Thank you for the tip! Very cool indeed, but I have a question:

I'd like to have visual studio generate a strongly-typed dataset from the xsd, but it fails because the base complex type, BusinessEntity is undefined. When I tried to make the base 'anyType' the other attributes (CrmMoney, CrmBoolean, etc.) failed for the same reason.

Do you have any ideas on how I can find these definitions or get around this? Whats nice is the xsd rendered includes all customizations, so I can use that as a base for binding...


Thanks again!

Unfortunately I dont know how to get
Types.xsd
CoreTypes.xsd

without them is unworthy cause I cannot use any tool like mapforce to create a map between this schema and others from other system.
Are you so kind to give me some hints?

thanks

Hello,
I can get these schema when I import schemas fromCrm BizTalk application
----------------- Core Types
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:core="http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2006/CoreTypes"">http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2006/CoreTypes" xmlns:types="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2006/CoreTypes"">http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2006/CoreTypes" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:import schemaLocation=".\account_types.xsd" namespace="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/" />
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">
=======================================================================
File: CoreTypes.xsd

Summary: Common types used across all CRM entities

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This file is part of the Microsoft CRM V3.0 SDK Code Samples.

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This source code is intended only as a supplement to Microsoft
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THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
=======================================================================
</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
<xsd:complexType name="BusinessEntity" abstract="true" />
<xsd:complexType name="CrmBoolean">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:boolean">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CrmDateTime">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:string">
<xsd:attribute name="date" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="time" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CrmDecimal">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:decimal">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="formattedvalue" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CrmFloat">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:float">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="formattedvalue" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CrmMoney">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:decimal">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="formattedvalue" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CrmNumber">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:int">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="formattedvalue" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="EntityNameReference">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:string" />
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="Lookup">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="core:Reference" />
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="Owner">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="core:Reference" />
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="Customer">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="core:Reference" />
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="PickList">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:int">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="Reference">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="types:guid">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
<xsd:attribute name="dsc" type="xsd:int" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="Status">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:int">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="Key">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="types:guid" />
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:simpleType name="State">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:complexType name="uniqueidentifier">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="types:guid">
<xsd:attribute name="IsNull" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="activityparty">
<xsd:complexContent mixed="false">
<xsd:extension base="core:BusinessEntity">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="activityid" type="core:Lookup" />
<xsd:element name="activitypartyid" type="core:Key" />
<xsd:element name="addressused" type="xsd:string" />
<xsd:element name="donotemail" type="core:CrmBoolean" />
<xsd:element name="donotfax" type="core:CrmBoolean" />
<xsd:element name="effort" type="core:CrmFloat" />
<xsd:element name="participationtypemask" type="core:PickList" />
<xsd:element name="partyid" type="core:Lookup" />
<xsd:element name="resourcespecid" type="core:Lookup" />
<xsd:element name="scheduledend" type="core:CrmDateTime" />
<xsd:element name="scheduledstart" type="core:CrmDateTime" />
</xsd:sequence>
<xsd:attribute name="participationtype" type="xsd:int" use="required" />
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="partyList">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" name="activityparty" type="core:activityparty" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="partyItem">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" name="activityparty" type="core:activityparty" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>
================================ types
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsd:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/"">http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">
=======================================================================
File: Types.xsd

Summary: Common types used across all CRM entities

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This file is part of the Microsoft CRM V3.0 SDK Code Samples.

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This source code is intended only as a supplement to Microsoft
Development Tools and/or on-line documentation. See these other
materials for detailed information regarding Microsoft code samples.

THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
=======================================================================
</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
<xsd:simpleType name="guid">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:pattern value="[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}" />
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:schema>

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hi Tareq,
there is one more xsd left out which is account_types.xsd.
Do you have that available? I would appreciate if you could kindly share it.
Thanks
Anuj

Am not able to obtain the schema for entities as i don't see the "XSD" folder in SDK folder as mentioned above,using the URL "yourcrmserver/.../entity.aspx in MS CRM 4.0 could you please help ?