Create a Code Component from C# service

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Hi All,

I have a C# service that I would like to convert to a code component. Does anyone know where I can get some details examples and how-to documentation that could help me with this? I tried the default Microsoft documentation but it seems to be too broad for my application. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I assume you're not talking about a Blazor app or something... what exactly do you mean by "C# service", and what are you trying to accomplish? Most likely, the reason you're not finding good documentation is that there are a lot of ways to tackle your objective. It will help if I understand more about it.

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No, no Blazer app. To clarify, it's a Windows Service that runs a C# console application. I'm not sure if code components can even accomplish recreating it but I'm just looking for some documentation that goes over code components with C#.

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OK, great. So, the reason you're not finding documentation for this is that this is not what code components do.

Code Components are Single Page Apps that enable developers to replace UI elements with totally custom experiences. Usually, these are written in React/Typescript, but they are definitely just client-side stuff.

What you're looking for is server-executing code for running that service, and it could take a couple different forms:

If you're using Dataverse, then you can register your code as a Plugin or Custom API.

Plugins allow you to tie server-executing C# code to database events such as Create/Update/Delete and others

Custom APIs allow you to deploy C# code that you can invoke with a custom message to Dataverse as an API call.

If you aren't using Dataverse, then you're looking for an Azure Function. Functions allow you to deploy serverless compute to the cloud and run your C# code on any arbitrary trigger, executing as an API, on a schedule, or as a listener for other connected services such as a Service Bus.

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@DTreg1 did this post help solve your issue? Please mark it as resolved or update us if you went a different route.

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@cchannon I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I believe the Azure Functions will be what I need. Still working on getting the service enabled on my license as my free trial is expired.

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I was able to recreate the service through a flow with some more recent updates. This was before ChatGPT as well, today that would probably be some help.

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