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    Hi,

    I am trying to add Notes to the existing records in CRM 2011.

    The records are present in custom entities. I have tried to add notes using create method of Organization Service.

    This inserted an entry to annotation entity(notes) , but the note is not linked to the Custom entity record.

    I have specified the notes fields subject, notetext and object id ( GUID of record in Custom entity) and in related entities specified the CUstom Entity details.

    This did not help.

    I have also tried the update method to update the custom entity and also to insert a note.

    This also didnt work.

    Can anyone suggest how can achieve this.

    Thanks,

    Deepthi

    • Moved by Leonid Ganeline Thursday, December 6, 2012 5:15 PM CRM question (From:BizTalk Server General)
    Thursday, December 6, 2012 4:18 PM

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    Hi,

    Set the object type code along with guid. You can get the object type code for custom entity using below SQL query.

    select ObjectTypeCode
    from Entity
    where
    logicalname='logical_Name’

    Thanks,

    Pankaj

    • Proposed as answer by Pankaj mohite Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:39 AM
    • Marked as answer by DeepthiAdith Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:21 PM
    Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:39 AM
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    Hi,

    Set the object type code along with guid. You can get the object type code for custom entity using below SQL query.

    select ObjectTypeCode
    from Entity
    where
    logicalname='logical_Name’

    Thanks,

    Pankaj

    My code worked without setting the annotation.ObjectTypeCode property. I also tried setting it too, but then it threw a null object reference error when i tried to save (via IOrganizationService.Create(annotation))

    But for reference this is how I got my ObjectTypeCode 

    select ObjectTypeCode
from EntityLogicalView
where LogicalName = 'new_expenseform'

    It was located in a view. Also here is a great article on attaching files as notes to custom entities:

    lakshmanindian.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/attachments-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011/

    • Marked as answer by DeepthiAdith Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:21 PM
    Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:03 PM

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    Hi,

    did you also set the "objecttypecode" attribute? Please post your code so that we can identify the issue.

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    Pavlos

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    • Proposed as answer by Daniel Kasi Tuesday, May 19, 2015 11:36 AM
    Friday, December 7, 2012 7:39 AM
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    Hi,

    I agree with Pavlso, when relating an annotation with another entity following attributes are very important. Following is a Silverlight Code 

    Annotation a = new Annotation();
// Relate this annotation to another entity 
            a.ObjectId = new EntityReference();
// set Guid of related Object (in this case account)
            a.ObjectId.Id = new Guid("51E590D2-C841-E211-A139-1CC1DE6E6BAE" );
            // Set Logical name of the related entity (in                         my case it is account it can be different for you
            a.ObjectId.LogicalName = "account";
            // Name of the related entity 
            a.ObjectId.Name = "A Store (sample)";
            // File name if required 
            a.FileName = "SamplefileName.doc";
            a.MimeType = "doc";
            a.FileSize = fileContent.Length;
            a.DocumentBody = System.Convert.ToBase64String(fileContent); ;
            //New Annotation to be Created by Silverlight;
            _context.AddToAnnotationSet(a);
            _context.BeginSaveChanges(OnCreateAnnotationComplete, a);

    Hope this helps

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    Friday, December 14, 2012 10:24 AM
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    hi,

    Create and attach a file to Notes.

    string strMessage=”this is a demo”;
byte[] filename = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(strMessage);
string encodedData = System.Convert.ToBase64String(filename);
Entity Annotation = new Entity(“annotation”);
Annotation.Attributes["objectid"] = new EntityReference(“EntityName”,GUID);
Annotation.Attributes["objecttypecode"] = “EntityNAME”;
Annotation.Attributes["subject"] = “Demo”;
Annotation.Attributes["documentbody"] = encodedData;
Annotation.Attributes["mimetype"] = @”text/plain”;
Annotation.Attributes["notetext"] = “Sample attachment.”;
Annotation.Attributes["filename"] = “Demo.txt”;
Service.Create(Annotation);

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    Friday, December 14, 2012 11:58 AM
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    Hi,

    Set the object type code along with guid. You can get the object type code for custom entity using below SQL query.

    select ObjectTypeCode
    from Entity
    where
    logicalname='logical_Name’

    Thanks,

    Pankaj

    • Proposed as answer by Pankaj mohite Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:39 AM
    • Marked as answer by DeepthiAdith Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:21 PM
    Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:39 AM
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    Hi,

    Set the object type code along with guid. You can get the object type code for custom entity using below SQL query.

    select ObjectTypeCode
    from Entity
    where
    logicalname='logical_Name’

    Thanks,

    Pankaj

    My code worked without setting the annotation.ObjectTypeCode property. I also tried setting it too, but then it threw a null object reference error when i tried to save (via IOrganizationService.Create(annotation))

    But for reference this is how I got my ObjectTypeCode 

    select ObjectTypeCode
from EntityLogicalView
where LogicalName = 'new_expenseform'

    It was located in a view. Also here is a great article on attaching files as notes to custom entities:

    lakshmanindian.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/attachments-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011/

    • Marked as answer by DeepthiAdith Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:21 PM
    Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:03 PM