David, I sent you an offline email at your flash.net account from my work email. But I'm glad you detailed it out here.
Good news, I sent a support ticket into Vertex about the "missing" Geocoder functionality in the EI XML interface and was told that it will be in Release 2.9.8 due to be released around September 2010. This means the entire Vertex logic will be able to use request/response XML model that the tax calculation currently uses. (sidenote to those who are wondering "what is Vertex") Vertex is a (payroll) tax calculation engine that is updated monthly with changes in the US/Canadian payroll tax tables for Federal, State, Local, County, and School District taxes). I haven't created a "tax" table in over 15 years with the help of Vertex. This isn't an ad, just an endorsement. Don Verhagen u2-usersrem...@thissoutheast-florida.com > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of David Wolverton > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:55 AM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] Unidata 7.1.9 and .Net DLL > > Ultimately we are calling a routine as a 'service' passing the XML and > receiving back the 'answer' XML - this logic will allow abstraction off > the > 'core database' machine since the service call can point to any machine > -- > if they would complete all GeoCode actions with an "EI" XML interface, > we'd > be able to be "C" free... They are a bit slow getting this done -- the > whole EI started as a 'skunkworks' project that ended up being > marketable, > but the GeoCode stuff is another group. On the tax side, the hardest > thing > was 'mapping' all the fields to a 'file' so the XML translations could > just > be handled by UniData -- lots of data in the 'EI request'! > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Don > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:27 AM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] Unidata 7.1.9 and .Net DLL > > DW, > > Yes, I currently use the Vertex EI interface with the .NET application > I'm > working on. > > So do you know just link directly (add voc entry) with the vptrei.dll > (enhanced integration) directly in Unidata? > > And yes, the XML is pretty sweet. > > Robert, > > Thanks for the heads-up about regasm. > > Tony, > > I did a quick google, but got a bit of search overload. I've written > plenty > of web services so that's not a huge huddle. I'll take a look at your > articles for some refreshers on BASIC and WS. > > > Thank you all for your ideas and helpful advice. > > Don Verhagen > u2-usersrem...@thissoutheast-florida.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of David Wolverton > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:31 AM > > To: 'U2 Users List' > > Subject: Re: [U2] Unidata 7.1.9 and .Net DLL > > > > Vertex's new code for passing XML is pretty sweet -- it's a different > > interface, but worth checking out. It's called their 'Enhanced > > Interface' > > version. > > > > DW > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Don > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:21 PM > > To: 'U2 Users List' > > Subject: [U2] Unidata 7.1.9 and .Net DLL > > > > Does anyone know if you can hook/link a .NET dll (Managed code) into > > Unidata > > 7.1.9 (Windows). > > > > I know you can with COM .DLL by creating an "E" type voc entry. > > Sample COM DLL Voc entry > > <1> E > > <2> E:\Vertex\VertexUtils\VertexDriver.DLL > > <3> v_LocConnect > > <4> POINTER > > <5> CHAR_PTR > > <6> CHAR_PTR > > <7> CHAR_PTR > > <8> CHAR_PTR > > <9> INT > > > > I was hoping to update the VertexDriver.DLL (Currently COM/_cdecl) to > a > > .Net > > dll. I really hate writing c code. > > > > > > David Wolverton, you out there? I know you have some experience > writing > > c -> > > Vertex utils. > > > > I may just end up writing a webservice to handle this and have > Unidata > > call > > the webservice. > > > > Just want to check before I start writing this. > > > > > > Thanks for any assistance. > > > > Donald Verhagen > > u2-usersrem...@thissoutheast-florida.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
