How to: Add an Action and Update an Entity
The Administration object model enables you to update metadata objects. The following code example adds an action and updates an existing entity.
Example
The following code example adds an action and updates the ProductModel entity.
Prerequisites
Ensure a Shared Service Provider is already created.
Create an LobSystem instance and set connection parameters as shown in How to: Create an LobSystem Using the Administration Object Model.
Create the ProductModel entity as shown in How to: Create an Entity Using the Administration Object Model
Create a Finder method as shown in How to: Create a Method and Filters Using the Administration Object Model
Replace the constant value EnterYourSSPNameHere in the code with the name of your Shared Resource Provider.
Project References
Add the following Project References in your console application code project before running this sample:
Microsoft.SharePoint
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal
Microsoft.Office.Server
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Administration;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.ApplicationRegistry.Infrastructure;
using WSSAdmin = Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using OSSAdmin = Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration;
namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
{
class GetStartedAndCreateSystem
{
const string yourSSPName ="EnterYourSSPNameHere";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SetupBDC();
UpdateEntity();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
Console.Read();
}
static void SetupBDC()
{
SqlSessionProvider.Instance().SetSharedResourceProviderToUse(yourSSPName);
}
static void UpdateEntity()
{
LobSystemInstance mySysInstance = null;
LobSystemInstanceCollection sysInsCollection = ApplicationRegistry.Instance.GetLobSystemInstancesLikeName("AdventureWorksSampleFromCode");
foreach (LobSystemInstance sysInstance in sysInsCollection)
{
if (sysInstance.Name == "AdventureWorksSampleFromCode")
{
mySysInstance = sysInstance;
break;
}
}
IList<Entity> entityCollection = new List<Entity>(mySysInstance.LobSystem.Entities);
Entity e = Entity.GetById(entityCollection[0].Id);
Action pmaction = e.Actions.Create("Search on MSN", true, 1, true, "https://www.msn.com?q={0}", null);
pmaction.ActionParameters.Create("Name", true, 0);
e.Update();
Console.WriteLine("Added an action and updated the entity successfully.");
}
}
}