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CRMArticle.Publish Method

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The Publish method sets the state of an article to Published.

Syntax

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub Publish(
  ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
  ByVal ArticleId As String
)

[C#]
public void Publish(
  CUserAuth  Caller,
  string  ArticleId
);

[C++]
public: void Publish(
  CUserAuth*  Caller,
  String*  ArticleId
);

Parameters

Caller

Specifies the identity of the caller. To perform this action, the caller must have the prvPublishArticle privilege and access rights on the object to be published. See CUserAuth.

ArticleId

Specifies the ID of the article to publish.

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

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";

// CRMArticle proxy object
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMArticle article = new Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMArticle ();
article.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
article.Url = strDir + "CRMArticle.srf";

string strErrorMsg;
try
{
   Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CUserAuth userAuth = bizUser.WhoAmI();

   string strArticleId = "{70769894-638F-41F2-A692-E2BC7ED23557}";

   // Publish the article
   article.Publish(userAuth, strArticleId);
}
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

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