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CRMContact.MakePrivate Method

The MakePrivate method makes the contact unavailable to anyone except the owner and the users that share the object. Only the owner of a contact can make it private. By default, all objects are public. See Remarks.

Syntax

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub MakePrivate(
  ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
  ByVal ContactId As String
)
[C#]
public void MakePrivate(
  CUserAuth  Caller,
  string  ContactId
);
[C++]
public: void MakePrivate(
  CUserAuth*  Caller,
  String*  ContactId
);

Parameters

Caller

Specifies the identity of the caller. The caller must have the prvWriteContact privilege and must be the contact owner to perform this action. See CUserAuth.

ContactId

Specifies the ID of the contact to make private.

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

Note   The Microsoft CRM application does not provide an interface for making an object private. However, if you make an object private by using a third-party solution, the application recognizes this setting.

If there is an error, SOAP throws an exception and the error message is reported in System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException.Detail.OuterXml.

All IDs passed to the platform are GUIDs wrapped in braces. For example: {6522D89A-A752-4455-A2B0-51494C6957C3}

Example

[C#]
// strServer should be set with the name of the platform Web server
string strServer = "myservername";

// virtualDirectory should be set with the name of the Microsoft CRM
// virtual directory on the platform Web server
string virtualDirectory = "mscrmservices";
string strDir = "https://" + strServer + "/" + virtualDirectory + "/";

// BizUser proxy object
Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.BizUser bizUser = new Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.BizUser ();
bizUser.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
bizUser.Url = strDir + "BizUser.srf";

// CRMContact proxy object
Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.CRMContact contact = new Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.CRMContact ();
contact.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
contact.Url = strDir + "CRMContact.srf";

string strErrorMsg;
string strContactId = "{ECF99EF1-3858-4E06-ABD9-EBFE526BF9FF}";
try
{
   Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.CUserAuth userAuth = bizUser.WhoAmI();

   contact.MakePrivate(userAuth, strContactId);
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException err)
{
   // Process the platform error here
   strErrorMsg = ("ErrorMessage: " + err.Message + " " + err.Detail.OuterXml + " Source: " + err.Source );
}
catch (Exception err)
{
   // Process other errors here
   strErrorMsg = ("ErrorMessage: " + err.Message );
}

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.CRM.Proxy

Assembly: microsoft.crm.proxy.dll

See Also

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