Thursday, November 17, 2011

66x48 Icons CRM 2011.. Yes? No?! Why?

Did you know that 66x48 icons in CRM 2011 isn't used? Could this be becourse of backwards compatibility when organizations are upgraded from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0? Anyway, here's some details about Icons:

Types of Icons

The following table list is the types of entity icons you can update.

    Type Specifications Property
Icon in Web application
Displays when records for this entity are displayed in a grid.
  • 16x16px
  • Less than 10k
IconSmallName
Icon for Entity Detail Forms
The application incorrectly labels this as the Shortcut icon in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook
  • 32x32px
  • Less than 10k
IconMediumName
This size icon is not used in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. The application incorrectly labels this as the Icon in Entity forms.
  • 66x48px
  • Less than 10k
IconLargeName

PNG Web resources are recommended because they support transparency and good compression with a better color fidelity than GIF. GIF, JPG, & ICO formats are supported for backwards compatibility when organizations upgrade from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Illustration of where to upload Icons:
(Shows up when a entity is selected)


If you are using CRM 4.0 - Check out the Demonstration Tools - Contains a "Icon creation tool" I simply loved!

Get the great feeling of not have a customized CRM solution by adding Icons