/// Helper functions
///
static MetadataServiceReference.Metadata[] readObjects(String serverUrl, String username, String password, String orgId, String objectType, String[] objectNames)
{
// establish session
SoapClient client = new SoapClient();
var res = client.login(new PartnerServiceReference.LoginScopeHeader {
organizationId = orgId
}, null, username, password);
var sessionId = res.sessionId;
Console.WriteLine("Session ID: " + sessionId);
// get object metadata, including fieldsets
MetadataPortTypeClient mclient = new MetadataPortTypeClient(MetadataPortTypeClient.EndpointConfiguration.Metadata, res.metadataServerUrl);
Metadata[] metadata = mclient.readMetadata(new MetadataServiceReference.SessionHeader {
sessionId = sessionId
}, null, objectType, objectNames);
// close session
client = new SoapClient(SoapClient.EndpointConfiguration.Soap, res.serverUrl);
client.logout(new PartnerServiceReference.SessionHeader {
sessionId = sessionId
}, null);
return(metadata);
}
public Metadata[] GetMetadata(string type, string[] names)
{
client = new MetadataPortTypeClient("Metadata", MetadataUrl);
var sessionHeader = new SessionHeader {
sessionId = SessionId
};
var metadata = client.readMetadata(sessionHeader, null, type, names);
return(metadata);
}
/// <summary>
/// Update the visibility of a tab for a given profile.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serverUrl">URL to SF server</param>
/// <param name="username">Login username</param>
/// <param name="password">Login password</param>
/// <param name="orgId">Organization ID found at settings/company settings/company information/salesforce.com organization id</param>
/// <param name="profileName">API name of profile to update</param>
/// <param name="tabName">SF name of the tab whose visiblity status to update. Note this is not the same as the label given in the SF CRM. For instance,
/// the standard objects such as 'Account' will have the name 'standard-Account'.</param>
/// <param name="tabVisibility">The visibility status to be assigned for the given tab for the given profile.</param>
static void setTabVisibility(String serverUrl, String username, String password, String orgId, String profileName, String tabName, TabVisibility tabVisibility)
{
// establish session
SoapClient client = new SoapClient();
LoginResult res = client.login(new PartnerServiceReference.LoginScopeHeader {
organizationId = orgId
}, null, username, password);
var sessionId = res.sessionId;
// Console.WriteLine("Session ID: " + sessionId);
try
{
// get the profile and the tabs
MetadataPortTypeClient mclient = new MetadataPortTypeClient(MetadataPortTypeClient.EndpointConfiguration.Metadata, res.metadataServerUrl);
Metadata[] profiles = mclient.readMetadata(new MetadataServiceReference.SessionHeader {
sessionId = sessionId
}, null, "Profile", new String[] { profileName });
if (profiles.Length != 1)
{
throw new Exception("Failed to locate profile");
}
// set the visiblity for the tab
Profile profile = (Profile)profiles[0];
Profile updatedProfile = null;
foreach (ProfileTabVisibility tabVisibilityField in profile.tabVisibilities)
{
// Console.WriteLine(tabVisibilityField.tab);
if (tabVisibilityField.tab == tabName)
{
updatedProfile = new Profile()
{
fullName = profile.fullName
};
updatedProfile.tabVisibilities = new ProfileTabVisibility[] {
new ProfileTabVisibility()
{
tab = tabName,
visibility = tabVisibility
}
};
break;
}
}
if (null == updatedProfile)
{
throw new Exception("Failed to locate tab");
}
// update the profile
MetadataServiceReference.SaveResult[] response = mclient.updateMetadata(new MetadataServiceReference.SessionHeader {
sessionId = sessionId
}, null, null, new Metadata[] { updatedProfile });
if (response.Length != 1 || !response[0].success)
{
throw new Exception("Failed to update profile");
}
}
finally
{
// close session
client = new SoapClient(SoapClient.EndpointConfiguration.Soap, res.serverUrl);
client.logout(new PartnerServiceReference.SessionHeader {
sessionId = sessionId
}, null);
}
}