Dynamic CRM 2013 Learning Notes (43) Process 6-Customizing process activities

When we add steps in the process, there are some default steps, like Create, update, email, etc, but what if you want to add a step that doesn't exist, such as sending an SMS message, or calling an external Web service? Then you can only customize a process activity. Here is a detailed description of how to create a custom process activity.

1. Open vs2012 and create a new project:

Two dll:Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk that need to refer to CRM; Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Workflow;

2. Delete the default Activity1. XAML, create a new class:

Using

using System.activities;

Using

Using

Namespace

     Public class

        [Input ("My Contact"

        [Referencetarget ("Contact"

        [Default ("{575a8b41-f8d7-4dce-b2ea-3ffde936ab1b}""Contact")]         

        Public

        protected Override void

        {  

            New

            New

            "Call the new contact"

            New

            Tracingservice.trace ("PhoneCall created.");

        }

    }

}

Note that the code here uses LINQ, to use LINQ in CRM, to make a class with the following method, and to refer to the project:

crmsvcutil.exe/url:http://Localhost/organization1/xrmservices/2011/organization.svc/out:generatedcode.cs

Crmsvcutil.exe under Sdk/bin, this generated class includes all entity classes and supports LINQ.

3. The generated DLL, like a plug-in registration, after registration, you can find it in the Add process step:

4. Select the custom step and click the Set Properties button

Note that if you modify the project, after you recompile, you need to restart the Windows Services Microsoft CRM Asynchronous processing service. Sometimes you may also want to restart IIS when you republish the modified DLL. Of course real-time workflows do not need to open the Windows Service Microsoft CRM Asynchronous processing service.

A total of 6 processes were written before and after, explaining how to use the process in CRM 2013. Business people now have the flexibility to implement the specified business logic. A dialog (Dialog) is a process that is synchronous and can be interactive; a workflow can be either synchronous or asynchronous; an action can be thought of as a real-time workflow. Previous developers need to add a button and entity field (Flag) to trigger the plug-in to implement the function, now you can consider the operation, but also a good way to move the logic of JavaScript into the plug-in to protect the IP.

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Dynamic CRM 2013 Learning Notes (43) Process 6-Customizing process activities