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Hi,
is it possible to disable a ribbon button with an enable rule in the "Visual Ribbon Editor"? The rule should work as follows:
Entity: Mail
Button: Create request
IF
entity "request" does contain a related record
THEN
disable button
ELSE
enable button
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Hi Bernhards,
The following links give you sample code on how to retrieve the related records.
http://congruentdynamics.blogspot.in/2013/05/retrieve-linked-entity-data-using-query.html
To debug the plugin, you could use the plugin profiler in plugin registration tool and attach the visual studio solution to plugin registartion tool. The step by step process is described below in detail.
Hope this helps.
You should register your plugin on account as you want to check the related cases of account. Below is the sample code:
if (context.InputParameters.Contains("Target") &&
context.InputParameters["Target"] is Entity)
{
//Obtain the target entity from the input parameters
Entity incident = (Entity)context.InputParameters["Target"];
//Verify that the target entity represents an account
//If not, this plug-in was not registered correctly
if (incident.LogicalName != "account")
return;
try
{
//Obtain the organisation service reference
IOrganizationServiceFactory serviceFactory =
(IOrganizationServiceFactory)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOrganizationServiceFactory));
IOrganizationService service = serviceFactory.CreateOrganizationService(context.UserId);
QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression("incident");
query.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet(false);
query.Criteria.AddCondition(new ConditionExpression("customerid",ConditionOperator.Equal,context.PrimaryEntityId)
EntityCollection entityCollection = service.RetrieveMultiple(query);
throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException(entityCollection.Entities.Count.ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
tracingService.Trace("Fail while counting: {0}", ex.ToString());
throw;
}
That's great! :) I tried to write a plugin and it worked on retrieving and counting the records of an entity. But now I am stuck. How can I retrieve the records of a related entity? Also another question and a bit off-topic.. Is there a better way to debug the CRM plugin then using the Exception? (I am new to CRM Development and F5 in VS didn't do anything)
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public void Execute(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
{
//Extract the tracing service for use in debuggin sandboxed plug-ins.
ITracingService tracingService = (ITracingService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(ITracingService));
//Obtain the execution context from the service provider
IPluginExecutionContext context =
(IPluginExecutionContext)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IPluginExecutionContext));
//The InputParameters collection contains all the data passed in the message request.
if (context.InputParameters.Contains("Target") &&
context.InputParameters["Target"] is Entity)
{
//Obtain the target entity from the input parameters
Entity incident = (Entity)context.InputParameters["Target"];
//Verify that the target entity represents an incident
//If not, this plug-in was not registered correctly
if (incident.LogicalName != "incident")
return;
try
{
//Obtain the organisation service reference
IOrganizationServiceFactory serviceFactory =
(IOrganizationServiceFactory)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOrganizationServiceFactory));
IOrganizationService service = serviceFactory.CreateOrganizationService(context.UserId);
int totalCount = 0;
QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression("incident");
query.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet();
query.Distinct = true;
query.ColumnSet.AddColumn("incidentid");
query.PageInfo = new PagingInfo();
query.PageInfo.Count = 5000;
query.PageInfo.PageNumber = 1;
query.PageInfo.ReturnTotalRecordCount = true;
EntityCollection entityCollection = service.RetrieveMultiple(query);
totalCount = entityCollection.Entities.Count;
while (entityCollection.MoreRecords)
{
query.PageInfo.PageNumber += 1;
query.PageInfo.PagingCookie = entityCollection.PagingCookie;
entityCollection = service.RetrieveMultiple(query);
totalCount = totalCount + entityCollection.Entities.Count;
}
totalCount -= 1; //just to give the right count in the invExp
throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException(totalCount.ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
tracingService.Trace("Fail while counting: {0}", ex.ToString());
throw;
}
}
}
Hi Bernhard,
You could enable or disable a ribbon button dynamically based on a form value (bool field value) using Ribbon Workbench.
Hope this helps.
This works too. In the plugin just query the cases with the current record's relationship (match the lookup of record on case). Then you can get the count from the response and update the field.
My plan is to count the related incidents with a c# plugin every update/create/delete and set the value of the bool field on the mail form to TRUE/FALSE. (This would effect the enable rule of the button)
Is this workaround a good idea?
How can I count the related records from an entity with c#?
Meaning:
IF
relatedIncidents > 1
THEN
Field = TRUE
(pre/post image is not needed I think?)
Its a small query where you just need to check the count so it shouldn't make the form slow. Also, it will be working on button click to I guess there should not be a problem. However, in new versions MS has introduced WebAPIs which replaces oData and is much better as well.
Sorry, My fault. I did not notice that you are working on 2011. Rollup fields are not present in CRM 2011. You can run oData query using JS to check if there are any related records.
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