Return column label from plugin

this function used to return label for field.
can be used for plugin,audit etc...

public static string GetColumnLabel(IPluginExecutionContext context, string entityTypeName, string columnName)
{
IMetadataService metadataService = context.CreateMetadataService(false);
Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.Metadata.RetrieveAttributeRequest request = new Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.Metadata.RetrieveAttributeRequest();
request.EntityLogicalName = entityTypeName;
request.LogicalName = columnName.ToLower();
Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.Metadata.RetrieveAttributeResponse response = (Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.Metadata.RetrieveAttributeResponse)metadataService.Execute(request);
AttributeMetadata am = response.AttributeMetadata;
if (am != null)
return am.DisplayName.UserLocLabel.Label;
return "";
}

Enjoy,
Rami Heleg

Retrieve Entity field value

This function used to return field value inside plugin,

public static object GetEntityFieldValue(IPluginExecutionContext context,string entityName, Guid instanceId,string fieldName){
ICrmService pservice = context.CreateCrmService(false);
TargetRetrieveDynamic targetRetrieve = new TargetRetrieveDynamic();
targetRetrieve.EntityName = entityName;
targetRetrieve.EntityId = instanceId;
RetrieveRequest retrieve = new RetrieveRequest();
retrieve.Target = targetRetrieve;
retrieve.ColumnSet = new AllColumns();
retrieve.ReturnDynamicEntities = true;
RetrieveResponse retrieved = (RetrieveResponse)pservice.Execute(retrieve);
DynamicEntity entity = (DynamicEntity)retrieved.BusinessEntity;
return entity.Properties[fieldName];
}

Enjoy,
Rami Heleg