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  CRM online is essentially a CRM server hosted in the cloud. For this reason, plugin works for CRM Online. 

  Hope this helps. 

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  Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:28 PM
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  Plugins are supported by CRM Online. The only requirement when registering the plugin in CRM Online is that it should be registered in Sandbox mode. This means it cannot access external file system objects.

  Besides that any plugin designed for CRM On-Premise works on CRM Online.

  If you could provide further details on what your plugin does and issues you are facing we might be able to assist you better.

  Sam

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  • Proposed as answer by Sam - Inogic Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:38 AM
  • Marked as answer by WeDoMapping Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:41 PM

  Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:38 AM
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  Ok here goes.  I am working with the leads entity, my create plugin works just fine!  My update is not working.  I  made this simple one to test what was going on:

   

  '''''''''''''''''''''''''THIS WORKS
  Public Sub Execute(serviceProvider As System.IServiceProvider) Implements Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPlugin.Execute
          Dim context As Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPluginExecutionContext =
                CType(serviceProvider.GetService(
                        GetType(Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPluginExecutionContext)), 
                    Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPluginExecutionContext)
  
          ' The InputParameters collection contains all the data passed in the message request.
          If context.InputParameters.Contains("Target") AndAlso
              TypeOf context.InputParameters("Target") Is Entity Then
  
              Dim entity As Entity = CType(context.InputParameters("Target"), Entity)
              If entity.LogicalName.Equals("lead") Then
  
                  Dim sAddress As String = ""
                  If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_line1").Equals(False) Then
                      sAddress = entity("address2_line1")
                  End If
  
                  entity("address2_city") = entity("address2_line1")
                  Dim sCity As String = ""
                  If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_city").Equals(False) Then
                      sCity = entity("address2_city").ToString
                  End If
                  ''Dim sState As String = ""
                  ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_stateorprovince").Equals(False) Then
                  ''    sState = entity("address2_stateorprovince").ToString
                  ''End If
  
                  Dim sZip As String = ""
                  ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_postalcode").Equals(False) Then
                  ''    sZip = entity("address2_postalcode")
                  ''End If
                  Dim sCountry As String = ""
                  ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_country").Equals(False) Then
                  ''    sCountry = entity("address2_country")
                  ''End If
  
                  ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("description").Equals(False) Then
                  ''    entity("description") = sAddress & " " & sCity & " " & sState & " " & sZip & " " & sCountry
                  ''End If
              End If
  
  
          End If
      End Sub
      
      ''''''''''''THIS DOES NOT WORK, Just uncommented the Stateorprovince code
      
          Public Sub Execute(serviceProvider As System.IServiceProvider) Implements Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPlugin.Execute
              Dim context As Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPluginExecutionContext =
                    CType(serviceProvider.GetService(
                            GetType(Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPluginExecutionContext)), 
                        Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.IPluginExecutionContext)
      
              ' The InputParameters collection contains all the data passed in the message request.
              If context.InputParameters.Contains("Target") AndAlso
                  TypeOf context.InputParameters("Target") Is Entity Then
      
                  Dim entity As Entity = CType(context.InputParameters("Target"), Entity)
                  If entity.LogicalName.Equals("lead") Then
      
                      Dim sAddress As String = ""
                      If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_line1").Equals(False) Then
                          sAddress = entity("address2_line1")
                      End If
      
                      entity("address2_city") = entity("address2_line1")
                      Dim sCity As String = ""
                      If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_city").Equals(False) Then
                          sCity = entity("address2_city").ToString
                      End If
                      Dim sState As String = ""
                      If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_stateorprovince").Equals(False) Then
                          sState = entity("address2_stateorprovince").ToString
                      End If
      
                      Dim sZip As String = ""
                      ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_postalcode").Equals(False) Then
                      ''    sZip = entity("address2_postalcode")
                      ''End If
                      Dim sCountry As String = ""
                      ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("address2_country").Equals(False) Then
                      ''    sCountry = entity("address2_country")
                      ''End If
      
                      ''If entity.Attributes.Contains("description").Equals(False) Then
                      ''    entity("description") = sAddress & " " & sCity & " " & sState & " " & sZip & " " & sCountry
                      ''End If
                  End If
      
      
              End If
      End Sub
      
      
  

   and here is the error I am getting:

   

  Unhandled Exception: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[[Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault, Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]]: Unexpected exception from plug-in (Execute): SimplePlugin.UpdateLeadvb: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.Detail:
  <OrganizationServiceFault xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts">
    <ErrorCode>-2147220956</ErrorCode>
    <ErrorDetails xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic" />
    <Message>Unexpected exception from plug-in (Execute): SimplePlugin.UpdateLeadvb: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.</Message>
    <Timestamp>2012-01-18T21:31:01.5796019Z</Timestamp>
    <InnerFault i:nil="true" />
    <TraceText>

  [SimplePlugin: SimplePlugin.UpdateLeadvb]
  [d40cffae-0242-e111-854b-1cc1dee89a7f: SimplePlugin.UpdateLeadvb: Update of lead]

  
  </TraceText>
  </OrganizationServiceFault>

  and here are my settings for the Step:

   

   

  I have verified the address2_stateorprovince is valid on the lead form.  Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated, lost a lot of time today.

   

  Thanks in advance.

  LLB

   

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  • Edited by WeDoMapping Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:31 PM

  Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:30 PM
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  So I got my answer for supported online, but can someone look at my above code and tell me what I am doing wrong, or show me a simple update for a lead entity?

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  Saturday, January 21, 2012 3:03 PM
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  Sorry for the late reply, I have been very occupied in the recent days. 

  The problem that you are currently experiencing is a very typical CRM issue. When CRM performs an update, it will only post the fields to the server that have been changed on the interface. In other word, if a field has not been changed from the UI, the field value will not be in the property bag even though it has a value on the interface.

  The solution for this kind of problem is to use Pre Image entity. To use Pre Image entity, you need to add it in CRM plugin registration tool, where you can add a pre image for the step, and specify which fields that you want to be included in the image entity. Pre Image can be thought as a snapshot of the CRM entity before the changes. 

  Hope this helps. Please let us know if you need further assistance. 

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  • Edited by Daniel Cai - KingswaySoftMVP Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:50 PM a bit rephrasing

  Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:03 PM