Question

Wondering if anybody out there has any success in using the JDEdwards XMLInterop functionality. I’ve been using it for a while (with a simple PInvoke, will post code later). I’m looking to see if there’s a better and/or more robust way.

Thanks.

Answer 1

As promised, here is the code for integrating with JDEdewards using XML. It’s a webservice, but could be used as you see fit.

namespace YourNameSpace 

{

/// <summary> /// This webservice allows you to submit JDE XML CallObject requests via a c# webservice /// </summary> [WebService(Namespace = 'http://WebSite.com/')] [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)] public class JdeBFService : System.Web.Services.WebService {     private string _strServerName;     private UInt16 _intServerPort;     private Int16 _intServerTimeout;      public JdeBFService()     {         // Load JDE ServerName, Port, & Connection Timeout from the Web.config file.         _strServerName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings['JdeServerName'];         _intServerPort = Convert.ToUInt16(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings['JdePort'], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);         _intServerTimeout = Convert.ToInt16(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings['JdeTimeout'], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);      }      /// <summary>     /// This webmethod allows you to submit an XML formatted jdeRequest document     /// that will call any Master Business Function referenced in the XML document     /// and return a response.     /// </summary>     /// <param name='Xml'> The jdeRequest XML document </param>     [WebMethod]     public XmlDocument JdeXmlRequest(XmlDocument xmlInput)     {         try         {             string outputXml = string.Empty;             outputXml = NativeMethods.JdeXmlRequest(xmlInput, _strServerName, _intServerPort, _intServerTimeout);              XmlDocument outputXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();             outputXmlDoc.LoadXml(outputXml);             return outputXmlDoc;         }         catch (Exception ex)         {             ErrorReporting.SendEmail(ex);             throw;         }     } }  /// <summary> /// This interop class uses pinvoke to call the JDE C++ dll.  It only has one static function. /// </summary> /// <remarks> /// This class calls the xmlinterop.dll which can be found in the B9/system/bin32 directory.   /// Copy the dll to the webservice project's /bin directory before running the project. /// </remarks> internal static class NativeMethods {     [DllImport('xmlinterop.dll',         EntryPoint = '_jdeXMLRequest@20',         CharSet = CharSet.Auto,         ExactSpelling = false,         CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall,         SetLastError = true)]     private static extern IntPtr jdeXMLRequest([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder server, UInt16 port, Int32 timeout, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] StringBuilder buf, Int32 length);      public static string JdeXmlRequest(XmlDocument xmlInput, string strServerName, UInt16 intPort, Int32 intTimeout)     {         StringBuilder sbServerName = new StringBuilder(strServerName);         StringBuilder sbXML = new StringBuilder();         XmlWriter xWriter = XmlWriter.Create(sbXML);         xmlInput.WriteTo(xWriter);         xWriter.Close();          string result = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(jdeXMLRequest(sbServerName, intPort, intTimeout, sbXML, sbXML.Length));          return result;     } } 

}

You have to send it messages like the following one:

<jdeRequest type='callmethod' user='USER' pwd='PWD' environment='ENV'>   <callMethod name='GetEffectiveAddress' app='JdeWebRequest' runOnError='no'>     <params>       <param name='mnAddressNumber'>10000</param>     </params>   </callMethod> </jdeRequest>