How entity edit URL from within plug-in in MS Dynamics CRM 4.0
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I would like to have a workflow create a task, then email the assigned user that they have a new task and include a link to the newly created task in the body of the email. I have client side code that will correctly create the edit URL, using the entities GUID and stores it in a custom attribute. However, when the task is created from within a workflow, the client script isn't run.
So, I think a plug-in should work, but I can't figure out how to determine the URL of the CRM installation. I'm authoring this in a test environment and definitely don't want to have to change things when I move to production. I'm sure I could use a config file, but seems like the plug-in should be able to figure this out at runtime.
Anyone have any ideas how to access the URL of the crm service from within a plug-in? Any other ideas?
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I would like to have a workflow create a task, then email the assigned user that they have a new task and include a link to the newly created task in the body of the email. I have client side code that will correctly create the edit URL, using the entities GUID and stores it in a custom attribute. However, when the task is created from within a workflow, the client script isn't run.
So, I think a plug-in should work, but I can't figure out how to determine the URL of the CRM installation. I'm authoring this in a test environment and definitely don't want to have to change things when I move to production. I'm sure I could use a config file, but seems like the plug-in should be able to figure this out at runtime.
Anyone have any ideas how to access the URL of the crm service from within a plug-in? Any other ideas?
dynamics-crm
edited Nov 10 at 10:17
Cœur
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asked Apr 10 '10 at 1:50
Greg McGuffey
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I would like to have a workflow create a task, then email the assigned user that they have a new task and include a link to the newly created task in the body of the email. I have client side code that will correctly create the edit URL, using the entities GUID and stores it in a custom attribute. However, when the task is created from within a workflow, the client script isn't run.
So, I think a plug-in should work, but I can't figure out how to determine the URL of the CRM installation. I'm authoring this in a test environment and definitely don't want to have to change things when I move to production. I'm sure I could use a config file, but seems like the plug-in should be able to figure this out at runtime.
Anyone have any ideas how to access the URL of the crm service from within a plug-in? Any other ideas?
dynamics-crm
edited Nov 10 at 10:17
Cœur
17.3k9102142
asked Apr 10 '10 at 1:50
Greg McGuffey
1,34831844
I would like to have a workflow create a task, then email the assigned user that they have a new task and include a link to the newly created task in the body of the email. I have client side code that will correctly create the edit URL, using the entities GUID and stores it in a custom attribute. However, when the task is created from within a workflow, the client script isn't run.
So, I think a plug-in should work, but I can't figure out how to determine the URL of the CRM installation. I'm authoring this in a test environment and definitely don't want to have to change things when I move to production. I'm sure I could use a config file, but seems like the plug-in should be able to figure this out at runtime.
Anyone have any ideas how to access the URL of the crm service from within a plug-in? Any other ideas?
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edited Nov 10 at 10:17
Cœur
17.3k9102142
asked Apr 10 '10 at 1:50
Greg McGuffey
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edited Nov 10 at 10:17
Cœur
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asked Apr 10 '10 at 1:50
Greg McGuffey
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edited Nov 10 at 10:17
Cœur
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edited Nov 10 at 10:17
Cœur
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There is no simple way to do this. However, there is one.
The MSCRM_Config is the deployment database that handle physical deployment properties, like the URL from which users are accessing the CRM deployment. The url that you might want is the one stored in "ADWebApplicationRootDomain", in the MSCRM_CONFIG.dbo.DeploymentProperties table. You may need some permission to access this database.
Note that this doesn't work in a deployment that is an Internet Facing Deployment.
Another way could be to query the discovery service to retrieve the same information (in the case that you are on the Online edition of MSCRM4).
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
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To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
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What do you mean by "change things"?
If you create a custom workflow assembly, you can give it a server url input. Once you register it with CRM, you can simply type in the server url when you configure the workflow. You'll have to update the url for any workflows that use the custom workflow assembly once you move to production, but you'll only have to do that once.
My apologies if this is what you meant you wanted to avoid.
Edit: Sounds like you may be able to use the CustomConfiguration attribute when you register the plugin. Here's some more info.
http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/10/24/storing-configuration-data-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-plug-ins.aspx
answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
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This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
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String Url = ((string)(Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
"Software\Microsoft\MSCRM").GetValue("ServerUrl"))
).Replace("MSCRMServices", "");
edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
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There is no simple way to do this. However, there is one.
The MSCRM_Config is the deployment database that handle physical deployment properties, like the URL from which users are accessing the CRM deployment. The url that you might want is the one stored in "ADWebApplicationRootDomain", in the MSCRM_CONFIG.dbo.DeploymentProperties table. You may need some permission to access this database.
Note that this doesn't work in a deployment that is an Internet Facing Deployment.
Another way could be to query the discovery service to retrieve the same information (in the case that you are on the Online edition of MSCRM4).
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
There is no simple way to do this. However, there is one.
The MSCRM_Config is the deployment database that handle physical deployment properties, like the URL from which users are accessing the CRM deployment. The url that you might want is the one stored in "ADWebApplicationRootDomain", in the MSCRM_CONFIG.dbo.DeploymentProperties table. You may need some permission to access this database.
Note that this doesn't work in a deployment that is an Internet Facing Deployment.
Another way could be to query the discovery service to retrieve the same information (in the case that you are on the Online edition of MSCRM4).
