Gareth Tucker's Microsoft CRM Blog

function SetLookupValue(fieldName, id, name, entityType) { 
    if (fieldName != null) { 
        var lookupValue = new Array(); 
        lookupValue[0] = new Object(); 
        lookupValue[0].id = id; 
        lookupValue[0].name = name; 
        lookupValue[0].entityType = entityType; 
        Xrm.Page.getAttribute(fieldName).setValue(lookupValue); 
    } 
} 

function DisableFields() { 
    Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get("new_firstname").setDisabled(true); 
    Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get("new_lastname").setDisabled(true); 
    Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get("new_phonenumber").setDisabled(true); 
} 

function MakeFieldsMandatory() { 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("new_firstname").setRequiredLevel("required"); 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("new_lastname").setRequiredLevel("required"); 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("new_phonenumber").setRequiredLevel("required"); 
} 

function MakeFieldsNonMandatory() { 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("new_firstname").setRequiredLevel("none"); 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("new_lastname").setRequiredLevel("none"); 
    Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("new_phonenumber").setRequiredLevel("none"); 
} 

function OnLoad() { 
    if (Xrm.Page.ui.getFormType() == 1) { 
    } 
    else if (Xrm.Page.ui.getFormType() != 1) { 
        DisableFields(); 
    } 
} 

function NewContact() { 
    if ( 
            Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_firstname").getValue() == null && 
            Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_lastname").getValue() == null && 
            Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_phonenumber").getValue() == null) { 
        MakeFieldsNonMandatory(); 
    } 
    else if ( 
                Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_firstname").getValue() != null && 
                Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_lastname").getValue() != null && 
                Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_phonenumber").getValue() != null && 
                Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get("customerid").getValue() == null) { 
        CreateContact(); 
        Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_phonenumber2").setValue(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_phonenumber").getValue()); 
        DisableFields(); 
    } 
    else { 
        MakeFieldsMandatory(); 
        //Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get("from").setVisible(false); 
    } 
} 

function CreateContact() { 
    // Get the CRM URL 
    var serverUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl(); 

    // Cater for URL differences between on premise and online 
    if (serverUrl.match(/\/$/)) { 
        serverUrl = serverUrl.substring(0, serverUrl.length - 1); 
    } 

    // Specify the ODATA end point (this is the same for all CRM 2011 implementations) 
    var ODATA_ENDPOINT = "/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc"; 

    // Specify the ODATA entity collection 
    var ODATA_EntityCollection = "/ContactSet"; 

    // Define an object for the CRM record you want created 
    var CRMObject = new Object(); 

    // Define attribute values for the CRM object 
    CRMObject.FirstName = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_firstname").getValue(); 
    CRMObject.LastName = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_lastname").getValue(); 
    CRMObject.Telephone1 = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_phonenumber").getValue(); 

    //Parse the entity object into JSON 
    var jsonEntity = window.JSON.stringify(CRMObject); 

    //Asynchronous AJAX function to Create a CRM record using OData 
    $.ajax({ 
        type: "POST", 
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", 
        datatype: "json", 
        url: serverUrl + ODATA_ENDPOINT + ODATA_EntityCollection, 
        data: jsonEntity, 
        beforeSend: function (XMLHttpRequest) { 
            //Specifying this header ensures that the results will be returned as JSON.      
            XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json"); 
        }, 
        success: function (data, textStatus, XmlHttpRequest) { 
            //This function will trigger asynchronously if the Retrieve was successful 
            //alert("ajax call successful"); 
            var NewCRMRecordCreated = data["d"]; 
            var FullName = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_firstname").getValue() + " " + Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_lastname").getValue(); 
            SetLookupValue("customerid", NewCRMRecordCreated.ContactId, FullName, "contact"); 
        }, 
        error: function (XmlHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) { 
            //This function will trigger asynchronously if the Retrieve returned an error 
            alert("ajax call failed"); 
        } 
    }); 
}