In my previous post I discussed created custom hosted controls in USD. Now I will discuss creating custom actions for those controls.
When the USD custom code runs, it calls the DoAction procedure. Within the args passed is an Action property:
As can be seen from the sample code, we can check for which action is called from USD and write code accordingly:
The action needs to be set up in the USD configuration in CRM. Let’s go through an example.
Firstly, let’s create 2 UII Actions, one called “Action1” and one called “Action2”. These will be declared. The information is pretty minimal:
Restart the USD client and you will see these 2 new action calls:
The next step is to update to code to recognize these actions.
In Visual Studio, we will add code to check for which action is called:
Start USD client and run the action in the debugger:
We can do the same thing with the Save action:
Now let’s go to the UI of the control and add some functionality. Open the control and drag across a button. We will label it Submit:
On pressing submit we will show a message box:
Now we will add the hosted control to a toolbar so we can open it. In USD configurations, under the Main toolbar, add a new toolbar button called Custom Hosted Control and add a new Action. The action will be Navigate (i.e. open the hosted control). There is no need for any Data parameters in this case:
Assign the control:
Restart USD client. You will now have a new menu option “Custom Hosted Control” which displays the XAML form. Clicking on Submit will show the Submit message:
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