Category: Best Practices

How to send email to specific email address instead of CRM User/Enity ?
17 Mar
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How to send email to specific email address instead of CRM User/Enity ?

At standard operation email is being sent to EntityReference object corresponding to: User, Contact etc. Entity reference is being converted anyway into ActivityParty object. So, why not to use ActivityParty just from email address collection: private const string HtmlMimeType = @"Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8"; private const string PlainTextMimeType = @"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8"; public void CreateEmail(string title, string […]

Where to find Server Address And Organization Name in plugin?
17 Mar
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Where to find Server Address And Organization Name in plugin?

If you would create client application which use OrganizationServiceProxy answer to question is easy: var proxy = service as OrganizationServiceProxy; var scheme = proxy.EndpointSwitch.PrimaryEndpoint.Scheme; var serverAddress = proxy.EndpointSwitch.PrimaryEndpoint.Host; var organizationName = proxy.EndpointSwitch.PrimaryEndpoint.Segments.Length < 2 ? UndefinedValue : proxy.EndpointSwitch.PrimaryEndpoint.Segments[1].Replace("/", string.Empty); If you use LocalPluginContext organization name is available: localContext.PluginExecutionContext.OrganizationName But, what with other parameters, ex. servername […]