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CRMEmailTemplate.CreateAndRetrieve Method

The CreateAndRetrieve method creates a personal e-mail template and then retrieves it.

Syntax

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function CreateAndRetrieve(
  ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
  ByVal TemplateXml As String
) As String
[C#]
public string CreateAndRetrieve(
  CUserAuth  Caller,
  string  TemplateXml
);
[C++]
public: String* CreateAndRetrieve(
  CUserAuth*  Caller,
  String*  TemplateXml
);

Parameters

Caller

Specifies the identity of the caller. To perform this action, the caller must have the prvCreateEmailTemplate and prvReadEmailTemplate privileges. See CUserAuth.

TemplateXml

Specifies an XML string describing the e-mail template. The XML schema is described by template.xsd.

Return Value

Returns a String type that specifies the XML data containing the template. The XML schema is described by template.xsd.

Remarks

Note Create a value for the presentationxml field that is meaningful for your application. These templates do not work with the Microsoft CRM application, which uses a proprietary e-mail template format.

The XML string returned from this method does not contain elements for fields where the value is null or contains empty strings. This improves performance by not sending more XML data than is necessary from the server to the client.

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";

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

string strErrorMsg;

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

   // Set up the XML string for the e-mail template
   string strXmlTemplate = "<template>";
   strXmlTemplate += "<subject>A Template Subject</subject>";
   strXmlTemplate += "<templatetypecode>1</templatetypecode>";
   strXmlTemplate += "<ownerid type=\"" + Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Types.ObjectType.otSystemUser.ToString() +"\">";
   strXmlTemplate += userAuth.UserId + "</ownerid>";
   strXmlTemplate += "</template>";

   // Create the e-mail template, and then retrieve it
   string strResultsXml = emailtemplate.CreateAndRetrieve(userAuth, strXmlTemplate);
   
}
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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