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Installing the CallAPI for Windows

This document guides you through the new installation of a CallAPIA programming interface that processes a script in the Automation Engine system. It can be called directly from within the program itself or from a different program. for Windows.

A CallAPI for Windows is supplied with AE. This interface can be used under Windows on Intel computers. The CallAPI enables calls in AE from other programs or procedures. These programs can be written in programming languages such as C, C++, COBOL, Java, Visual Basic, VBA, or VBS. Additionally, the utility UCXBXXXC.EXE is supplied, which can be used for calls from the command line, in an MS DOS box or in a batch file.

Supplied Files

The files are stored in the directory IMAGE:CALLAPI\WINDOWS.

File name Description

UCXBWI3C.DLL

CallAPI
UCXBXXXC.EXE Utility for calling the CallAPI
UCXBXXXC.INI INI file for the utility

UCCALL3.BAT

Batch file for starting the utility

UCCALL3.VBS

Example (Visual Basic Script) for using the CallAPI with OLE

UCCALL3.H

Header file with structure and API definition

UCXBWI3C.LIB

Library - must be linked

ZU00132.DLL

Runtime library for shared functions

UC.MSL

Message library

 


Procedure

1.

Installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package

This installation step can be ignored if the packageA Package is an instance (a version, a revision, a tag, …) of your application and defines the content which you want to deploy. Here you decide, if you want to deploy the entire application or just a few specified components. is already available in the required version. Go to Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs to see if the package is available, and if so, which version.

2.

Transferring the files and setting up the system environmentAn Environment consists of Deployment Targets which represent your endpoints. Different environments are used for different phases in the software delivery cycle, for example Development, QA, Staging, Production. An environment is typically set up once and used by several applications.

3.

Using OLE

c:\windows\system\regsvr32 c:\AUTOMIC\callapi\bin\ucxbwi3c.dll

 

See also:

CallAPI for Windows

 


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