You can download the kit from below links:
For Partners: https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/partneressentials/partnerreadiness/resourcing/MDCRMGPAdapter.htm
For Existing Customers: https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/worldwide/us/productinformation/factsheets/MDCRMGPAdapter
The assembly that is generated for .Net Framework has metadata that describes the structure of the assembly and its classes. By using reflection we can investigate the structure of classes and the data that assembly holds dynamically at runtime.
You can dynamically get/set values from/to properties of object. #
Get value
foreach (PropertyInfo info in myObject.GetType().GetProperties())
{
if (info.CanRead)
object o = info.GetValue(myObject, null);
}
Set value
object myValue = "Any_Value";
if (info.CanWrite)
this.info.SetValue(myObject, myValue, null);
It's very helpful and easy to use. Isn't is ?
When working with Modal Dialog Windows in ASP.Net you have experience that postback opens up a new window. This behavior is by default.
I was using window.showModalDialog() to open a ASPX Page from the parent page using JavaScript. But whenever the postback happens in the modal window during a button click or dropdown value changes, it would spawn off a new window.
You can change the behaviour by just including below tag line in the <head> of the modal window (that is aspx page).
<base target="_self">
I hope this would help you resolving the problem.
Available Templates
The templates may be found in the visualstudiotemplates folder when you unzip the SDK package.
Each template has an accompanying readme.doc file with instructions for installation and usage notes.
Installation
Installation is fairly straightforward, just perform these steps:
1) Navigate to the Visual Studio Folder:
%Documents and Settings%\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#
2) Create a folder called CRM.
3) Copy each of the three template’s .zip file to the CRM folder.
The templates should now be installed and ready to use.
try {BusinessEntityCollection retrieved = RetreiveMultipleEntityDetails(entityName.Trim().ToLower(), new string[] { filterColumn }, new string[] { filterValue }, null); if (retrieved != null) return (DynamicEntity)retrieved.BusinessEntities[0]; return null; }Function: public BusinessEntityCollection RetreiveMultipleEntityDetails(string entityName, string[] filterColumns, string[] filterValues, string[] ColumnList) {RetrieveMultipleResponse retrieved = new RetrieveMultipleResponse();try{/// Create the query object.QueryByAttribute query = new QueryByAttribute();query.EntityName = entityName.Trim().ToLower();if (ColumnList == null){query.ColumnSet = new AllColumns();}else{ColumnSet columns = new ColumnSet();columns.Attributes = ColumnList;query.ColumnSet = columns;}query.Attributes = filterColumns;query.Values = filterValues;RetrieveMultipleRequest retrieve = new RetrieveMultipleRequest();retrieve.Query = query;retrieve.ReturnDynamicEntities = true; retrieved = (RetrieveMultipleResponse)Service.Execute(retrieve);if (retrieved != null)return retrieved.BusinessEntityCollection; return null;}#region Exception Handlingcatch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex){throw new Exception(ex.Detail.InnerText);}catch (Exception ex){throw new Exception(ex.Message);}#endregion Exception Handling}If an error occoured during the Workflow execution, and you want to see the detailed error of waiting workflow you just need to simply follow the below steps:
You can save this query, this will make it available in the View list.
Eveyone struggle to declare the Custom workflow input / output parameters in the custom workflow activity. So here is the solution for it.
The following sample shows how to use each of the types found in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.Hope this will help you in declaring the Custom workflow activity I/O parameters.
