [ProgramsToTranslate], type FileX=SLXDBChecker.exe, where X is the
next available number if there are other executables listed. If there are no other
executables listed, start with the number 0.
3. On the toolbar, click Save.
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4. Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\SalesLogix\Integrity Checker and delete the Integrity Checker resource file
Sage SalesLogix.sxc.
Note: The path may vary depending on the operating system or language, but the file
name will not. The next time Integrity Checker is started, the resource file will be recreated using the translated terms.

If a user changes Windows XP themes while the Sage SalesLogix Client is running, the
application must be shut down and restarted before the display reflects the new settings.
After running the \TestDictionary= switch on the Sage SalesLogix Client, the Activities view
will retain the test string in the column headers. This is due to a User Options setting that is
created. To reset the view run the following three statements:
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Update sysdba.useroptions set optionvalue = where name = ActivitiesLayoutOpportunity
Update sysdba.useroptions set optionvalue = where name = ActivitiesLayoutAccount
Update sysdba.useroptions set optionvalue = where name = ActivitiesLayoutContact
The new Copy URL function gives users the ability to use links to HTML-enabled e-mail
messages, Web pages or the command prompt.
The new Copy/Move Contact feature allows users to assign any Open or Completed item
(such as an opportunity) to another contact associated with the same account or to No
Contact.
The new File Attachment item on the Insert menu is context driven and will assign the
attachment to the Main View entity that has focus.
Advanced Outlook Integration

Send SLX:
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SendSLX and Record to History functionality works for Leads, but the user will not
receive a prompt. If the e-mail includes an attachment, the user will be prompted to
save the attachment.
It is possible to drag and drop an e-mail from Outlook to Sage SalesLogix for Leads.
If a contact and a lead have the same e-mail address, the history record will be
created for the contact, but not the lead.
Mail Client: When using SendSLX or Record to History, if the e-mail includes an attachment,
the attachment can now be saved in Sage SalesLogix.
EmPulse
If EmPulse e-mail campaigns are not going to be used, the Sage SalesLogix EmPulse
Service may be disabled on the server by setting the startup property to Disable and stopping
the service.
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Intellisync
To modify the Intellisync configuration file location
1. On the machine where the Sage SalesLogix Client is installed, close the Sage
SalesLogix Client.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. Type Regedit, and then click OK.
4. In the Registry Editor, click in the tree view to expand
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
5. Expand SOFTWARE, right-click on Sage SalesLogix, point to New, and then
click Key.
6. Type PathManager, and then press.ENTER.
7. Leave Registry Editor open, and then open the Sage SalesLogix Client.
8. In Registry Editor, press F5.
9. In the PathManager folder created in steps 5 and 6, right-click the
IntellisyncPath entry, and then click Modify.
10. In the Value data box, remove the <> from the front of the path. If necessary,
type a new location for the configuration file.
Note: if you only remove the <> from the Value, then the files automatically default to
C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXIntellisync
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 for IntellisyncUserPath entry.
12. Open Windows Explorer and move the username and username.cfg folders from
Program Files\SalesLogix\SlXIntellisync to the location you specified in steps 10
and 11.
Sales Dashboard
To allow users to display the Sales Dashboard without Activities at the top
1. Open the Sage SalesLogix Administrator.
2. From the Users view, double-click the appropriate users name, and then click
the Security tab.
3. Under Feature Security, in the Entity Name box, select Sales Dashboard.
4. In the Detail View and Lookup View boxes, select an item other than Use
default view.
Reporting
General Reporting
If there are tables referenced in the RecordSelectionFormula that do not exist in the report,
the report may display an error when attempting to set this property. The workaround is to
rebuild the Crystal SQL statement by generating a subquery based on the keyfield for the
main table of the report.
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Note: This is not recommended as a best practice and may cause poor performance. The
recommended solution is to correct the report.
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When making a filter that contains specific groups Public, you must also release associated
groups to anyone using the Public filter.
Legacy Report Manager
To use the Legacy Report Manager
1. In the Sage SalesLogix Architect, open the Global Reports global script.
2. Comment out each line of code using single quotes().
3. Release to Everyone. The legacy Report Manager will appear in the Sage
SalesLogix Client.
Web Reporting
The Report Viewer is written in ASP.Net not ActiveX as in the prior versions. Therefore it is
no longer necessary to download the ActiveX Report Viewer.
Setting the registry key for Web Reporting:
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Registry setting - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SalesLogix\ Web

Reporting
FileExpirationTime indicates the amount of time after creation when the report will be
tagged for clean up.
CleanUpInterval indicates the amount of time between clean up instances.

Removes all reports from the cache and deletes all reports (.rpt) in the Run folder
that are tagged for clean up. This prevents the folder from becoming too large due to
obsolete or unused reports.
Logging = On means that the slxwebreporting.dll will write a text file in C:\Program
Files\SalesLogix\Web Components\slxwebrpt called ReportHistory.log. The log
contains information from the report generation process and may be helpful in
trouble-shooting issues.
Web Reporting Troubleshooting Tips

The Reports Icon does not show up in the Web Client. Make sure the URL for the Web
Reporting Server has been correctly configured in the Web Manager. If a change is made,
restart IIS on the Web server.
The ReportViewer page will not load. Verify that ASP.Net 2.0 is selected as the version on
the ASP.Net tab in the properties of the Web site in IIS. If the Web Reporting Server is
running on a Windows 2003 Server, then verify that ASP.Net is allowed in the Web Service
Extensions in IIS.
Report will not run. Check to see if the report is listed in the slxwebrpt\run directory on the
Web Reporting Server. The file name should be a GUID with a .rpt extension. These files are
the Crystal Report Wizard binary report files. They are taken from the SLX plugin table and
modified by the slxwebreporting.dll in order to add filter information and other needed items
to create the specific report. If these report files are not getting created, Sage SalesLogix
cannot communicate correctly with Crystal. Verify the Crystal setup.
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ISAPI dll. The settings for the slxwebrpt virtual directory and COM+ app should
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all be similar to the scripts directory on the Web server. By propagating from the
Web Manager, the connection string is added to the registry on the reporting
server so that the slxwebreporting.dll will knows how to access the database.
Make sure IIS is restarted on the Reporting server if any changes are made.
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Turn the Logging Registry key to ON. Use the information in the
ReportHistory.log for further trouble-shooting.
Security
SpeedSearch Service
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Must start the SpeedSearch Service once as the Local System account or user who has
Administrator rights to the machine, so that an internal COM object can be registered at
startup, before switching to a specific domain user.
Must be a Domain user.
Local user can be used if search path is local.
Must grant the user read\write permissions to the SpeedSearch folder
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Must be Domain user.
If path is local user must have full rights to the path.
User must have full access to the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SalesLogix and all sub keys.
User must have full access to the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\
ComputerName.
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Must be a Domain user.
User must have full access to the folder: Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\SalesLogix and all sub folders.
If the Queuefile path or any of the other default paths from above are changed in
the registry, then the user must have full access to the new paths.
Creating a Remote Database:

When the Sage SalesLogix administrator is creating a remote database, the Remote path is
provided, for example, D:\SLXRemoteDB\NewDBs. This folder must exist on the SQL server
machine or MSDE machine indicated by the administrator as that is where SQL Server or MSDE
will try to create the new database file.
Errors will result if the folder does not exist on the specified machine or if the user logged on to
the machine with Sage SalesLogix Administrator installed does not have write permissions on
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that folder. Sage SalesLogix will tell SQL what information to put in the database and where to
put it. After that, it is entirely up to SQL to perform the database creation.
Folder Permissions
Running as
Folder
Create
SLXLogging
Server
SLXService
[Logging]\WGLogs
Synchronization
Server
SLXService \ Domain
user
[Logging]\WGLogs
[Logging]\Infiles
X
X
[Logging]\Archives
[Logging]\FailedTrans
[Logging]\SharedLogs
[Logging]\Tasks
[Documents]
[Library]
[ServiceFile]
Sage SalesLogix
Administrator
Domain User
[ServiceFile]
Synchronization
Client
Domain User
[Logging]\Infiles
[Logging]\Outfiles
[Logging]\FailedTrans
[Documents]
[Library]
SpeedSearch
Server
SLXService
[SpeedSearch]
SpeedSearch
Client
Domain User
[SpeedSearch]
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Rename
SLXService
Domain User
Read
[Logging]\Outfiles
Synchronization
Service
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Network Client
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Support Integration
Returns
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When a Return is assigned to a user or team, a notification e-mail is generated

