CRM Plugin Registration Tool

COMMENTED ISSUE: The regi service failed to start due to the following error:

tgamato — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:45:14 GMT

The regi service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.
Service Control Manager
7000
Error

What is this? I get this on every boot cycle on a fresh Windows 7 clean install.
Comments: Vista 7 x64

CREATED ISSUE: The regi service failed to start due to the following error:

tgamato — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:43:04 GMT

CREATED ISSUE: Unable to load plug-in

sermoc — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:39:11 GMT

I get in error when the action required my plugin, previosly registered with plugin registration tool. The reason is that it's waiting my plugin is located in program files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server\bin\assembly and not in program files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\bin\assembly where I put my plugin... Why is the reason of this behavior?
Based on this, Which is the option recommended to locate my plugin and it exists any option to change the crm root path ¿?
Thank you

COMMENTED ISSUE: Unable to register Plugins - Certificates on both Client and Server

ajithg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:06:18 GMT

I am not able to register the plugins when I have the client certificates and server certificates in place. We have to set require client certificates on the website. This is the requirement. If I change the setting to Accept client certificates the registration works fine.

I went to the code CrmConnection.myCertificateValidation, but I am not sure how to invoke the client certificate and then map it with my server certificate.

This is a critical issue for us and would be a deal breaker if not addressed soon. Please let me know what could be done.

Microsoft Support has asked me to contact you to get any help.
Comments: Hi There is lot more that has to be done to use Client certificates. 1. Need to have UI / Config to select the certificates that should be sent to the server 2. Read all those certificates from the Client Cert store and send them to the server on each call .. (Crmservice call should be one place where all this can happen) Since this requst has come long time back, not sure if yo ustill need it but I dont think this is simple enough change. If i get more votes, i will have it worked on

NEW POST: 0x80044331 Error

Svafko — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:12:26 GMT

Update you MSCRM database table MetadataSchema.Attribute

update ???_MSCRM.MetadataSchema.Attribute
set MaxLength =200
where Name = 'filteringattributes'

Svafko

NEW POST: SSL: How to make the tool work on HTTPS?

YasserJaber — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:20:43 GMT

Hi
is there any special configurations? I tried 2.1 & 2.2 with no luck.

NEW POST: SSL: How to make the tool work on HTTPS?

YasserJaber — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:20:42 GMT

Hi
is there any special configurations? I tried 2.1 & 2.2 with no luck.

NEW POST: Pre-Stage Plugin not sending Post Image in ExecutionContext

wokram — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:05:35 GMT

Hi,

i don`t understand the difference between an image in a pre-plugin and the input parameters-propertybag. i haven't testet yet, but i thought that both delivers the same data.

wok

NEW POST: 0x80044331 Error

JanN — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:58:40 GMT

I would also appreciate some help with this problem, because its driving me mad. I have to filter the attributes of the image for some kind of fieldmonitoring. As workaround im going to use a harcoded attributelist. But it was not my intention to work like that. Would be nice if someone solved this problem.

Thanks in advance.

NEW POST: Email Router - BCC Email

Maciel — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:01:45 GMT

I solved this problem with a Exchange Transport Rule,

1) when a email is send to to people (sent to people): < my email router add #1 @...> AND

2) When the subject fild contains specifics words: < MY TOKEN CRM EMAIL:00>
Actions:

1) add a recipient in the TO Field addresses: <my email router add #2 @ ...>

So, if an email comes from a BCC, it is route to another account system email that route to CRM, because the email address is in the "To" field and not in "BCC" field; ok ?

After i ADD the REGEDIT DisableSmartMatching=1 , like is described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958084

because i need to use CRM 3.0 router (by token) and not CRM 4.0 (smart matching ), BUT its not necessery if you do not want to.

just one more: IN CRM4 Virtual machine Trial , the BCC router works fine! i dont know why in my workplace its not work

Thanks!

CREATED ISSUE: Unable to register Plugins - Certificates on both Client and Server

marutirc — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:20:00 GMT

NEW POST: Email Router - BCC Email

Maciel — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:09:38 GMT

Hi people!
My CRM dynamics 4 Router Rollup 5 does not route email originated from Blind Carbon Copy "BCC".

