CrmService.Delete Method Using JScript

This sample shows how to use the CrmService.Delete method using the same example provided in the Server Programming Guide

// Identify the contact to delete.
var contactid = "57a4e111-7027-dd11-b452-0003ff9ee217";
var authenticationHeader = GenerateAuthenticationHeader();

// Prepare the SOAP message.
var xml = ""+ 
"" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'"+
" xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>"+ 
authenticationHeader+ 
""+ 
""+ 
"contact"+ 
""+contactid+""+ 
""+ 
""+ 
"";
// Prepare the xmlHttpObject and send the request,
var xHReq = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
xHReq.Open("POST", "/mscrmservices/2007/CrmService.asmx", false);
xHReq.setRequestHeader("SOAPAction","http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2007/WebServices/Delete");
xHReq.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8");
xHReq.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", xml.length);
xHReq.send(xml);
// Capture the result,
var resultXml = xHReq.responseXML;

// Check for errors,
var errorCount = resultXml.selectNodes('//error').length;
if (errorCount != 0)
{
 var msg = resultXml.selectSingleNode('//description').nodeTypedValue;
 alert(msg);
}
// Display confirmation message.
else
{
alert("Contact with id = "+contactid+" successfully deleted");
}