Retrieve the Localized State Name

Article
05/01/2007
This sample shows how to retrieve the localized state name for an attribute.
Example
[C#]
using System;
using MetadataServiceSdk;
using CrmSdk;

namespace Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.HowTo
{
   /// <summary>
   /// This sample shows how to retrieve the localized state name for an 
   /// attribute. 
   /// </summary>
   class RetrieveLocalizedState
   {
      [STAThread]
      public static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         Run();
      }

      public static bool Run()
      {
         bool success = false;

         // Set up Microsoft CRM Web service.
         MetadataService service = new MetadataService();
         service.Credentials =
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
         //service.Url =
         //   "https://localhost/mscrmservices/2006/MetadataService.asmx";

         try 
         {
            // Get the attribute metadata for the state attribute.
            AttributeMetadata am =
                service.RetrieveAttributeMetadata(
                   EntityName.opportunity.ToString(),
                   "statecode");
            if (am.Type == AttributeType.State)
            {
               StateAttributeMetadata sm = (StateAttributeMetadata)am;
               foreach(StateOption so in sm.Options)
               {
                  Console.WriteLine(String.Concat("Description:",
                                    so.Description, " OptionValue: ",
                                    so.OptionValue.ToString(),
                                    " DefaultStatus: ", 
                                    so.DefaultStatus.ToString()));
               }
            }
            success = true;
         }
         catch(System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex)
         {
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}. {1}", ex.Message,
                                            ex.Detail.InnerText));
         }

         return success;
      }
   }
}

[Visual Basic .NET]
Imports System
Imports MetadataServiceSdk
Imports CrmSdk

Namespace Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.HowTo
   '/ <summary>
   '/ This sample shows how to retrieve the localized state name for an
   '/ attribute. 
   '/ </summary>
   Class RetrieveLocalizedState

      <STAThread()> _
      Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
         Run()
      End Sub

      Public Shared Function Run() As Boolean
         Dim success As Boolean = False

         ' Set up Microsoft CRM Web service.
         Dim service As MetadataService = New MetadataService
         service.Credentials = _
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
         'service.Url =
         '   "https://localhost/mscrmservices/2006/MetadataService.asmx"

         Try
            ' Get the attribute metadata for the state attribute.
            Dim am As AttributeMetadata = _
                service.RetrieveAttributeMetadata( _
                                 EntityName.opportunity.ToString(), _
                                 "statecode")
            If am.Type = AttributeType.State Then
               Dim sm As StateAttributeMetadata = _
                  CType(am, StateAttributeMetadata)
               Dim so As StateOption
               For Each so In sm.Options
                  Console.WriteLine(String.Concat("Description:", _
                                    so.Description, " OptionValue: ", _
                                    so.OptionValue.ToString(), _
                                    " DefaultStatus: ", _
                                    so.DefaultStatus.ToString()))
               Next
            End If

            success = True
         Catch ex As System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}. {1}", ex.Message, _
                                            ex.Detail.InnerText))
         End Try

         Return success
      End Function
   End Class
End Namespace
Retrieve the Localized State Name

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