When i replay an email to CRM using the field "BCC", it does not route to Dynamics, and the Event Viewer send this message: "did not match any known records"

But, if i send the same message, not using BCC field, using "Copy" cc fild, its work Fine!

My question is: IT IS Normal ??? or my aplication is not working very well??

In our case, we prefere CRM3 way to route: Just using Token subject.

I have inserted the key on regedit DisableSmartMatching=1 without success......
i have inserted the key on regedit HashMinAddressCount=1 without success too

any help please?

CREATED ISSUE: Unable to register Plugin

tiwarivaibhav — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:10:05 GMT

Hi,

I am getting this error while trying to register the plugin:

Unhandled Exception: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request.
Detail: <detail><error>
<code>0x8007052e</code>
<description>Server was unable to process request.</description>
<type>Platform</type>
</error></detail>
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at PluginRegistrationTool.CrmSdk.CrmService.Create(BusinessEntity entity)
at PluginRegistrationTool.RegistrationHelper.RegisterAssembly(CrmOrganization org, String pathToAssembly, CrmPluginAssembly assembly)
at PluginRegistrationTool.PluginRegistrationForm.btnRegister_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

I am not sure but it seems to be a permission related issue, Any guesses guys ?

Thanks

Vaibhav

NEW POST: SDK to create Steps for existing plugin

srinivasraor — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:48 GMT

Hi,
I had used the sdk to register the plugin. Now the requirement is the i need to add the steps to the existing registered plugin using the c# code from another plugin. I had googled it but couldmt find a solution. any help would be appreciated.

thanks
srinivas

ajithg wrote:
Some of you are looking at samples for creating SDKMessageProcessingStep and attaching it to existing plugin

- SdkMessageProcessingStep should be the right choice

- Set the plugintypeid to the pluginType you refer to (Plugin Class)
- You also need to get the SdkMessageId, SdkMessageEntityId
- Set all the properties like Mode, Stage etc.

- Call CrmService.Create method

Look at the sample in the sourcecode of the plugin registartion tool CrmPluginStep.cs

NEW POST: 0x80044331 Error

CarstenGroth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:57:47 GMT

I´m getting 'A validation error occurred. The length of the 'filteringattributes' attribute of the 'sdkmessageprocessingstep' entity exceeded the maximum allowed length of '100'. while registering a plug-in not for all attributes. Tried this with the audit plug-in.

Really annoying

COMMENTED ISSUE: Dependent Assembly Failure (System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly )

ajithg — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:28:41 GMT

While using this tool I discovered it has an issue where it cannot resolve dependent assemblies during the assembly load portion of assembly registration. See error below.

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly '[Assembly Name], Version=[Assembly Version], Culture=[Assembly Culture], PublicKeyToken=[Assembly Public Key Token]' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
at System.Reflection.Assembly._GetExportedTypes()
at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExportedTypes()
at PluginRegistrationTool.AssemblyReader.RetrievePluginsFromAssembly(String path) in C:\Projects\CRM 4.0 SDK\tools\PluginRegistration_2.2\PluginRegistration 2.2\AssemblyReader.cs:line 59
at PluginRegistrationTool.AssemblyReader.RetrievePluginsFromAssembly(String path)
at PluginRegistrationTool.RegistrationHelper.RetrievePluginsFromAssembly(String pathToAssembly) in C:\Projects\CRM 4.0 SDK\tools\PluginRegistration_2.2\PluginRegistration 2.2\RegistrationHelper.cs:line 49
at PluginRegistrationTool.PluginRegistrationForm.btnLoadAssembly_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Projects\CRM 4.0 SDK\tools\PluginRegistration_2.2\PluginRegistration 2.2\PluginRegistrationForm.cs:line 127

I believe this is because the the PluginRegistrationTool.AssemblyReader class is using System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(Byte[]) method to load the specified assembly. My plugin inherits from several layers of base classes, each in their own assembly, and it is these assemblies that it cannot resolve. This is because Assembly.Load provides no pathing context with which references can be resolved. Now I assume, though I did not test, that if my other dll's were in the Plugin Registration Tool's application directory or in the GAC that this would not be an issue. This is not ideal however since plugin debuging already has several extra steps, i.e. registration, without adding GACing or copying files around. I modified the PluginRegistrationTool.AssemblyReader.LoadAssembly(string path) method to use Assembly.LoadFrom(string path) instead of Assembly.Load(Bytes[]) which resolved the issue. Someone may want to consider making this change to the project unless there is some specific reason to use the byte array overload.

