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Microsoft Dynamic CRM 4.0 : Microsoft Live Search Maps

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12/18/2011 5:49:01 PM
Also known as MSN Maps or Bing Maps, Microsoft Live Search Maps is part of Microsoft’s Virtual Earth framework and provides mapping technology. Another way to think of Live Search Maps is as a website that offers extensibility options while utilizing Microsoft’s Virtual Earth as the underlying platform.

Note

Microsoft Virtual Earth can be licensed separately and offers a greater set of capabilities than the Microsoft Live Search Maps application. Therefore, developers seeking to do more than simple address lookup mapping should look at the Microsoft Virtual Earth product.

Figure 1 shows the Microsoft account in Microsoft Dynamics CRM with a new tab called Live Map that has the Live Search Maps integrated.

Figure 1. Microsoft Live Map integration.

We can easily scroll or change the orientation on the map once it is loaded, and we can change the view options available across the top. Figure 2 has the same location, but Bird’s Eye is selected.

Figure 2. Microsoft Live Maps integration with Bird’s Eye selected.

To create a Live Search integration, complete the following steps:

1.
Use the following code to create a new web page with an .htm extension:

 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
   <title>MSN Map</title>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

   <script type="text/jscript" src="http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=5"
mce_src="http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=5"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

var vMap = null;

function initialize()
{
   var crmAddress = GetCRMAddress();
   if(crmAddress != '')
   {
                LocateAddress(crmAddress);
   }
   else
   {
                DisplayMessage();
   }
}

function LocateAddress(address)
{
   vMap = new VEMap('MapHolder');

   vMap.LoadMap();

   vMap.Find(null,address,null,null,0,10,true,true,true,true,MapAddress);
}

function MapAddress(shapeLayer, results, positions, moreResults, e)
{
   if(positions != null && positions.length > 0)
   {
           addressLatLong = new VELatLong(positions[0].LatLong.Latitude,positions[0].LatLong.Longitude);

           addressPushPin = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin,addressLatLong);

           vMap.AddShape(addressPushPin);

           vMap.SetCenterAndZoom(addressLatLong,15);
   }
   else
   {
           DisplayMessage();
   }
}
function GetCRMAddress()
{
   var address = '';

   var addressLine1 = parent.document.forms[0].all.address1_line1.DataValue;

   var postalCode = parent.document.forms[0].all.address1_postalcode.DataValue;

   var city = parent.document.forms[0].all.address1_city.DataValue;

   var stateOrProvince = parent.document.forms[0].all.address1_stateorprovince.DataValue;

   var country = parent.document.forms[0].all.address1_country.DataValue;

   if(addressLine1 == null && postalCode == null && city == null && stateOrProvince == null && country == null)
   {
           address = '';
   }
   else
{
           address = addressLine1+", "+postalCode+" "+city+" ("+stateOrProvince+"), "+country;
   }
   return address;
}

function DisplayMessage()
{
   var lbl = document.getElementById('lblMessage');
   lbl.style.display = "inline";

   var div = document.getElementById('MapHolder');
   div.style.display = "none";
}
</script>

</head>
<body onload="initialize()">
   <form>
           <div id="MapHolder" style="width: 700px; height: 350px">
           </div>
           <label id="lblMessage" style="display: none; font-family: @Arial Unicode MS; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; color: #15428b;">
                    Unable to locate the selected address in Live Map - Add required Street, City and State information and then save the record.</label>
   </form>
</body>
</html>

2.
Save the HTM into a new folder where the CRMWeb is served (normally in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server\CRMWeb or in C:\InetPub\wwwroot). In this example, we’ve created a new directory called Maps, as shown in Figure 3. (Be sure the directory is configured in Internet Information Services [IIS] as a virtual directory.)
Figure 3. New IIS virtual directory for MSN Maps.


3.
Navigate to the customization screen for accounts in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and add a new tab, section, and IFrame.

Be sure to configure the IFrame, as shown in Figure 4, by adding a name and the URL to the page you just created. In addition, be sure to unselect Restrict Cross-Frame Scripting in the Security section.
Figure 4. IFrame Properties page for Live Search integration.


4.
Display the Formatting tab and select Automatically Expand to Use Available Space.

5.
Save and publish the account.

This example will work with as many or as few of the parameters supplied. For example, if you have only a city, it will show the city. If there is no data entered on the saved form, the error message Unable to Locate the Selected Address in Live Map - Add Required Street, City and State Information and then Save the Record will display. (You can easily customize this on the HTML page by modifying the label tag with the ID of lblMessage.)
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