Notifications.ReadAlertSubscriptions Method

Gets the alert subscription information for the current user.

Namespace:  [Notifications Web service]
Service reference: http://ServerName:32843/[Project Service Application GUID]/PSI/Notifications.svc
Web service reference: http://ServerName/ProjectServerName/_vti_bin/PSI/Notifications.asmx?wsdl

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Notifications/ReadAlertSubscriptions", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Notifications/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Notifications/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function ReadAlertSubscriptions As AlertSubscriptionInfoDataSet
'Usage
Dim instance As Notifications
Dim returnValue As AlertSubscriptionInfoDataSet

returnValue = instance.ReadAlertSubscriptions()

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Notifications/ReadAlertSubscriptions", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Notifications/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Notifications/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public AlertSubscriptionInfoDataSet ReadAlertSubscriptions()

Return Value

Type: [Notifications Web service].AlertSubscriptionInfoDataSet
AlertSubscriptionInfoDataSet with alert subscription status for the current user.

Remarks

Project Server Permissions

Examples

This example retrieves the current user's alert subscription information and displays it on the console.

Please see Prerequisites for ASMX-Based Code Samples for critical information on running this code sample.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Net;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using System.Threading;
using PSLibrary = Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Library;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.Project.Samples.ReadAlertSubscriptions
{
   class Program
   {
      [STAThread]
      static void Main()
      {
         try
         {
            #region Setup
            const string PROJECT_SERVER_URI = "https://ServerName/ProjectServerName/";
            const string NOTIFICATIONS_SERVICE_PATH = "_vti_bin/psi/notifications.asmx";
            // Set up the Web service objects
            NotificationsWebSvc.Notifications notificationsSvc = new NotificationsWebSvc.Notifications();
            notificationsSvc.Url = PROJECT_SERVER_URI + NOTIFICATIONS_SERVICE_PATH;
            notificationsSvc.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
         
            #endregion
            NotificationsWebSvc.AlertSubscriptionInfoDataSet alertSubscriptionDs = notificationsSvc.ReadAlertSubscriptions();
            WriteTablesToConsole(alertSubscriptionDs.Tables);

         }
         #region Error Handling and Final
         catch (SoapException ex)
         {
            PSLibrary.PSClientError error = new PSLibrary.PSClientError(ex);
            PSLibrary.PSErrorInfo[] errors = error.GetAllErrors();
            string errMess = "==============================\r\nError: \r\n";
            for (int i = 0; i < errors.Length; i++)
            {
               errMess += "\n" + ex.Message.ToString() + "\r\n";
               errMess += "".PadRight(30, '=') + "\r\nPSCLientError Output:\r\n \r\n";
               errMess += errors[i].ErrId.ToString() + "\n";

               for (int j = 0; j < errors[i].ErrorAttributes.Length; j++)
               {
                  errMess += "\r\n\t" + errors[i].ErrorAttributeNames()[j] + ": " + errors[i].ErrorAttributes[j];
               }
               errMess += "\r\n".PadRight(30, '=');
            }
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            Console.WriteLine(errMess);
         }
         catch (WebException ex)
         {
            string errMess = ex.Message.ToString() +
               "\n\nLog on, or check the Project Server Queuing Service";
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + errMess);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
         }
         finally
         {
            Console.ResetColor();
            Console.WriteLine("\r\n\r\nPress any key...");
            Console.ReadKey();
         }
         #endregion
      }
      private static void WriteTablesToConsole(System.Data.DataTableCollection theTables)
      {
         Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen;
         foreach (System.Data.DataTable table in theTables)
         {

            int[] columnWidths = new int[table.Columns.Count];
            int tableWidth = 0;
            string dataString;
            Console.WriteLine("Table: " + table.TableName);

            // Write out the column names and get their spacing
            StringBuilder tableRow = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
            {
               columnWidths[i] = GetColumnWidth(table.Columns[i]);
               tableRow.Append(table.Columns[i].ColumnName.PadRight(columnWidths[i]));

               tableWidth += columnWidths[i];
            }
            // add a space so it won't wrap
            tableWidth += 1;
            // make the console as wide as the widest table
            Console.BufferWidth = (Console.BufferWidth > tableWidth ? Console.BufferWidth : tableWidth);
            tableRow.Append("\r\n");
            Console.Write(tableRow.ToString());

            // Write out the data
            foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
            {
               tableRow = new StringBuilder();
               for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
               {
                  dataString = row[i].ToString();
                  // truncate output if it is wider than 
                  // the desired column width
                  if (dataString.Length >= columnWidths[i])
                  {
                     dataString = dataString.Substring(0, columnWidths[i] - 1);
                  }
                  // add the output to the stringbuilder and pad right to fill
                  // up to the column width.
                  tableRow.Append(dataString.PadRight(columnWidths[i]));
               }
               tableRow.Append("\r\n");
               Console.Write(tableRow.ToString());
            }
            Console.Write("\r\n".PadLeft(tableWidth, '-'));
         }
         Console.ResetColor();
      }
      // Helper function for WriteTablesToConsole
      private static int GetColumnWidth(DataColumn column)
      {
         // Note: may not handle byte[]data types well
         const int MAX_COL_WIDTH = 40;
         int dataWidth = 0;

         //return 12 for numbers, 30 for dates, and string width for strings.
         switch (column.DataType.UnderlyingSystemType.ToString())
         {
            case "System.Boolean":
            case "System.Byte":
            case "System.Byte[]":
            case "System.Char":
            case "System.Decimal":
            case "System.Double":
            case "System.Int16":
            case "System.Int32":
            case "System.Int64":
            case "System.SByte":
            case "System.Single":
            case "System.UInt16":
            case "System.UInt32":
            case "System.UInt64":
               dataWidth = 12;
               break;
            case "System.DateTime":
            case "System.TimeSpan":
               dataWidth = 30;
               break;
            case "System.Guid":
               dataWidth = 37;
               break;
            case "System.String":
               // If it has a maxlength, use it
               if (column.MaxLength > 0)
               {
                  dataWidth = column.MaxLength;
               }
               else
               {
                  // Otherwise use the max col width
                  dataWidth = MAX_COL_WIDTH;
               }
               break;
            default:
               dataWidth = column.ColumnName.Length;
               break;
         }
         // truncate if over the max length
         if (dataWidth > MAX_COL_WIDTH)
         {
            dataWidth = MAX_COL_WIDTH;
         }
         // always be at least as wide as the colum name
         return (column.ColumnName.Length > (dataWidth) ? column.ColumnName.Length + 1 : dataWidth);
      }
   }
}

See Also

Reference

Notifications Class

Notifications Members

Notifications Web Service