CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#pluginsdynamics-crm-2013
Konrad Viltersten
Konrad Viltersten

Reputation: 39268

Obtaining logical name of the entity

I'm using late bound and as an account is created, I'm creating a phone call too. I also found a very useful example doing almost that. The only thing that bothers me is that the following lines:

if (context.OutputParameters.Contains("id"))
{
  Guid id = new Guid(context.OutputParameters["id"].ToString());
  String type = "account";
  followup["regardingobjectid"] = new EntityReference(type, id);
}

assume that the cause of the phone call is an account. Well, it is, but in the future it might be not. I tried to get the type as follows:

if (context.OutputParameters.Contains("id"))
{
  Guid id = new Guid(context.OutputParameters["id"].ToString());
  String type = context.OutputParameters["logicalname"] as String;
  followup["regardingobjectid"] = new EntityReference(type, id);
}

but then I got error telling me that such a field doesn't exist. Is the field name wrong? Or am I using all the wrong approach to retrieve the logical name of the entity (i.e. the actual name of the entity type, be that account, contacts or a crazydonkeyass)?

Also, I'm not entirely sure if OutputParameters is the right place to look in. Suggestions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2863

Answers (1)

MarioZG
MarioZG

Reputation: 2087

This is available in context.PrimaryEntityName

EDIT

Here's the bit from the example that checks if this is account

// Obtain the target entity from the input parameters.
Entity entity = (Entity)context.InputParameters["Target"];

// Verify that the target entity represents an account.
// If not, this plug-in was not registered correctly.
if (entity.LogicalName != "account")
    return;

I guess that's why they have account hardcoded (ugly!)

Upvotes: 1

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