InitializeFromRequest Class

Article
11/28/2016

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Contains the data that is needed to initialize a new record from an existing record.

For the Web API use the InitializeFrom Function.

Namespace: Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages
Assembly: Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy (in Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages.InitializeFromRequest

Syntax

[DataContractAttribute(Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")]
public sealed class InitializeFromRequest : OrganizationRequest

<DataContractAttribute(Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")>
Public NotInheritable Class InitializeFromRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest

Constructors

	Name	Description
	InitializeFromRequest()	Initializes a new instance of the InitializeFromRequest class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	EntityMoniker	Gets or sets the record that is the source for initializing.
	ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. Optional.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	Item[String]	Gets or sets the indexer for the Parameters collection.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	Parameters	Gets or sets the collection of parameters for the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	RequestId	Gets or sets the ID of an asynchronous operation (system job). Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	RequestName	Gets or sets the name of the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	TargetEntityName	Gets or sets the logical name of the target entity.
	TargetFieldType	Gets or sets which attributes are to be initialized in the initialized instance.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Remarks

Message Availability

This message works regardless whether the caller is connected to the server or offline.

Usage

Pass an instance of this class to the Execute method, which returns an instance of the InitializeFromResponse class.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges on the entity that is specified in the TargetEntityName property and access rights on the record that is specified in the EntityMoniker property. For a complete list of the required privileges, see InitializeFrom message privileges.

Notes for Callers

To create a record from the result, pass the Entity value to the Create method or the CreateRequest message.

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.

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