How to add an value to look up field.?

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i have an list in which i have added all the values for creating an account in Microsoft Dynamics CRM .
Every normal fields values got inserted..(eg.name,address,number) Look up value is not inserted..

i used the the following code to add value to look-up field.. However i dont get any errors..

Account acc = new Account();

acc.Attributes["name"] = "Ram"; // this values got inserted
acc.Attributes["age"] = "22"; // this values got inserted
acc.Attributes["lookupfieldid"] = "Sampletext";

service.Create(acc); // to create account

How i need to change my code in order to insert "sampletext" data into lookup fields???????.

Posted 7-Apr-14 23:26pm

Ramkumar K

Updated 9-Apr-14 21:08pm

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CoderPanda 10-Apr-14 3:29am

After this line
acc.Attributes["lookupfieldid"] = "Sampletext";
What do you get in acc.Attributes["lookupfieldid"] ?

phil.o 10-Apr-14 4:19am

Given that all IDs in Dynamics CRM are GUIDs, why are you trying to set it up as a string?

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phil.o · Answer 1 · 2014-04-09T22:21:00

Solution 1

You should download, install and study toroughly the SDK for Dynamics CRM that corresponds to your version.

Here you may find a good starting point:
Development for Microsoft Dynamics CRM[^]

Good luck!

Posted 9-Apr-14 22:21pm

phil.o