How to get BPM Context Data from a Customization into the BPM

Epicor ERP 10
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I’m attempting to get data from a Customization into a BPM using the BPM Context Data. At this point, just the basic functionality of passing Strings into the BPM.

I’ve run into a familiar wall - incomplete pieces of the puzzle, with critical information missing.

I’m testing this on a new UD08 Customization.

From a posting on another site I came up with this code :

UD08Adapter adapterUD08 = new UD08Adapter( this.oTrans );   adapterUD08.BOConnect( );

adapterUD08.BpmContext = new ContextDataSet( );
var row = adapterUD08.BpmContext.BpmData.NewRow( );
row["Character10"] = "BPMC_Character10";
row["Number01"] = 11111;
adapterUD08.BpmContext.BpmData.Rows.Add( row );

The line :

var row = adapterUD08.BpmContext.BpmData.NewRow( );

throws a complier error :
The type ‘System.Data.TypedTableBase`1’ is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly ‘System.Data.DataSetExtensions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089’.

From a post on a MicroSoft site, I found that System.Data.DataSetExtensions should be included with the statement :

using System.Data;

which I already have in the Customization Code.

I also found a test for System.Data.DataSetExtensions in that post, consisting of these two lines :

DataTable dt = new DataTable( );
dt.AsDataView( );

According to that post, “AsDataView is an API contained on DataSetExtensions and should be recognized when compiling.”

However, the line :

dt.AsDataView( );

throws the compiler error :
‘System.Data.DataTable’ does not contain a definition for ‘AsDataView’ and no extension method ‘AsDataView’ accepting a first argument of type ‘System.Data.DataTable’ could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

So System.Data.DataSetExtensions is apparently not included in the Customization by the statement

using System.Data;

Am I on the right track here trying to get Customization data into the BPM, or is there a better way ?

If this is the right track, what using statements, assemblies, and code would I use to accomplish it ?

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System.Data.Extensions is a different dotnet assembly you need to reference, not just a using statement :slight_smile:

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