IntelliSense in Jscript/TypeScript file – Dynamics 365

In this article, lets see how to configure intellisence with XRM syntaxes in your Jscript/TypeScript files.

To enable IntelliSence, you need to install xrm npm package to your Visual Studio.

Steps to install NPM package:

• To install npm package, you need to download and install a Visual Studio extension : Package Installer

• Post installation, from your Visual Studio, select ‘Quick Install Package’ from Menu

• From the popup,
  • Select ‘npm’ in the dropdown
  • In the textbox, type ‘@types/xrm’
  • Click on ‘Install’

• Post package installation, refresh the project and you should see a new folder ‘node_modules’
  • Note: If you dont get the ‘node_modules’ folder, check your project’s physical location and add the folder to your Visual Studio project.

• In above screen, ‘TypeScript’ is my project name and post above steps, I got the ‘node_modules’ project.

Enable IntelliSence in your Jscript/TypeScript file:

• Open your script file
• Drag and drop the ‘index.d.ts’ file from ‘node_modules’ folder on to your script file.
  • Alternatively you can also this syntax
    • /// <reference path=“../node_modules/@types/xrm/index.d.ts“ />

• Start typing ‘Xrm’ and you should see the syntaxes.

Notes:

• Those who are wondering what is a npm, it is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language.
• www.npmjs.com hosts thousands of free packages to download and use.