Topic by Uma Guduru
Hi,
Im trying to create new contact and also wanted to add value to a contact custom field
I have a custom field called student_id for contact
im able to add a new contact, but cannot add value to the contact student_id custom field
can someone please help me with the below code
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Contact newContact = new Contact();
newContact.CustomFields = new GenericObject();
PersonName personName = new PersonName();
personName.First = fName;
personName.Last = Lname;
newContact.Name = personName;
GenericField packageField = newContact.CustomFields.GenericFields.Where(g => g.name == "c").First();
GenericObject customObject = (GenericObject)packageField.DataValue.Items[0];
GenericField customObjectField = (GenericField)customObject.GenericFields.Where(g2 => g2.name == "student_id").First();
DataValue dv = customObjectField.DataValue;
dv.Items[0] = "test student id";
MessageBox.Show("custom field" + newContact.CustomFields.GenericFields[0].name);
Email[] emailArray = new Email[1];
emailArray[0] = new Email();
emailArray[0].action = ActionEnum.add;
emailArray[0].actionSpecified = true;
emailArray[0].Address = emailAddress;
NamedID addressType = new NamedID();
ID addressTypeID = new ID();
addressTypeID.id = 0;
addressType.ID = addressTypeID;
addressType.ID.idSpecified = true;
emailArray[0].AddressType = addressType;
emailArray[0].Invalid = false;
emailArray[0].InvalidSpecified = true;
newContact.Emails = emailArray;
this section wont work
GenericField packageField = newContact.CustomFields.GenericFields.Where(g => g.name == "c").First();
GenericObject customObject = (GenericObject)packageField.DataValue.Items[0];
GenericField customObjectField = (GenericField)customObject.GenericFields.Where(g2 => g2.name == "student_id").First();
DataValue dv = customObjectField.DataValue;
dv.Items[0] = "test student id";
MessageBox.Show("custom field" + newContact.CustomFields.GenericFields[0].name);