Retrieve Method Using JScript

This sample shows how to use the CrmService.Retrieve method using the example provided in the following topic: CrmService.Retrieve method.

// Prepare variables for a contact to retrieve.
var contactid = "4696f8cb-9a1c-dd11-ad3a-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+""+ 
""+ 
""+ 
"fullname"+ 
""+ 
""+ 
""+ 
""+ 
"";
// 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/Retrieve");
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 the retrieved value.
else
{
alert(resultXml.selectSingleNode("//q1:fullname").nodeTypedValue);
}

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");
}

What is Javascript ?

JavaScript is a compact, object-based scripting language for developing client and server Internet applications. Netscape Navigator interprets JavaScript statements embedded in an HTML page, and LiveWire enables you to create server-based applications similar to Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs.
JavaScript is Netscape's cross-platform, object-based scripting language for client and server applications. There are two types of JavaScript:

• Navigator JavaScript, also called client-side JavaScript
• LiveWire JavaScript, also called server-side JavaScript

JavaScript is a language. Client and server JavaScript differ in numerous ways, but they have the following elements in common:

• Keywords, statement syntax, and grammar
• Rules for expressions, variables, and literals
• Underlying object model (although Navigator and LiveWire have different object frameworks)
• Built-in objects and functions