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CRMSalesLiteratureItem.Create Method

The Create method creates a sales literature item.

Syntax

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

Parameters

Caller

Specifies the identity of the caller. To perform this action, the caller must have the prvCreateSalesLiterature privilege. See CUserAuth.

EntityXML

Specifies an XML string describing the new sales literature item. The XML schema is described by salesliteratureitem.xsd.

Return Value

Returns a String type that specifies the ID of the new sales literature item.

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";

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

string strErrorMsg;

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

   string strSalesLiteratureId = "{706D1D72-CF08-40CD-8059-CC0DF6377A19}";

   // Set up the XML string for the sales literature item
   string strSalesLiteratureItemXml = "<salesliteratureitem>";
   strSalesLiteratureItemXml += "<salesliteratureid>" + strSalesLiteratureId + "</salesliteratureid>";
   strSalesLiteratureItemXml += "<title>New Products</title>";
   strSalesLiteratureItemXml += "<authorname>Michael Blythe</authorname>";
   strSalesLiteratureItemXml += "<keywords>new products</keywords>";
   strSalesLiteratureItemXml += "</salesliteratureitem>";

   string strSalesLiteratureItemId = salesliteratureitem.Create(userAuth, strSalesLiteratureItemXml);

}
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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