for that user or team member(s). This cannot be disabled within the user
interface.
If an Asset is not assigned to a serial number, then that Asset cannot be

associated as an Asset to Return from the Return Details in the Return Main
view. The lookup within this view is based on the Asset Serial Number.
Defects
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A Notify User of New Defect flag has been added to the User Profile,
Service/Support tab in the Administrator. When set to True, a notification e-mail
is sent to the user or team member(s) when a defect is assigned.
The ability to add a Defect Task has been added to Sage SalesLogix version 7.0.
Defect Tasks track the time spent working on a defect. Defect Tasks are not
connected to Contracts.
Auto-Assignment only applies to tickets. It does not apply to defects.
The Defect Owner field governs security. If a logged-on user does not have
security access to the defect owner, the defect will not be accessible.
Contracts
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The start and end dates are active regardless of the Contract type.
In order to associate a covered asset to a contract, the asset must also be

associated to the account associated to the contract. The asset must also have a
serial number. The Covered Asset lookup is based on the serial number.
In the Contracts and Tickets views, the records are expandable. Users can
double-click on the ticket activity record to open the Ticket Activities Ticket Main
view.
Tickets
To reassign multiple tickets
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Right-click in the Ticket List view, and select Reassign Tickets.
Note: Tickets with an open or incomplete Ticket Activity cannot be reassigned. A list
of all incomplete Ticket Activities will be listed in the Reassign Ticket dialog.
To zoom in on a ticket record
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Right-click a Ticket record and select Zoom. A window containing the tickets
description and resolution appears.
Synchronization
Attach Remote utility will now accept a mapped drive or Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
path for the remote database except when the utility is run using administrative privileges.
This is only possible because the first step when attaching the database is to copy the
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database locally. Running the Attach Remote utility with administrative privileges requires a
local database.
It is not always possible to detach a remote database using the Attach Remote utility. This
happens infrequently and the specific cause is unknown. If this happens, stop the Sage
SalesLogix Server service, stop MSDE, restart MSDE, detach the remote, and then restart
the Sage SalesLogix Server service.
HTTP Sync
If you have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x on your Synchronization Server or Synchronization
Client machine, and depending on how your HTTP site is configured, you may need to
enable Windows Authentication in your browser for HTTP Sync to work.
To enable Windows Authentication
1. From your Synchronization Client or Server machine, open Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, select Internet Options, and then click the Advanced
tab.
3. Under the Security section, select Enable Integrated Windows
Authentication (requires restart).
If you do not receive messages to refresh the Sage SalesLogix Client after a synchronization
cycle, ensure that the Messenger service is running on that machine and restart your Sage
SalesLogix Client.
If an unsupported date format is used, and then synchronized, the following errors appear in
the SyncErrors.txt on the receiving Sync engine:
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If a non-ISO standard date is sent using anything except \ as a delimiter the error
will be: Error applying ParamSQL transaction XXXXXXX : Invalid argument to date
encode and the SQL statement. The data will not be applied.
If a non-ISO standard date is sent using the \ as a delimiter the error will be: Error
applying ParamSQL transaction XXXXXX: nn\n is not a valid integer and the SQL
statement. The data will not be applied.
Note: the characters in the quotes after the transaction ID will be the first four characters
of the data sent.
Synchronization Server
You can leverage the new multithreading feature even on a single processor box. Each
thread can take advantage of the wait cycles from the other threads.
To configure multithreading
1. On the File menu, select Options.
2.
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the number of threads to use. (You can use between 1 and 4 threads.)
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If the Sage SalesLogix Server stops for any reason, the Synchronization Service will continue
to run, but it will not continue to synchronize. Once the Sage SalesLogix Server has been
successfully restarted, stop and start the Synchronization Service.
After making a change to an existing SyncServices.cfg file, it is necessary to stop and start
the Synchronization Service before the changes take effect, but it is not necessary to run the
Sage SalesLogix Synchronization Service manually.
If the physical location of the SyncService configuration file is to be changed, the following
steps are required for implementation:
Note: Unless the service is stopped, the Synchronization Service will continue to run
from the old location until all steps have been completed.
1. Move or copy the SyncService.cfg file to the new location.
2. In the Sage SalesLogix Administrator, click Systems, and then click the
SyncAutomation Services tab.
3. Right-click in the tab view and select Modify Service File Location to change
the value in the Host database to the new location.
4. Double-click the service name to open the Service Configuration dialog box
and select one of the jobs.
5. In the SyncServer box, select the correct Synchronization Server.
6. Stop and restart the Synchronization Service. The service will be started using
the SyncService.cfg file in the new location.
If the Synchronization Service is installed on a new machine and the existing SyncService.cfg
file will continue to be used from the previous location, you must follow the steps below.
Follow these steps after the new machine is fully configured and running correctly in manual
mode.
To set registry settings
1. In the Sage SalesLogix Administrator, click Systems, and then click the
SyncAutomation Services tab.
2. Double-click on the Service Name to open the Sync Server Profile dialog box.
3. Click the Browse button to select the new Service Machine.
4. Select one of the jobs, click the SyncServer drop-down button, and then select
the correct Synchronization Server.
5. Stop and then start the SyncService on the new machine.
To read the SyncServices.cfg, the format of the job string in the SyncServices.cfg file is:
<Job Name>|<Database>|<SyncServer>|<Enabled>|<Once>|<DOW>|<Start Time>|<End Ti
me>|<Interval>|<ADO connection string info>|<All or changes flag>
The Daily Schedule time values chosen in the Sage SalesLogix Administrator Service
Configuration dialog box are for the same calendar day only. If you set it to run from 4 PM to
4 AM it will not cross midnight. The service will begin running at 4 PM and run until midnight.
If you set the time value in the Sage SalesLogix Administrator Service Configuration dialog
box for just a few minutes in the future (or a few minutes in the past as you can do for agents
and remote tasks), the Synchronization Service schedules the first job for the time you have
chosen on the next day listed.
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Note: Sage SalesLogix recommends giving yourself at least 10 minutes from the time
you start (or restart) the Synchronization Service to the first scheduled time.
The impact of changing the Admin password when using the SyncService:
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The old Admin password is stored in the Sage SalesLogix Administrator, and it is
encrypted in the SyncServices.cfg file.
The Sage SalesLogix OLE DB Provider stores the old Admin password until you
log off and then log on to the Sage SalesLogix Administrator again. So if you
update the SyncServices.cfg file before you log out of the Sage SalesLogix
Administrator, you are re-creating the file with the old Admin password.
To change the Admin password when running Synchronization as a service

