Fetch the ObjectTypeCode based on EntityName

Not a very rocket science, but just something again that I don't want to type over and over again. So here's a piece of code that helps you to fetch the ObjectTypeCode based on the EntityName for CRM 3.0:

private int GetObjectTypeCode (string entityName)
{
CrmMetaDataService.MetadataService metadataService = new CrmMetaDataService.MetadataService();
metadataService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
EntityMetadata entityData = metadataService.RetrieveEntityMetadata(entityName, EntityFlags.EntityOnly);
return entityData.ObjectTypeCode;
}


For CRM 4.0 this would be (thanks for the comment Pratima):
private int GetObjectTypeCode (string entityName)
{
CrmMetaDataService.MetadataService metadataService = new CrmMetaDataService.MetadataService();
metadataService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
EntityMetadata entityData = metadataService.RetrieveEntityMetadata(entityName, EntityFlags.EntityOnly);
return entityData.ObjectTypeCode.Value;
}


Have fun copy pasting :)

6 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 20, 2007 12:33 PM

    Hi Ronald, Do you have a javascript version for getting object type code? Thanks!!!

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  2. AnonymousApril 14, 2008 11:08 AM

    Try using crmForm.ObjectTypeCode

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  3. AnonymousOctober 06, 2008 6:51 AM

    Hi Ronald, but the above code will work only on load of that entities edit.aspx page...
    What if we want it before hand??
    Thanks

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  4. Ronald LemmenOctober 06, 2008 11:00 AM

    This code will work in any asp.net C# application. The code will request the CRM Metadata webservice and will get the otc based on the entityname. Since it is just a webservice call, it will work from every piece of code which has access to the CRM Metadata webservice.

    With kind regards,
    Ronald

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  5. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008 3:34 PM

    for anonymous, you can have a pure javascript function ds_getObjectTypeCode at :
    http://www.datasurf.fr/BlogTechnique/Lists/Billets/ViewPost.aspx?ID=23

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  6. AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 6:59 PM

    Hello Ronald,
    Thank you for the post and code. It is really a very nice post for getting the entity type code. One little correction is that the last return statement should be "return entityData.ObjectTypeCode.Value;" to match with the return type Int of the function. Just to let you know so that to make your blog a more cleaner.

    Thanks for the help.
    Pratima.

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