When you’re working on multi-device projects in Dynamics CRM, sometimes you need to know the form factor that the user is currently using in order to execute or note some UI actions using Javascript. Dynamics CRM 2015 makes it easier and suggests using the context object with getFormFactor() method that returns an integer between 0 and 3.

Javascript Code: Xrm.Page.context.client.getFormFactor()

Let’s apply this to a simple example, we will run an alert box containing the name of the form factor on form loading:

Javascript Code: function myTestFunction()

{

var formFactor = Xrm.Page.context.client.getFormFactor();

if(formFactor == ‘1’) { alert(“Desktop”);}
else if (formFactor == ‘2’) { alert (“Tablet App”); }
else if (formFactor ==’3′) { alert (“Phone App”); }
else { alert (“Unknown form factor”); }
}

To get which client the script is executing in, you can use:

Javascript Code: Xrm.Page.context.client.getClient()

The return value of this method is a String. These are the returned values:

For more client-side context methods, you can visit https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg334511.aspx

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