Deletes an entity instance.
Syntax
public void Delete(
string entityName,Guid id
);
Parameters
entityName
Specifies a String containing the name of the entity. For more information, see Using Entity Names.
id
Specifies a GUID containing the ID of the entity instance you want to delete.
Return Value
No return value.
Remarks
Use this method to delete any instance of a Microsoft Dynamics CRM entity that supports the Delete message.
For better performance, use this method instead of using the Execute method with the Delete message.
To perform this action, the caller must have access rights on the entity instance specified in the request class. For a list of required privileges, see Delete Privileges.
For a description of how actions on a parent instance affect child instances, see Cascading Rules.
Example
The following example demonstrates the use of the Delete method.
1: //# [CrmService.Delete Method]
2: // Set up the CRM Service.
3: CrmAuthenticationToken token = new CrmAuthenticationToken();
4: // You can use enums.cs from the SDK\Helpers folder to get the enumeration for Active Directory authentication.
5: token.AuthenticationType = 0; 6: token.OrganizationName = "AdventureWorksCycle";
7: 8: CrmService service = new CrmService();
9: service.Url = "http://<servername>:<port>/mscrmservices/2007/crmservice.asmx";
10: service.CrmAuthenticationTokenValue = token; 11: service.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; 12: 13: // contactGuid is the GUID of the record being deleted.
14: Guid contactGuid = new Guid("4D507FFE-ED25-447B-80DE-00AE3EB18B84");
15: 16: // Delete the contact.
17: // The EntityName indicates the EntityType of the object being deleted.
18: service.Delete(EntityName.contact.ToString(), contactGuid);