Sincerely,
Robb Vandaveer
Sr. Technical Consultant
Tribridge
Comments: I decided to use Assembly.Load for the following reason. Especially in plugin Registration tool, Developers will be loading the same assembly by updating the Code and not changing the version number. I wanted to upload the new file rather than return the old one that was laoded in cache of .NET From MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1009fa28.aspx The LoadFrom method has the following disadvantages. Consider using Load instead. If an assembly with the same identity is already loaded, LoadFrom returns the loaded assembly even if a different path was specified. If an assembly is loaded with LoadFrom, and later an assembly in the load context attempts to load same the assembly by display name, the load attempt fails. This can occur when an assembly is de-serialized. If an assembly is loaded with LoadFrom, and the probing path includes an assembly with the same identity but a different location, an InvalidCastException, MissingMethodException, or other unexpected behavior can occur. LoadFrom demands FileIOPermissionAccess..::.Read and FileIOPermissionAccess..::.PathDiscovery, or WebPermission, on the specified path. If a native image exists for assemblyFile, it is not used. The assembly cannot be loaded as domain neutral. In the .NET Framework version 1.0 and 1.1, policy is not applied.

NEW POST: Timeout Issue

Novi_Bjoerkvold — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:57 GMT

Hi Josef.

Have you tried setting PreferredDc in the MSCRM registry to overcome this problem? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;954811

Novi Bjørkvold

NEW POST: Plugin Development / Production Environment - invalid reference

ajithg — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:20:59 GMT

Use the Export Import funtinality of the tool to import the plugins... It shall be created with same Guid's on prod environment too. Just reset IIS and Async if it had any cache of these assemblies from before.

NEW POST: Error 0x80040216 using Plugin registration tool v2.2/2.0.

ajithg — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:18:54 GMT

Do you have privileges? Can you check the server traces?

UPDATED RELEASE: Plugin Registration Tool 2.2 (Jan 02, 2009)

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:16:40 GMT

!! Jun 2009
Updated the PluginRegistration.exe so that it no longer complains about the Load Assembly error. (I had to rename this to Pluginregistration.exe) and Fixed V3 Callouts to show "Upgraded Callout"

!! Updates in Ver 2.2
* *Support for +Scripting+ for Import /Export operation in the tool*
PluginDeveloper tool shipped in the SDK has the console application support for scripting but i have got many requests to add support for scripting in the PlguinRegistration tool so that they could use it for deployment purposes.
PluginRegistration Tool assumes that you have secure trust established to the CRM server so it doesn't ask for the credentials. If you do want to run the tool across domains, then you can save the credentials of the CRM server in the Windows->Stored User Names repository and run the application.

Usage as follows:
/c:<connectionFileName> /cl:<connectionLabel> /org:<organizationName> /op:<operation> /f:<importExportFilename> /n:<ignoreGuids>
Parameter information:
<connectionFileName> name of the connections file, default: Connections.config
<connectionLabel>* name of the connection label in the connections config file, Example: newconnection
<organizationName> name of the working organization, Required in a multi-org deployment, defaults to the single org in a single org deployment
<operation>* name of the operation, valid entries: import, export
<operationFilename>* name of file you want to export or import, Example: import.xml
<ignoreGuids> boolean value (true or false), ignore guids if you are re-importing a group of plugins/workflows
* denotes requried attributes
All the assemblies need to be imported should be in the same folder as the executing exe and so the export.xml file
/? Show this help

* *Fixed the OutofMemoryException problem when trying to registering a step on an Imported Organization.*
* *Fixed the bug in Image registration wizard (Minimum value cannot be greater than maximum value)*
* *Fixed the bug when updating the Impersonation on Step from specified user to "Current User"*

Please provide you feedback using comments / Discussions /Issue Tracker.

Thanks
-Ajithg