AttributeMetadata.AttributeOf Property
Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online
Gets the name of the attribute that this attribute extends.
Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)
Syntax
[DataMemberAttribute]
public string AttributeOf { get; internal set; }
<DataMemberAttribute>
Public Property AttributeOf As String
Get
Friend Set
End Property
Property Value
Type: System.String
Type: String
The attribute name.
Remarks
This property is read-only. This property will be set if the metadata attribute describes an attribute of another attribute. If this property contains a value, the attribute is for internal use only and won’t appear in the customization user interface (UI) in the web application.
If you retrieve the metadata for the lead entity, there are three attributes that extend the accountid attribute. They are accountidname, accountiddsc and accountidyominame. For each of these three attributes, the value of the AttributeOf property is "accountid".
See Also
AttributeMetadata Class
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata Namespace
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