Microsoft CRM V3.0 Beta : Callbacks

I have been looking into the latest version of MSCRM and the product looks good.

The integration side of it has been sharpened up and the callout model is fantastic. I did however have some issues working out exactly how to get the call out to work as the documentation on installation was a little scant.

In order to develop your component do the following

Create a .Net class, create a reference the microsoft.crm.platform.callout.base.dll

In your class inherit from the Microsoft.Crm.Callout.CrmCalloutBase class

Override the functions you wish to add functionality to. This is where the cool pre and post events functionality can be added.

Compile your dll

Now the installation....

Create the callout.config.xml file. Please note that the documentation refers to this as either callout.config and callout.config.xml, however the correct reference is callout.config.xml

Ensure that the xml file you have produced matches the prescribed schema found in the documentation. The example provided does not!

Place the config file and the assembly in the directory \Server\bin\assembly
Any errors that occur will be written to the event log