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Hey Guys,

Quick coding question:

Currently I'm working with Custom Actions in C#.

I'm able to start my custom action which will create an Invoice from a account.

But I'd like to get that invoice in my code...

I'm starting the "WorkFlow" with

ExecuteWorkflowResponse xOrganizationResponse = (ExecuteWorkflowResponse)orgSvcContext.Execute(request)

But than the xOrganizationResponse just has 1 attribute which is GUID Empty..

Does anyone knows how to get the Output parameter specified in the custom action?

Here's a screenshot of my custom action:

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hi,

After adding create step in your process, you can use assign step to set your out put parameter, so for example, I have one output parameter called Result of type entityreference, and I have added a step to create account, after that I am using assign step to set my output parameter with previous create step

Also check this post: http://mkonrad.blogspot.in/2013/09/crm-2013-create-custom-actions.html

if you want to retrieve your output parameter through code after assignment.

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Hi Mahendar Pal

As you can see, I'm doing exactly this in my custom action (see picture)

On german its wert zuweisen = "Assign Value"

But than how do I get the Value in Code after doing the ExecuteWorkflowRespond xResponde = (ExecuteWorkflowResponde)service.Execute(request)

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Mithilesh Kumar 10,047 on at

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Hi Luca,

When you call the Action from C# Code you get the Response. Form the Response you can get your Output value.

For example, if your Action is "new_CustomAction", with "new_outputVal" as Output parameter.

You need to call the Action and get the output value as below

new_CutomActionRequest request = new new_CustomActionRequest()

{

Target = EntityReference("<your entity for action>", entityid)

};

new_CustomActionResponse response = service.Execute(request) as new_CustomActionResponse

using response from above code you can get the Output of Action.

Note: I am using Early Bound classes. Generate them from CrmSvcUtil.exe for you Actions

Hope that helps

Thanks

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hi Luca,

It seems you did not check the reference blog, Please check the blog and check last section over there it is showing how to get output parameter through code.

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Hi Mithilesh Kumar ,

Thanks for your input. You see that I already have new_invoice (as entityreference) as output value in my custom action. When I use the response after doing exaclty the same function (execute(request) as ExecuteWorkflowRespone) than I get an empty response.. BUT the custom action has already bin triggered...

Note I'm using latebound..

Mahendar Pal I've read the blog entry but it doesn't shows the code on how to get the output parameter, only that he already got it..

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hi Luca,

Please use below code to get your output parameter

Guid entityid = ((EntityReference)Respons.Results["OutPutParameterName"]).Id;

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Hi Mahendar Pal ,

Thanks for your answer, that's exactly how I would do it.. But my problem is still that the RESPONSE is empty. So I don't have any attributes there.. but the workflow is triggered..

How can this be? As I already mentioned I'm using latebound (with OrganizationalRequest / Respone and I'm doing OrganizationService.Execute(Request) method to start the workflow. Tell how do I get a Response with Values and not everytime with id = empty(guid)

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hello,

I tried to create a sample action and calling it from my console application, I am able to get response.

OrganizationResponse Respons = service.Execute(Req);
Guid responseid = ((EntityReference)Respons.Results["Accountid"]).Id;

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Could I see your OrganizationRequest, what are you doing there??

It can't be that only I'm getting an empty result

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Off-course, here is my complete request

OrganizationRequest Req = new OrganizationRequest("new_actiondemo");

Req["accountname"] ="Customaction"; //input parameter

Req["Target"] = new EntityReference("account", new Guid("8F029291-F0B9-E411-80DB-C4346BADB590")); //setting target which is required

OrganizationResponse Respons = service.Execute(Req);

Guid responseid = ((EntityReference)Respons.Results["Accountid"]).Id;

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