AttributeMetadata.AttributeOf Property

Article
06/20/2014

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Gets the name of that attribute that this attribute extends.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataMemberAttribute> _
Public Property AttributeOf As String

[DataMemberAttribute] 
public string AttributeOf { get; }

Property Value

Type: String
The attribute name.

Remarks

This property is read-only. This property will be set if the metadata attribute describes an attribute of another attribute. If this property contains a value, the attribute is for internal use only and will not appear in the customization UI in the Web application.

If you retrieve the metadata for the lead entity, there are three attributes that extend the accountid attribute. They are accountidname, accountiddsc and accountidyominame. For each of these three attributes, the value of the AttributeOf property is "accountid".

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions),