CRM - Passing data between Plugins

When working with Plugins its quite natural to come across the scenarios where a data needs to be shared by two different plugins. This can be achieved using the shared variables. Below is how it can be done. In the plugin which is going to set the variable write the code as follows,

 

context.SharedVariables["UniqueName"] = "Data to be shared";

 

context is the plugin execution context. Now the data that needs to be shared is available in the shared variable UniqueName.

 

Next step is to consume the data available in the other plugin. For that first check whether the shared variable has the respective UniqueName. If available consume the data in it using the below code.

 

string uniqueName = (string)context.SharedVariables["PrimaryContact"];

 

All done. We have the data from first plugin in second one now. Enjoy !!!