crm-4-0-plug-ins-handling-entity-merges
November
12th,
2008
In a recent post, CRM 4.0 Plugins, I said I would post an example of a plug-in that handles entity merges. Here is that sample! :)
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public class MergeHandler : IPlugin
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{
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public MergeHandler (string unsecureConfig, string secureConfig)
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{
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}
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public void Execute(IPluginExecutionContext context)
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{
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try
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{
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if (context.MessageName == "Merge" &&
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context.PrimaryEntityName == "account")
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string targetCrmId = ((Moniker)context.InputParameters[ParameterName.Target]).Id.ToString();
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string subOrdinateId = context.InputParameters[ParameterName.SubordinateId].ToString();
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}
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}
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catch (Exception ex)
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{
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throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException(ex.Message, ex);
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}
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}
It's actually a lot easier than I thought. It just took me awhile to understand what values were going to be passed into Execute method of the plug-in.