I can't seem to get the following code to run - which is directly from the
documentation.  The code seem to fail when it tries to create the
ProfileContext - stating there is a null instance.  My ulitimate goal here i
s
to retrieve a User Profile and get the Credit Card number and decrypt for us
e
in a integration process.

Please Advise.



ProfileContext profiles = CommerceContext.Current.ProfileSystem;

// To make the example work, create a new instance of a
// profile, so that we know its profileID.

string profileID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
CommerceProfile newProfile = profiles.CreateProfile(profileID,
"Address");
newProfile["GeneralInfo.address_name"].Value = "Home";
newProfile["GeneralInfo.address_line1"].Value = "street";
newProfile["GeneralInfo.region_code"].Value = "region";
newProfile["GeneralInfo.postal_code"].Value = "code";
newProfile["GeneralInfo.country_code"].Value = "country";
newProfile.Update();

// Retrieve the profile instance.

Profile myProfile = profiles.GetProfile(profileID, "Address");

// Get the value of a property of the profile instance.

string postalCode =
myProfile["GeneralInfo.postal_code"].Value.ToString();

// Set the value of a property of the profile instance.

myProfile["GeneralInfo.postal_code"].Value = "12345";

// Commit the changed postal code to the underlying data
// storage.

myProfile.Update();

// Delete the instance of the profile.

profiles.DeleteProfile(profileID, "Address");

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Xcel,

The segment of code:

CommerceContext.Current.ProfileSystem;

Cannot be accessed outside of an established http context, so you can't use
this code from a console application, it will only work in a correctly
configured asp.net application.

You should be able to create a ProfileContext/ProfileManagementContext using
an agent pattern to "hook into" the Commerce Server system.  Nihit Kaul has
a blog entry from May that explains how to use this agent pattern to create
an order context, so I'm assuming you could do something similiar to get a
profile context.

http://blogs.msdn.com/nihitk/Default.aspx?p=2

Joe

"Xcel" <Xcel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can't seem to get the following code to run - which is directly from the
> documentation.  The code seem to fail when it tries to create the
> ProfileContext - stating there is a null instance.  My ulitimate goal here
> is
> to retrieve a User Profile and get the Credit Card number and decrypt for
> use
> in a integration process.
>
> Please Advise.
>
>
>
> ProfileContext profiles = CommerceContext.Current.ProfileSystem;
>
>            // To make the example work, create a new instance of a
>            // profile, so that we know its profileID.
>
>            string profileID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
>            CommerceProfile newProfile = profiles.CreateProfile(profileID,
> "Address");
>            newProfile["GeneralInfo.address_name"].Value = "Home";
>            newProfile["GeneralInfo.address_line1"].Value = "street";
>            newProfile["GeneralInfo.region_code"].Value = "region";
>            newProfile["GeneralInfo.postal_code"].Value = "code";
>            newProfile["GeneralInfo.country_code"].Value = "country";
>            newProfile.Update();
>
>            // Retrieve the profile instance.
>
>            Profile myProfile = profiles.GetProfile(profileID, "Address");
>
>            // Get the value of a property of the profile instance.
>
>            string postalCode =
> myProfile["GeneralInfo.postal_code"].Value.ToString();
>
>            // Set the value of a property of the profile instance.
>
>            myProfile["GeneralInfo.postal_code"].Value = "12345";
>
>            // Commit the changed postal code to the underlying data
>            // storage.
>
>            myProfile.Update();
>
>            // Delete the instance of the profile.
>
>            profiles.DeleteProfile(profileID, "Address");
>

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