This round up article is a result of my process of putting together an answer to a colleague. My colleague had asked me a question about how customizations of the TopContent may be impacted by an upgrade of Sage CRM. In this post I have collected together some of the different articles that I think are relevant.

When taken together these articles cover many of tricks that I know people use of make changes to the TopContent area of Sage CRM such as in the image below.

Customizating the TopContent screen definitions

• Controlling Top Content
• How do I put calculated or derived info in a screen's top content?

Changing the Screens in ASP

• Changing Context when jumping between pages using the COM ASP API
• ASP Customization and TopContent References in Upgraded Systems

Working with the Client Side API

• Differences in Object References in Client Side Code (onChange & Custom Content)
• Adding Additional Information to the TopContent of a System Screen using the Client Side API
• Creating a Mashup with a FusionChart and Ajax Data using the Client Side API