CRMActivity.Update Method
The Update method updates an activity.
Syntax
[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub Update(
ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
ByVal ActivityId As String,
ByVal ActivityXml As String,
ByVal PartiesXml As String
)
[C#]
public void Update(
CUserAuth Caller,
string ActivityId,
string ActivityXml,
string PartiesXml
);
[C++]
public: void Update(
CUserAuth* Caller,
String* ActivityId,
String* ActivityXml,
String* PartiesXml
);
Parameters
Caller
Specifies the identity of the caller. To perform this action, the caller must have the prvWriteActivity privilege and access rights on the object to be updated. See CUserAuth.
ActivityId
Specifies the ID of the activity to be updated.
ActivityXml
Specifies an XML string containing the activity information. The XML schema is described by activity.xsd.
PartiesXml
Specifies an XML string describing the parties. The XML schema is described by activityparty.xsd. See Remarks.
Return Value
No return value.
Remarks
Parties of the type ACTIVITY_PARTY_OWNER and ACTIVITY_PARTY_REGARDING are read-only. This method ignores activity parties of these types.
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.Platform.Proxy.BizUser bizUser = new Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.BizUser ();
bizUser.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
bizUser.Url = strDir + "BizUser.srf";
// CRMActivity proxy object
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMActivity activity = new Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMActivity ();
activity.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
activity.Url = strDir + "CRMActivity.srf";
string strErrorMsg;
string strLeadId="{75682232-E34F-47E1-8998-F0818D1E1CBD}";
string strActivityId = "{33A081D8-ABFF-4103-9E9B-DB0A4B1FD48E}";
try
{
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CUserAuth userAuth = bizUser.WhoAmI();
// Set up the XML string to update the activity
string strXml = "<activity>";
strXml += "<description>This is to discuss our new project.</description>";
strXml += "</activity>";
string activityPartyXml = "<activityparties>";
activityPartyXml += "<activityparty><partyid>" + strLeadId + "</partyid>";
activityPartyXml += "<partyobjecttypecode>" + Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Types.ObjectType.otLead.ToString();
activityPartyXml += "</partyobjecttypecode>";
activityPartyXml += "<participationtypemask>" + Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Types.ACTIVITY_PARTY_TYPE.ACTIVITY_PARTY_REQUIREDATTENDEE.ToString();
activityPartyXml += "</participationtypemask></activityparty></activityparties>";
// Now update the activity
activity.Update(userAuth, strActivityId, strXml, activityPartyXml);
}
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.Platform.Proxy
Assembly: Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.dll
See Also