1. Change the Admin password in the Sage SalesLogix Administrator.
2. Log off of the Sage SalesLogix Administrator.
3. Log on to the Sage SalesLogix Administrator (which puts the new password in
the ADO connection).
4. From the Sync Automation tab and open the Configuration Manager.
5. For the database where the Admin password changed, open a job, click the
SyncServer drop-down arrow, and then select the Synchronization Server from
the list.
6. Click Apply, and then click OK.
7. Stop and then start the Synchronization Service.
Synchronization Process
To increase performance, SLXLoggingObj2.dll batches log information in the internal
cache. The log cache is flushed to disk either when its size reaches 100KB or after a twosecond time-out.
All transactions begin as a .qts or .que file. These files are located in C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix\Sync\QUEUEFiles. Changes that are part
of a SQL transaction are held in memory until they are committed. If the transactions are
"rolled back," the changes are removed from memory and never written to disk. When the
SlxLoggingObj2.dll is unloaded, all changes still in memory are flushed to disk to prevent
data loss.
Queue files are created even when a Synchronization license is not present. The queue
file name is time_of_creation.qts_servername_portnumber (from here we use .qts for
simplicity).
When the SLXLoggingObj2.dll creates a queue file, it gets the Sage SalesLogix Server
and Port information from the Sage SalesLogix OLE DB Provider. If the Sage SalesLogix
Server is the local machine (for example, a Remote client or an environment where all
Sage SalesLogix applications are installed on the same machine), the queue files are
created with a .que extension. If the Sage SalesLogix Server is not the local machine (for
example, a Network Client), then the queue files are created with a .qts extension.
Queue files that end with a .qts extension need to be sent to the Sage SalesLogix Server
so that the SLXLoggingServer can process them. When the logging object writes a file, it
sends an event to the SlxSystem.exe. The SlxSystem.exe searches the queue files folder
for anything ending in a .qts extension. When it finds the .qts file it extracts the Sage
SalesLogix Server and Port information, connects to the SlxServer.exe and sends the
.qts files to the Server (through TCP/IP). The SlxServer.exe then renames the queue files
to a .que extension and copies them into the Documents and Settings/All
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Users/Application Data/SalesLogix/Sync/Queue Files folder on the Sage SalesLogix
Server computer.
Due to the multithreaded nature of the Sage SalesLogix Provider, some later
transactions could appear on disk before earlier ones. To prevent a possible violation in
.qts files order, the SlxSystem.exe checks the time_of_creation of every .qts file. It then
sends files that are at least 10 seconds old to the Sage SalesLogix Server. Newer files
stay on the disk until the next signal from SLXLoggingObj2.dll or a file scan operation is
performed by the SlxSystem.exe. The SlxSystem.exe scans the disks again after a 10second time-out if no signal is received.
If the provider is installed on the Sage SalesLogix Server machine, then the
SlxLoggingServer will wait until a file is at least 10 seconds old before processing. This is
done to prevent processing queue files out of order when created on the same machine
as the SlxLoggingServer.
Queue files are processed by the SLXLoggingServer.exe, which in turn creates
Workgroup Logs. This occurs under the following circumstances:
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If the SERVERPATH field in the SYNCSERVER table does not have a value,
then the queue file was never generated. In the past, the queue files were
created, but were not sent to the Sage SalesLogix Server.
If a table referenced in a queue file is synchronized (check the omni-directional

