Book Message

Schedules or "books" an appointment.

//# The following example shows how to use the Book message to schedule an appointment.
// Set up the CRM Service.
CrmAuthenticationToken token = new CrmAuthenticationToken();
// You can use enums.cs from the SDK\Helpers folder to get the enumeration for Active Directory authentication.
token.AuthenticationType = 0; 
token.OrganizationName = "AdventureWorksCycle";
 
CrmService service = new CrmService();
service.Url = "http://:/mscrmservices/2007/crmservice.asmx";
service.CrmAuthenticationTokenValue = token;
service.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

// Create the activityparty entity instance.
activityparty party = new activityparty();
party.scheduledstart = new CrmDateTime();
party.scheduledstart.Value = DateTime.Now.AddHours(1).ToString();
party.scheduledend = new CrmDateTime();
party.scheduledend.Value = DateTime.Now.AddHours(2).ToString();
party.partyid = new Lookup();
party.partyid.type = EntityName.systemuser.ToString();
party.partyid.Value = user.UserId;

// Create the appointment entity instance.
appointment appointment = new appointment();

// Set the appointment's properties.
appointment.description = "This is a test of the book message.";
appointment.scheduledstart = new CrmDateTime();
appointment.scheduledstart.Value = DateTime.Now.AddHours(1).ToString();
appointment.scheduledend = new CrmDateTime();
appointment.scheduledend.Value = DateTime.Now.AddHours(2).ToString();
appointment.location = "Office";
appointment.subject = "Testing book appointment";
appointment.requiredattendees = new activityparty[] {party};
appointment.statecode = new AppointmentStateInfo();
appointment.statecode.Value = AppointmentState.Open;
appointment.statuscode = new Status();
// This is the default value.
appointment.statuscode.Value = -1;   

// Create the target.
TargetScheduleAppointment target = new TargetScheduleAppointment();

// Set the target properties.
target.Appointment = appointment;

// Create the request.
BookRequest book = new BookRequest();

// Set the request properties.
book.Target = target;

// Execute the request.
BookResponse booked = (BookResponse)service.Execute(book);