Can .net extenion use VB.net?

Absolutely. This article will show you some code samples in VB.NET in addition to C# http://www.slxdeveloper.com/page.aspx?action=viewarticle&articleid=83

Ryan

Thanks Ryan so much.

Do you have some ideas about the following requirement?

I'd like to open a Microsoft GP form from a SalesLogix form. For example, there is a SLX form on which there is a button. When the button is clicked, the SLX code will invoke/open a Microsoft GP form which is an external windows form. Is it possible? BTW, our system is SLX lan version 7.0.1 

Thanks

Whether or not this is posible depends 100% on GP. Is there a way to programatically invoke a dialog in GP? Does it expose this in some way?

Quote: Originally posted by Ryan Farley Whether or not this is posible depends 100% on GP. Is there a way to programatically invoke a dialog in GP? Does it expose this in some way?

Hi Ryan,

We got an info about a 3rd-party tool whose APIs can be used to invoke a MS GP form -- http://mohdaoud.blogspot.com/2009/10/practical-example-on-dynamics-continuum.html

Based on your experience, can we use the tool in our Lan SLX 7.0.1 to open a MS GP form. Is taht possible? Can we use the .net extension to call the APIs of the tools which is able to open the GP forms?

Thanks

Jordan

Hi Jordan. Well, yes and no. It is a COM library, and the .NET Extensions platform in the SalesLogix client does not do any sort of COM registration. Best choice is to attempt to use it via RegFree COM. This means you'll create a COM manifest for the library and then use that as if it were COM, without actually registering it on the machine. Some DLLs don't work that great with RegFree COM, and to be honest I've not done it with a .NET Extension so not sure how that would work out. But, that is the best route to try. You can google "Registration Free COM" to get some info on how to do it (it's not that hard to do).

If that doesn't work well from a .NET Extension, then you'd likely have to go the route of providing an installer to install and register the COM component on the desktops.

Once you've done either of those, it would work great from a .NET Extension.

Quote: Originally posted by Ryan Farley Hi Jordan. Well, yes and no. It is a COM library, and the .NET Extensions platform in the SalesLogix client does not do any sort of COM registration. Best choice is to attempt to use it via RegFree COM. This means you'll create a COM manifest for the library and then use that as if it were COM, without actually registering it on the machine. Some DLLs don't work that great with RegFree COM, and to be honest I've not done it with a .NET Extension so not sure how that would work out. But, that is the best route to try. You can google "Registration Free COM" to get some info on how to do it (it's not that hard to do). If that doesn't work well from a .NET Extension, then you'd likely have to go the route of providing an installer to install and register the COM component on the desktops. Once you've done either of those, it would work great from a .NET Extension.

Hi Ryan,

Thanks so much for the response.

It looks like the tool "Dynamics Continuum" mentioned in the article is a common COM like ADO. Maybe it is pretty good for SLX, since the SLX can use the COM directly through vbscript dircetly instead of .net extension. What do you think about that? 

Thanks

Jordan