field in the RESYNCTABLEDEFS table), the information in the queue is added to
a Workgroup Log. If not, then the queue file is deleted.
If queue files are processed without error and a Workgroup Log file is created,
then the queue file is deleted.
If the creation of the Workgroup Log fails, an Event log is generated and the
queue file is moved to the"QueueFiles\Failed" folder.
QUEUE Files
Queue Files can be found
in:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SalesLogix\Sync\Queuefiles on
each Sage SalesLogix machine. However they only exist in this folder for a few seconds,
unless the Logging process stops or the files are in the Failed folder.
What causes queue files to fail?
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Only corrupt queue files are moved to the Failed folder on the host Sage
SalesLogix Server. This does not include 0KB files which are deleted when
encountered.
Logic has also been put into the clients to delete 0KB queue files if encountered.
If a client creates a corrupt queue file it will be pushed up to Sage SalesLogix
Server where it will fail and be moved to the QueueFiles\Failed folder. Queue
files should not fail on a client machine.
Queue files can fail if the proper permissions do not exist for the Sync Logs folder. Once the
permissions have been fixed, you will have to move the failed queue files back into the main
queue files folder on the Sage SalesLogix Server.
Not enough disk space:
When the first queue file for a database is processed, the available disk space is calculated
on the drive where the Workgroup Log is created. This value is saved as part of the
initialization information for that database. Each time a transaction is written to the Workgroup
Logs, the size of the transaction is subtracted from the available limit. When the available
space reaches a determined limit (default is 50MB), the SLXLoggingServer will recheck the
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available disk space. If it is still below the limit, the logging server will write an error to the
Eventlog and pause the queue files processing until the available disk space is above the
specified limit.
Note: This only does an initial read of the disk space when the first queue file is
processed - and then it only subtracts space based on the queue files that are being
processed. It does not take into consideration other changes on the file system that
would affect available space.
Changing the default available space limit:
To change the default available space limit
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Update the registry setting:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix\LogServerDiskMin)
If the SLXLoggingServer stops for any reason, queue files will continue to generate and be
converted to WGLogs as soon as the Provider is restarted.
Workgroup Logs
The following circumstances will close open Workgroup Logs:
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Cycling the Synchronization Client
Cycling Synchronization Server
Calling the Sage SalesLogix OLE DB Provider stored procedure

SLX_CycleLogFile
Note: In all of the above environments, Workgroup Logs automatically close after 10
transactions occur of the following types: Inserts, Updates, Deletes, and ParamSQL
statements.
To change how many transactions occur before Workgroup logs are closed
1. Create the following registry entry by right-clicking on:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SalesLogix.
2. On the New menu, select DWord Value.
3. Name the Value WGLogTrans.
4. Modify the value, select Decimal, and then type the number of transactions per
Workgroup Log in the Value Data field (Sage SalesLogix suggests 50 or 100).
You can modify this as you do your testing.
5. Restart the Sage SalesLogix Server service. Workgroup Logs will close when
either the new number of transactions has been met or the elapsed time period
defined in the Close Workgroup Logs Every setting in Admin has passed.
Note: This setting will only apply to transactions that update the database. Other
transaction types, such as What's New records, get streamed into the Workgroup
Logs differently. So when performing functions such as imports, you may see 10
Workgroup Logs containing 50 transactions (based on the registry setting) and 1
containing 300 What's New updates.
Troubleshooting Sync
Where to look for potential problems:
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Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/SalesLogix/Sync for

