IdentifierCollection.Create Method
NOTE: This API is now obsolete.
Creates an identifier object.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("O12 Application Registry API is deprecated. Please use BusinessData.", _
False)> _
Public Function Create ( _
name As String, _
isCached As Boolean, _
typeName As String _
) As Identifier
'Usage
Dim instance As IdentifierCollection
Dim name As String
Dim isCached As Boolean
Dim typeName As String
Dim returnValue As Identifier
returnValue = instance.Create(name, isCached, _
typeName)
[ObsoleteAttribute("O12 Application Registry API is deprecated. Please use BusinessData.",
false)]
public Identifier Create(
string name,
bool isCached,
string typeName
)
Parameters
name
Type: System.StringThe name of the identifier.
isCached
Type: System.Booleantrue if the identifier should be cached; otherwise, false.
typeName
Type: System.StringThe type name of the identifier.
Return Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration.Identifier
An Identifier object.
Examples
This example creates an entity called ProductModel from the AdventureWorks2000 database.
Prerequisites
Ensure a Shared Service Provider is already created.
Create an LOBSystem instance and set connection parameters as shown in How To: Create a LOBSystem Using the Administration Object Model.
Replace the constant value EnterYourSSPNameHere in the code with the name of your Shared Resource Provider.
Project References
Add the following Project References in your console application code project before running this sample:
Microsoft.SharePoint
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Microsoft.Office.Server
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure;
using WSSAdmin = Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using OSSAdmin = Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration;
namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
{
class GetStartedAndCreateSystem
{
const string yourSSPName ="EnterYourSSPNameHere";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SetupBDC();
CreateEntity();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
Console.Read();
}
static void SetupBDC()
{
SqlSessionProvider.Instance().SetSharedResourceProviderToUse(yourSSPName);
}
static void CreateEntity()
{
LobSystemInstance mySysInstance = null;
LobSystemInstanceCollection sysInsCollection = ApplicationRegistry.Instance.GetLobSystemInstancesLikeName("AdventureWorksSampleFromCode");
foreach (LobSystemInstance sysInstance in sysInsCollection)
{
if (sysInstance.Name == "AdventureWorksSampleFromCode")
{
mySysInstance = sysInstance;
break;
}
}
IList<Entity> entityCollection = new List<Entity>(mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities);
Entity newEntity = mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities.Create("ProductModel", true);
EntityCollection entityColl = mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities;
foreach (Entity entity in entityColl)
{
if (entity.Name == "ProductModel")
{
entity.Identifiers.Create("ProductModelID", true, "System.Int32");
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Created the entity successfully.");
}
}
}
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration Namespace