WebI SDK

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Hi All,

Can you please explain me the main purpose of WebI SDK? To work with WebI SDK, do I need to know ASP or C Language or VBA Scripts? Any Suggestions?

Thanks
Ravi.

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Hi Ravi,

Currently you would use ASP. In our next version, you can use JSP (Java Server Pages) as well.

Chris

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Can you please explain me the main purpose of WebI SDK? To work with WebI SDK, do I need to know ASP or C Language or VBA Scripts? Any Suggestions?

Ravi,

You will need to use Active Server Pages for the current release of the WebI SDK. All samples and documentation use VBScript.

The next release of the SDK will allow for JSP. Unfortunately, the Beta documentation I have seen still uses VBScript for the WIBean Enterprise Java Bean examples, where they exist at all. Hopefully, this will be changed to JavaScript by the time the product goes GA

Richard

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Hi,
I am using WebI SDK in Infoview. I know the WebI Session Id and now i want to get the document Id currently opened. Through which method can i get the document id? Any idea please.

Regards
R a m a k r i s h n a

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Hi All,

I have a question regarding WebI SDK.

Can we download a document to *.pdf format without displaying the document ( with an ability to choose more than one document)?

Thanks in Advance

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Hi,

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to restrict a single user to run a report from only two objects in the universe using WebI SDK.He needs to see all the objects when he tries to create documents.But when he tries to run a report,he should be able to do it from only two columns.Restriction from Supervisor is not possible because of the set up.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks
Indra Chatterjee

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In my opinion, it¥s impossible.

Sammer

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HI all,

I have Webi SDK installed on a development server.But when i log into this machine i don’t see any difference between this and another production server which does not have WEBISDK installed on it.

If i want to start using SDK what are the preliminary steps to be followed?

All help is appreciated.

Thanks.

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i thought it was just a matter of registering the WICOMxx.dll… look in the registry on the Test box, see if its out there…

b

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There aren’t any differences except that the SDK documentation is installed on your development server.

All the SDK does is give you the documentation to make calls to WebI components. You now have to pick a programming tool of your choice and call stuff.

It seems like so much more when you hear people talk about “SDK” but it isn’t anything concrete.

Snezana Ogrizovic
Decision Support Specialist
Quad/Graphics - Information Systems Department (414) 566-6163

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In a message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2001 1:06:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, “Ogrizovic, Snezana” Snezana.Ogrizovic@QG.COM writes:

There aren’t any differences except that the SDK documentation is installed on your development server.

It may not be obvious, but you really get (as far as I can tell) only a couple of things when you pay for the SDK. You get the documentation, and you get access to the SDK area on the tech support site. That’s it.

You already have VBA built in to the app, and the capability to write VBA code (in full client) right away. Likewise for ASP under the Webi environment. You do not have to purchase anything special to do write code.

The SDK purchase gets you tech support to help debug your code (or identify bugs as happened to me recently ) and documentation that makes code-writing easier. Could you write an application without the SDK docs or tech support? Sure. Do you want to? Probably not. A simple macro or two, yes. But a complete app (like the BO Auditor product) would be difficult to write / maintain without proper documentation IMHO.

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That would be correct. I forgot about the Tech Support as we haven’t used that much.

The samples that you get are pretty basic, but they give a good overview of what can be done. There is much more that you can do than the examples show.

Snezana Ogrizovic
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Quad/Graphics - Information Systems Department (414) 566-6163

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To slightly move away from the topic, yesterday I attended a demo of application foundation and publisher
product. And during the demo, BO sales guy told that BO is going to come up with a SDK extension(code name JASPER) which will allow quick and easy customization of WebI with SDK.The coding is going to reduce tremendously and developer’s job much easier.It seems that they are going to come up with easy to use objects.The tentative release is next 2 months.

Application foundation has really some nice features and the custmization is very easy and fast. The foundation sits on top of current BO platform and they have integrated Set Analyzer(and you all know why…as it was so expensive.no one was using it) with it…so you can get a EIS working quick and fast.

Coming back to the topic…The sample code of JSP/asp that has come along with WEBI 2.6 is like a complete product.I have been testing it right now and its look and feel is complete…So extending it to create your own web application is possible.

-Durgesh

In a message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2001 1:06:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, “Ogrizovic, Snezana” Snezana.Ogrizovic@QG.COM writes:

There aren’t any differences except that the SDK documentation is
installed
on your development server.

It may not be obvious, but you really get (as far as I can tell) only a couple of things when you pay for the SDK. You get the documentation, and you get access to the SDK area on the tech support site. That’s it.

You already have VBA built in to the app, and the capability to write VBA code (in full client) right away. Likewise for ASP under the Webi environment. You do not have to purchase anything special to do write code.

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So is there a separate price for this SDK extension? Or if you already have the SDK do you receive the extension at no charge?

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In a message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2001 1:48:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Rana Kassel Rana.Kassel@VOPAKUSA.COM writes:

So is there a separate price for this SDK extension? Or if you already have the SDK do you receive the extension at no charge?

Every install of BusObj has the capability to do VBA coding at no extra charge. Likewise Webi with ASP. Access to the support page and the documentation requires an extra charge.

At least I think that is how it goes. I do not work on the sales end of things very often, so licensing issues can get confusing some times. :slight_smile:

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HI all,

I know i am asking this question once again.But i would like to know from where to start writing a code.FOr eg i want to write a code to upload some documents.Like in full client i open VB editor and write the code.Likewise how do i do it for Webi.

Do i need a programming tool and if yes what kind of tool?

Pls help.

Thanks.

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To customize webI you need to modify the ASP or JSP pages (depending on what server you use) using VB, VBscript and JavaScript. Most people use MS Visual Interdev for this type of project.

Devon Watson

FOr eg i want to write a code to upload some

documents.Like in full client i open VB editor and write the code.Likewise how do i do it for Webi.

Do i need a programming tool and if yes what kind of tool?

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How do I obtain obtain the SDK for WEBI? Can It be downloaded from bo?

Thanks.

Ronnie Bass
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If you have WebI SDK Licence, you can download the sample code from BO TECH SUPPORT website.

-Durgesh

How do I obtain obtain the SDK for WEBI? Can It be downloaded from bo?

Thanks.

Ronnie Bass
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Ron,

You need to purchase the license for it. If you have the BO CD with the proper license you can install WEBI SDK.

Aris

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