interop Dll for external Access to SLX 7.5.2

[paulfisk]

I have a VB.net app that I had working for SLX 7.5.0

I used a reference to the Interop.salesLogix.dll in my program to access the SalesLogix.Application object.  

Now I am upgrading the program to work with SLX 7.5.2 and I want to be able to do the same thing such as the following code from the original SLX 7.5.0 version: 

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Dim slx As SalesLogix.SlxApplication 

slx = New SalesLogix.SlxApplication()

slx.BasicFunctions.ShowHistory(SLXHistoryID)

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 etc ...

But when I look through the SLX install directories i do not find that DLL anywhere. Is there something missing here or is there a new way to access the SLX applicaiton object inSLX 7.5.2?

Paul Fisk

Avante Solutions Inc.

[mcessna]

I'm not sure about a 7.5.2 version, but it wouldn't have been installed with SalesLogix, but rather as part of the migration package (e.g. SLX_v751_Migration_Tool.zip).

Please see the following resources:

http://community.sagesaleslogix.com/t5/The-Sage-SalesLogix-Journal/Cool-stuff-for-you-on-Partner-Sou...

http://github.com/SageSalesLogix/SLXMigration

The following "example" script will rebuild your interops (assuming you have Visual Studio 8 installed):

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\WINDOWS\system32\olepro32.dll"            /out:Interop.StdType.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\stdvcl40.dll"    /out:Interop.StdVCL.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXOptions.dll"  /out:Interop.SLXOptions.dll    /reference:Interop.StdVCL.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SalesLogix.exe"  /out:Interop.SalesLogix.dll    /reference:Interop.StdType.dll /reference:Interop.SLXOptions.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXControls.ocx" /out:Interop.SLXControls.dll   /reference:Interop.StdVCL.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXCharts.ocx"   /out:Interop.SLXCharts.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\TlbImp.exe" "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXDialogs.ocx"  /out:Interop.SLXDialogs.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\AxImp.exe"  "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXControls.ocx" /out:Interop.AxSLXControls.dll /rcw:Interop.SLXControls.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\AxImp.exe"  "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXCharts.ocx"   /out:Interop.AxSLXCharts.dll   /rcw:Interop.SLXCharts.dll
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\AxImp.exe"  "C:\Program Files\SalesLogix\SLXDialogs.ocx"  /out:Interop.AxSLXDialogs.dll  /rcw:Interop.SLXDialogs.dll

Thanks

Mike

[paulfisk]

Turns out that it is as simple as including the SalesLogix.exe as a reference to the project in VStudio and it created the interop dll automatically when I built the project.
Thanks for the tip.

[mcessna]

Yes, that will work. Keep in mind that if the other COM objects have interface changes that you will need to generate updated interops for them as well.

Thanks

Mike