How to authenticate ProcessControl.asmx

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I am trying to consume the ProcessControl.asmx but I am not sure how to do the authentication on ASP.net or JQuery. Anybody has done this?

http:////AppWebServices/ProcessControl.asmx

When I generated the WSDL it created the items on the config.  Anyone knows what security to fill-in?

 <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="ProcessControlSoap">
        </binding>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <client>
      <endpoint address="http://192.168.1.126/reQuireCRM/AppWebServices/ProcessControl.asmx"
        binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="ProcessControlSoap"
        contract="processStage.ProcessControlSoap" name="ProcessControlSoap" />
    </client>
  </system.serviceModel>

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jlattimer 24,562 on at

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What are you hoping to accomplish by doing this? Using this service is not something that is documented or supported.

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aesplana 660 on at

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After the "Validate Stage" , I would like to move the process automatically to the next stage without selecting the Next Stage and the next Entity

I would like the Moving to the Next Stage accomplished by the the Custom Activity Workflow. Is it possible? What is the supported way to do this?

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Mar

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When I profiled the client activity, I noticed that this service call

("http://192.168.1.126/reQuireCRM/AppWebServices/ProcessControl.asmx/GetForwardNavigationEntities")

is executed when I click the next stage. I noticed that Process Control service has additional methods such as "Change Process And Stage" and "Update Process", I am not really sure if the service actually could do the job of moving to the next stage problematically. I am hoping to test the service If It will actually do the job. But the issue is just to prove it is to pass the security.

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aesplana 660 on at

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Another option that I am thinking is to update the table "BusinessProcessFlowInstanceBase" but It wouldn't work either since the table is not part of the Service Context.

I hope you can help me uncover this problem.

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jlattimer 24,562 on at

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I'd suggest implementing the code here as a custom workflow activity. You can specify the stage and then trigger it with a real-time workflow.

code.msdn.microsoft.com/Change-Dynamics-CRM-2013-a6beb85e

This only gets you part of the way there, the stage changes in the background but the UI doesn't refresh. To overcome that, add an arbitrary field to the form and change the value in the same workflow. Attach this (unsupported sorry) JavaScript to the OnChange event to refresh the screen.

function ReLoadForm() { Mscrm.ReadFormUtilities.openInSameFrame(window._etc, Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId()); }

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aesplana 660 on at

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Will it work with Business Process Flow with multiple entities?

What the workflow is really doing is updating the stage and processid which is already been set since each Stage is attached to a separate entity.

Entity updatedStage = new Entity(context.PrimaryEntityName);

updatedStage.Id = context.PrimaryEntityId;

updatedStage["stageid"] = stage.ProcessStageId;

updatedStage["processid"] = process.WorkflowId;

service.Update(updatedStage);

When I profiled the db transaction, it is updating this table to move to the next stage. Ofcourse fields are depending on the stage selected. I am not sure how that solution would move to the next stage.

update dbo . BusinessProcessFlowInstanceBase

set Entity2Id = '256C8513-8266-E311-93ED-00155D010600',

Entity2ObjectTypeCode = '10016'

where Entity1Id = 'CDF6BED6-8166-E311-93ED-00155D010600'

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ScottDurow 21 on at

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Hi,

As Jason says, the BPF is limited in it's extensibility at this stage, and other than changing the processid and stage, you can't interact with it. Using the ProcessControl.asmx service or any other part of the client object model that isn't documented in the SDK might work now, but is subject to change in the future and won't be supported by Microsoft. It might be worth thinking about achieving your requirements in a different way before going down this unsupported approach.

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aesplana 660 on at

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Thanks Scott,

If I converted the BPF to use single entity the solution will work. Thanks for the help.

There is really no supported way to move to the next Stage programatically on BPF with multiple enties.

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