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
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up vote
1
down vote
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up vote
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down vote
accepted
There is no simple way to do this. However, there is one.
The MSCRM_Config is the deployment database that handle physical deployment properties, like the URL from which users are accessing the CRM deployment. The url that you might want is the one stored in "ADWebApplicationRootDomain", in the MSCRM_CONFIG.dbo.DeploymentProperties table. You may need some permission to access this database.
Note that this doesn't work in a deployment that is an Internet Facing Deployment.
Another way could be to query the discovery service to retrieve the same information (in the case that you are on the Online edition of MSCRM4).
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
There is no simple way to do this. However, there is one.
The MSCRM_Config is the deployment database that handle physical deployment properties, like the URL from which users are accessing the CRM deployment. The url that you might want is the one stored in "ADWebApplicationRootDomain", in the MSCRM_CONFIG.dbo.DeploymentProperties table. You may need some permission to access this database.
Note that this doesn't work in a deployment that is an Internet Facing Deployment.
Another way could be to query the discovery service to retrieve the same information (in the case that you are on the Online edition of MSCRM4).
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
answered Apr 10 '10 at 2:27
BeardinaSuit
714513
714513
To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
add a comment |
To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
To clarify what you're saying, the URL is in the table but only if I'm NOT using IFD? I haven't tried IFD yet, but I thought it added internet facing deployment to an onsite deployment. I.e. both worked. Is this incorrect?
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:48
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
The problem is that if you deploy CRM using IFD, the URL should be orgname.dnsprefix.company.com when accessing from the internet. But what will be stored in CRM is internalservername and this can't be accessed from the internet...
– BeardinaSuit
Apr 10 '10 at 16:57
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
OK, so the internal URL would still work, but the URL wouldn't work for IFD users. That makes (unfortunate) sense. Thanks
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 12 '10 at 19:04
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
What do you mean by "change things"?
If you create a custom workflow assembly, you can give it a server url input. Once you register it with CRM, you can simply type in the server url when you configure the workflow. You'll have to update the url for any workflows that use the custom workflow assembly once you move to production, but you'll only have to do that once.
My apologies if this is what you meant you wanted to avoid.
Edit: Sounds like you may be able to use the CustomConfiguration attribute when you register the plugin. Here's some more info.
http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/10/24/storing-configuration-data-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-plug-ins.aspx
answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
3,27311724
This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
What do you mean by "change things"?
If you create a custom workflow assembly, you can give it a server url input. Once you register it with CRM, you can simply type in the server url when you configure the workflow. You'll have to update the url for any workflows that use the custom workflow assembly once you move to production, but you'll only have to do that once.
My apologies if this is what you meant you wanted to avoid.
Edit: Sounds like you may be able to use the CustomConfiguration attribute when you register the plugin. Here's some more info.
http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/10/24/storing-configuration-data-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-plug-ins.aspx
answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
3,27311724
This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
What do you mean by "change things"?
If you create a custom workflow assembly, you can give it a server url input. Once you register it with CRM, you can simply type in the server url when you configure the workflow. You'll have to update the url for any workflows that use the custom workflow assembly once you move to production, but you'll only have to do that once.
My apologies if this is what you meant you wanted to avoid.
Edit: Sounds like you may be able to use the CustomConfiguration attribute when you register the plugin. Here's some more info.
http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/10/24/storing-configuration-data-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-plug-ins.aspx
answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
3,27311724
What do you mean by "change things"?
If you create a custom workflow assembly, you can give it a server url input. Once you register it with CRM, you can simply type in the server url when you configure the workflow. You'll have to update the url for any workflows that use the custom workflow assembly once you move to production, but you'll only have to do that once.
My apologies if this is what you meant you wanted to avoid.
Edit: Sounds like you may be able to use the CustomConfiguration attribute when you register the plugin. Here's some more info.
http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/10/24/storing-configuration-data-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-plug-ins.aspx
answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
3,27311724
edited Apr 11 '10 at 2:24
answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
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answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
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answered Apr 10 '10 at 3:39
Polshgiant
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3,27311724
This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
add a comment |
This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
This is good to know, but I was using a plug-in, not a custom workflow activity. I need to be able to insert a URL into the body of an email (sendemailactivity) that is a link to a specific entity.
– Greg McGuffey
Apr 10 '10 at 14:45
add a comment |
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String Url = ((string)(Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
"Software\Microsoft\MSCRM").GetValue("ServerUrl"))
).Replace("MSCRMServices", "");
edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
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answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
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String Url = ((string)(Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
"Software\Microsoft\MSCRM").GetValue("ServerUrl"))
).Replace("MSCRMServices", "");
edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
33.2k1178104
answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
DarkAxe
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up vote
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String Url = ((string)(Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
"Software\Microsoft\MSCRM").GetValue("ServerUrl"))
).Replace("MSCRMServices", "");
edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
33.2k1178104
answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
DarkAxe
1
String Url = ((string)(Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
"Software\Microsoft\MSCRM").GetValue("ServerUrl"))
).Replace("MSCRMServices", "");
edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
33.2k1178104
answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
DarkAxe
1
edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
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edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
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edited Aug 24 '12 at 8:15
rene
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33.2k1178104
answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
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answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
DarkAxe
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answered Apr 26 '10 at 10:32
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