Getting a list of Activities before a certain date, in a plugin

[kimkamp22]

I'd like to be able to get an "ActivitiesList" of all open Activities before a certain date - either by each Contact, or by the current ContactList.

Any recommendations on code to get that list?

Thanks!

[mwood · Accepted solution]

Sorry, but I don't have anything in VB, there are some translators out there, I believe Jim Durkin posted a good one recently. But hopefully it's still clear

ActivityList al = 
                ActApp.ActFramework.Activities.GetActivitiesForContact(ActApp.ApplicationState.CurrentContact, FirstInstanceRestriction.FirstUnclearedOccurrence);
ActivityList allActivities = ActApp.ActFramework.Activities.GetActivityList(null, null, startDate, endDate);

The first ActivityList will get all the activities for the current contact. The second, assuming the start and end dates are sufficient, will get all the activities.

[mwood]

There are a couple of different options for accomplishing this. First, the GetActivitiesForContact method in the ActivityManager class has overloads that accept DateTime, additionally you can use IActivityFilterCriteria and create a DateTimeCriteria to filter your ActivityList with.

[kimkamp22]

Thanks for the reply.

Would you be able to list some vb.NET code to get both Activities lists - one for a Contact, and one for all Contacts?

I'm most interested in getting the Activities list for all Contacts, but both would be very helpful!

Thanks!

[mwood · Accepted solution]

Sorry, but I don't have anything in VB, there are some translators out there, I believe Jim Durkin posted a good one recently. But hopefully it's still clear

ActivityList al = 
                ActApp.ActFramework.Activities.GetActivitiesForContact(ActApp.ApplicationState.CurrentContact, FirstInstanceRestriction.FirstUnclearedOccurrence);
ActivityList allActivities = ActApp.ActFramework.Activities.GetActivityList(null, null, startDate, endDate);

The first ActivityList will get all the activities for the current contact. The second, assuming the start and end dates are sufficient, will get all the activities.

[jimdurkin]

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This is the one I have used for years. It does a great job at VB to c# also.

-- Jim Durkin