CreateCustomer

Description

This method creates a new customer.

Parameters

Interfaces

• Dynamics GP
• Sales

Examples

The following C# example creates a new customer with the key value "CONTOSO". The Name property is set, and all other properties are left as default values.

** Legacy endpoint**

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DynamicsGPWebServiceSample.DynamicsGPService;

namespace DynamicsGPWebServiceSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CompanyKey companyKey;
            Context context;
            Customer customer;
            CustomerKey customerKey;
            Policy customerPolicy;

            // Create an instance of the service
            DynamicsGP wsDynamicsGP = new DynamicsGP();

            // Be sure that default credentials are being used
            wsDynamicsGP.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

            // Create a context with which to call the service
            context = new Context();

            // Specify which company to use (sample company)
            companyKey = new CompanyKey();
            companyKey.Id = (-1);

            // Set up the context
            context.OrganizationKey = (OrganizationKey)companyKey;

            // Create a new customer object
            customer = new Customer();

            // Create a customer key
            customerKey = new CustomerKey();
            customerKey.Id = "CONTOSO";
            customer.Key = customerKey;

            // Set properties for the new customer
            customer.Name = "Contoso, Ltd";

            // Get the create policy for the customer
            customerPolicy = wsDynamicsGP.GetPolicyByOperation("CreateCustomer", context);

            // Create the customer
            wsDynamicsGP.CreateCustomer(customer, context, customerPolicy);
        }
    }
}

** Native endpoint **

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DynamicsGPWebServiceSample.DynamicsGPService;

namespace DynamicsGPWebServiceSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CompanyKey companyKey;
            Context context;
            Customer customer;
            CustomerKey customerKey;
            Policy customerPolicy;

            // Create an instance of the service
            DynamicsGPClient wsDynamicsGP = new DynamicsGPClient();

            // Create a context with which to call the service
            context = new Context();

            // Specify which company to use (sample company)
            companyKey = new CompanyKey();
            companyKey.Id = (-1);

            // Set up the context
            context.OrganizationKey = (OrganizationKey)companyKey;

            // Create a new customer object
            customer = new Customer();

            // Create a customer key
            customerKey = new CustomerKey();
            customerKey.Id = "CONTOSO";
            customer.Key = customerKey;

            // Set properties for the new customer
            customer.Name = "Contoso, Ltd";

            // Get the create policy for the customer
            customerPolicy = wsDynamicsGP.GetPolicyByOperation("CreateCustomer", context);

            // Create the customer
            wsDynamicsGP.CreateCustomer(customer, context, customerPolicy);

            // Close the service
            if(wsDynamicsGP.State != CommunicationState.Faulted)
            {
                wsDynamicsGP.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}