public Guid GetDynamicEntityPrimaryAttributeGuid(DynamicEntity entity){ if (entity != null) { string strPrimaryKeyAttributeName = entity.Name.ToLower() + "id"; return ((Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Key)entity.Properties[strPrimaryKeyAttributeName]).Value; } return Guid.Empty;}
public Guid GetDynamicEntityPrimaryAttributeGuid(DynamicEntity entity){ if (entity != null) { string strPrimaryKeyAttributeName = entity.Name.ToLower() + "id"; for (int i = 0; i < entity.Properties.Length; i++) { if (entity.Properties[i].Name.ToLower() == strPrimaryKeyAttributeName) { KeyProperty property = (KeyProperty)entity.Properties[i]; return property.Value.Value; } } } return Guid.Empty;}StringProperty firstname = new StringProperty();firstname.Name = "firstname";firstname.Value = "Ranjit";
StringProperty lastname = new StringProperty();lastname.Name = "lastname";lastname.Value = "Singh";
// Create the DynamicEntity object.DynamicEntity contactEntity = new DynamicEntity();
// Set the name of the entity type.contactEntity.Name = EntityName.contact.ToString();
// Set the properties of the contact.contactEntity.Properties = new Property[] {firstname, lastname};
// Create the target.TargetCreateDynamic targetCreate = new TargetCreateDynamic();targetCreate.Entity = contactEntity;
// Create the request object.CreateRequest create = new CreateRequest();
// Set the properties of the request object.create.Target = targetCreate;
// Execute the request.CreateResponse created = (CreateResponse) service.Execute(create);string strDaysAttributeName = "cap_actualeffortdays";string strHoursAttributeName = "cap_actualefforthours";if (ObjProject.Properties.Contains(strDaysAttributeName)) ((CrmNumber)ObjProject.Properties[strDaysAttributeName]).Value = iDays;else CrmHelper.AddNumberProperty(ObjProject, strDaysAttributeName, iDays); if (ObjProject.Properties.Contains(strHoursAttributeName)) ((CrmNumber)ObjProject.Properties[strHoursAttributeName]).Value = iHours;else CrmHelper.AddNumberProperty(ObjProject, strHoursAttributeName, iHours);public static void AddStringProperty(DynamicEntity entity, string strColumnName, string DefaultValue){#region If Column attribute not in entity Collection
if (!entity.Properties.Contains(strColumnName)) { StringProperty AttributeContactID = new StringProperty(); AttributeContactID.Name = strColumnName; AttributeContactID.Value = DefaultValue; } #endregion If Column attribute not in entity Collection} public static void AddNumberProperty(DynamicEntity entity, string strColumnName, int DefaultValue){#region If Column attribute not in entity Collection
if (!entity.Properties.Contains(strColumnName)) { CrmNumberProperty AttributeID = new CrmNumberProperty(); AttributeID.Name = strColumnName; AttributeID.Value = new CrmNumber(DefaultValue); } #endregion If Column attribute not in entity Collection}public static bool UpdateDynamicEntity(ICrmService Service, DynamicEntity entityName){try{ // Create the update target. TargetUpdateDynamic updateDynamic = new TargetUpdateDynamic(); // Set the properties of the target. updateDynamic.Entity = entityName; // Create the update request object. UpdateRequest update = new UpdateRequest(); // Set request properties. update.Target = updateDynamic; // Execute the request. UpdateResponse updated = (UpdateResponse)Service.Execute(update); return true;}catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex){ return false;}catch (Exception ex){ return false;}}public static DynamicEntity GetDynamicEntity(ICrmService crmService, string strEntityName, Guid EntityGuid) { try { #region Retrieve Entity Record Dynamically
// Create the retrieve target.
TargetRetrieveDynamic targetRetrieve = new TargetRetrieveDynamic();// Set the properties of the target.
targetRetrieve.EntityName = strEntityName;
targetRetrieve.EntityId = EntityGuid;// Create the request object.
RetrieveRequest retrieve = new RetrieveRequest();
// Set the properties of the request object.
retrieve.Target = targetRetrieve;
retrieve.ColumnSet = new AllColumns();
// Indicate that the BusinessEntity should be retrieved as a DynamicEntity.
retrieve.ReturnDynamicEntities = true; // Execute the request.
RetrieveResponse retrieved = (RetrieveResponse)crmService.Execute(retrieve);// Extract the DynamicEntity from the request.
DynamicEntity entity = (DynamicEntity)retrieved.BusinessEntity;
return entity;#endregion
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex)
{
throw new System.Exception(ex.Detail.InnerText);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new System.Exception(ex.Message);
}
}The DynamicEntity feature lets you generically access the data in any attribute on any entity in the system. In order to develop against the Microsoft CRM SDK, you must generate and consume a WSDL during code compilation. Because you must do this against a specific instance of the application, the only entities available are the core set included in the initial installation of Microsoft CRM. The WSDL does contain entity and attribute customizations but it is recommended that your code works with a clean installation. See Using the Microsoft CRM WebServices.
The DynamicEntity class is also used in plug-ins / callouts so that your callout code can work generically with any attribute on any entity without a re-compile.
The DynamicEntity class does not provide a name-base indexer, however, you can write your own. A simple approach to this problem is to loop through the dynamic entities property bag until you find the appropriate property.
Working with All MS CRM Data types using Javascript: