Making changes to UIModel

Ashley Norfolk
Ashley Norfolk
Fourth Anniversary Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud CRM Developer Discussions

Hello,

I am trying to update UIModel code, but am having a hard time. I have made changes to the ViewDataFormUIModel.cs file. When I go to build the solution I get an error saying I am missing references in the UIModel.CodeGen.cs file. So I manually added the references, but the solution will not build.

Is there a good place that explains the order of the steps I need to complete to make changes to the UIModel code? I'm not sure what else I am missing.

Thanks!

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  • Charles Harkins
    Charles Harkins
    Third Anniversary Facilitator 1

    Hi Ashley, can you post the build error you received when building the solution? Also, have you checked to ensure the namespace declaration is valid? Sometimes this can get out of sync when generating UIModel classes.

  • Ashley Norfolk
    Ashley Norfolk
    Fourth Anniversary Facilitator 1

    Charles Harkins:

    Hi Ashley, can you post the build error you received when building the solution? Also, have you checked to ensure the namespace declaration is valid? Sometimes this can get out of sync when generating UIModel classes.

    The error was a generic phx.fatalerror. Uninstalling and Reinstalling Visual Studio seemed to fix the issue.

    Now that the solution is building, my changes are not displaying in CRM. I confirmed the dll has updated on the server, and IIS was reset as well. Is there anything else I could be missing?

  • Charles Harkins
    Charles Harkins
    Third Anniversary Facilitator 1

    I'm just assuming that you've already done this, but please verify the following. If you are still having an issue after this please let me know.

    1. You have copied both the Catalog and UIModel dll's to the vroot\\bin\\custom folder of the CRM application root
    2. You have loaded the spec referencing your UIModel assembly/class
    3. You have uncommented the following tag in your Web.Config <probing privatePath="bin\\custom"/>
    4. You have verified that your UIModel reference in catalog spec matches your UIModel class/assembly (ie. AssemblyName="MyUIModelAssembly.UIModel.dll" ClassName="MyUIModelAssembly.UIModel.MyDataFormUIModel")
    5. You can also try clearing your browser cache

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