method ApiDumpPostingInXML

Description

ApiDumpPostingInXML; method that will load a posting and then dump the content of the instance in an xml-file

Parameters

iiPostingID	input	integer	PostingID; posting-ID of the posting that needs to be dumped
icFileName	input	character	Name of the file that will contain the dumped posting in xml-format
oiReturnStatus	output	integer	Return status of the method.

Internal usage

unused

program code (program9/bposting.p)

assign oiReturnStatus = -98.

<M-1 run DataLoad
          (input  ? (icRowids),
           input  iiPostingID (icPkeys),
           input  ? (icObjectIds),
           input  '' (icFreeform),
           input  false (ilKeepPrevious),
           output viFcReturnSuper (oiReturnStatus)) in BPosting>
if viFcReturnSuper <> 0
then do :
    assign oiReturnStatus = viFcReturnSuper.
    return.
end.

find first tPosting no-lock no-error.
if not available tPosting
then do :
    assign oiReturnStatus = -4.
    return.
end.

<M-2 run DumpXmlRepresentation
   (input  icFileName (icFile),
    input  no (ilHeaderOnly),
    input  no (ilSuppressEmptyFields),
    input  0 (iiPriority),
    input  no (ilWriteXMLSchema),
    input  '' (icObjectRowId),
    output viFcReturnSuper (oiReturnStatus)) in BPosting>
if viFcReturnSuper <> 0
then do :
    assign oiReturnStatus = viFcReturnSuper.
    return.
end.


assign oiReturnStatus = 0.

Sample code: how to call this method through RPCRequestService (QXtend Inbound)

define temp-table ttContext no-undo
    field propertyQualifier as character
    field propertyName as character
    field propertyValue as character
    index entityContext is primary unique
        propertyQualifier
        propertyName
    index propertyQualifier
        propertyQualifier.

define dataset dsContext for ttContext.

define variable vhContextDS as handle no-undo.
define variable vhExceptionDS as handle no-undo.
define variable vhServer as handle no-undo.
define variable vhInputDS as handle no-undo.
define variable vhInputOutputDS as handle no-undo.
define variable vhOutputDS as handle no-undo.
define variable vhParameter as handle no-undo.

/* Create context */
create ttContext.
assign ttContext.propertyName = "programName"
       ttContext.propertyValue = "BPosting".
create ttContext.
assign ttContext.propertyName = "methodName"
       ttContext.propertyValue = "ApiDumpPostingInXML".
create ttContext.
assign ttContext.propertyName = "applicationId"
       ttContext.propertyValue = "fin".
create ttContext.
assign ttContext.propertyName = "entity"
       ttContext.propertyValue = "1000".
create ttContext.
assign ttContext.propertyName = "userName"
       ttContext.propertyValue = "mfg".
create ttContext.
assign ttContext.propertyName = "password"
       ttContext.propertyValue = "".

/* Create input dataset */
create dataset vhInputDS.
vhInputDS:read-xmlschema("file", "xml/bposting.apidumppostinginxml.i.xsd", ?).
vhParameter = vhInputDS:get-buffer-handle("tParameterI").
vhParameter:buffer-create().
assign vhParameter::iiPostingID = <parameter value>
       vhParameter::icFileName = <parameter value>.

/* Connect the AppServer */
create server vhServer.
vhServer:connect("-URL <appserver-url>").

if not vhServer:connected()
then do:
    message "Could not connect AppServer" view-as alert-box error title "Error".
    return.
end.

/* Run */
assign vhContextDS = dataset dsContext:handle.

run program/rpcrequestservice.p on vhServer
    (input-output dataset-handle vhContextDS by-reference,
           output dataset-handle vhExceptionDS,
     input        dataset-handle vhInputDS by-reference,
     input-output dataset-handle vhInputOutputDS by-reference,
           output dataset-handle vhOutputDS).

/* Handle output however you want, in this example, we dump it to xml */
if valid-handle(vhExceptionDS)
then vhExceptionDS:write-xml("file", "Exceptions.xml", true).

if valid-handle(vhOutputDS)
then vhOutputDS:write-xml("file", "Output.xml", true).

/* Cleanup */
vhServer:disconnect().
assign vhServer = ?.

if valid-handle(vhInputDS)
then delete object vhInputDS.

if valid-handle(vhOutputDS)
then delete object vhOutputDS.

if valid-handle(vhExceptionDS)
then delete object vhExceptionDS.