BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient.ExportPackage Method

Exports the specified BDC model from the Metadata Store.

Namespace:  [BdcAdminService Web service]
Service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/BdcAdminService.svc

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function ExportPackage ( _
    modelStruct As ModelStruct, _
    packageContents As PackageContents, _
    settingId As String _
) As String
'Usage
Dim instance As BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient
Dim modelStruct As ModelStruct
Dim packageContents As PackageContents
Dim settingId As String
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.ExportPackage(modelStruct, _
    packageContents, settingId)

public string ExportPackage(
    ModelStruct modelStruct,
    PackageContents packageContents,
    string settingId
)

Parameters

• modelStruct
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.ModelStruct

  The model to export. The partition of this model must be the empty Guid.

• packageContents
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Parser.PackageContents

  Options that specify what kind of data to retrieve.

• settingId
  Type: System.String

  The identifier of a partition in the Metadata Store to export properties, localized names, and access control entries from.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The XML representation of the metadata model that contains the specified data.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AccessDeniedExceptionState	A fault exception with AccessDeniedExceptionState as its state is thrown if the security principal is not authorized to perform this operation.
ArgumentException	A fault exception with ArgumentException as its state is thrown if "InlineProxies" is specified but the "Model" value also is not specified for the packageContents parameter, or the given model is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	A fault exception with ArgumentOutOfRangeException as its state is thrown if the MetadataObjectId of the given model is 0.
MetadataObjectNotFoundExceptionState	A fault exception with MetadataObjectNotFoundExceptionState as its state is thrown if the specified model or other metadata objects to be exported do not exist.

See Also

Reference

BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient Class

BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient Members

BdcAdminService Web Service