Remotes
Logging Path for the Host and Remote Office
EventLog
Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/SalesLogix/Sync on the Sync

Server unless you have changed it to the network logging path in the Log options
in the Sync Server
Event Viewer Check for any pertinent information for the Sage SalesLogix OLE
DB Provider.
Failed Trans Each Sync Transfer Protocol has its own Failed Transaction
folder.
If you attempt to run the Synchronization Server or Synchronization Client and receive the
message You cannot load more than one copy of SyncClient/SyncServer at a time, ending
the Synchronization Client or Synchronization Server in the Task Manager will not fix the
problem. You must either restart the machine, or run Synchronization Client or
Synchronization Server from a command line with a /reset command.
Logging
To enable additional Debug information in the SLXLoggingTrigger, which is responsible for
logging all Whats New and Attachment logs, you can:
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Set the following key as a string:

[HKCU]\Software\SalesLogix\Logging\Debug
If the key exists additional debug messages will output to the system event log of that
client machine.
Subscription
The following values may be seen in the USERSUBCRIPTION.DATA:
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0=
subscription, no
1=
subscription, new (will be sent to the remote)
2=
subscription, yes (at the remote)
3=
subscription, no access
4=
subscription, delete
5=
subscription, forced
6=
delete, then resend
When the Synchronization Server runs, it does the following:

1. Checks the ACCOUNTSUMMARY table for all accounts forced out to the remote
database based on ownership (Seccodeid or Userid).
2. For each account that is not forced, the USERSUBSCRIPTION table is checked one
account at a time, and each account is handled based on the 0-6 values listed above.
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Accounts with a value of 1, 5 or 6 will be sent.
Accounts with a value of 4 will have a delete statement sent to the remote.
Accounts with a value of 0, 2, or 3 will have no action taken.
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Templates
Lead Templates: To create a template based on Leads, Contact fields cannot be added (or
must be removed).
Contact Templates: To create a template based on Contacts, Lead fields cannot be added
(or must be removed).
Web Host
The ASPScripts virtual directory, for the Web site, must have the ASP.NET tab set to 2.0.
ASP.Net v2.0 needs to be an allowed Web Service Extension on both the Web server and the
Web Reporting server if they are on Windows 2003 Server operating system.
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Versions 7.0, 7.2, and 7.5.0 through 7.5 SP4

Sage SalesLogix Version 7.5 SP4

New 'Decimal Digits' property

Link control improvement

Tips and Tricks

Exchange Rate improvements

Deploying the Web Site to Disconnected Web Clients

Tips and Tricks

Setting default configuration

Tips and Tricks

Customizing Desktop Manager

Desktop Manager is unable to process E-mail

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Desktop Manager Options vs. User Web Client Options

When Desktop Manager is necessary

Drag and Drop Attachments

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Install Desktop Integration (Browser-Specific)

prevHistoryDays Activities completed in SalesLogix and synced to Outlook appear

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

A folder with an ID generated

\Documents and Settings\[windows user profile]\Application

A folder with an ID generated

\Documents and Settings\[windows user profile]\Application

Tips and Tricks

Sales Order and Opportunity Product data grid

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Sage SalesLogix Version 7.5 SP3 Reloaded

In Application Architect, open the Entity.

Deploying Web sites from one server to another

Tips and Tricks

Making Merge Records Functionality Visible in the Web Client

Open Application Architect.

Other Calendars Tab within a User Profile

Calendars Tab within a User Profile

Tips and Tricks

Web only user

Web Viewer User

Web Pick list

Tips and Tricks

New Integrity Checker Library

Setting the default tab

Tips and Tricks

User Defined Links

Install path for the SlxDeskTop Manager

Sage SalesLogix Desktop Integration Module files

Tips and Tricks

Desktop Manager File Types for History Creation

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Creating a UDL (Universal Data Link) on a 64-bit system

For a 64-bit machine, run the following command: C:\Windows\syswow64\rundll32.exe

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Using SyncServer commandline switches