Integration possibilities with SL7 - Webservices?

• 06-24-2008 10:38 AM

  Maulik Modi Joined on 06-24-2008 Posts 1

  Integration possibilities with SL7 - Webservices? Reply Contact Hello, We are in the process of building ASP.NET based Sales portal and need to integrate it with SL7 to check credit status(Payment relased) and need to programmetically create companies in SL7 I read somewhere that SL7 is built with VB2005, Does it expose webservices? Has someone written a wrapper or something? What are the other ways to access Solomon through API? Last resort is direct DB access but that would be painful when new version would be released. Any help or link leading to SDK/API will be appreciated, we do not have installed it yet. Thanks, Maulik

  Tags: API, SDk, Dynamics SL7, integration, ASP.NET, Webservices

• 07-03-2008 8:46 AM

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  TomMalia Joined on 07-03-2008 Posts 1

  Re: Integration possibilities with SL7 - Webservices? Reply Contact  The official methods for interacting "programatically" with Dynamics SL 7 are:  Transaction import - A feature that allow for the mapping of data in delimited files (usually CSV) to fields in just about any screen in Solomon and then a process that using that mapping to automate the import or update (or deletion) of data in the given screen.  Process manager - this is really something that can be used in conjunction with Transaction Import to automate the process of importing data using TI on a scheduled bases Solomon Object Model - This is a feature that allows almost any Solomon screen or process to be exposed as a COM object.  This allows any program that supports COM client functionality to interact programatically with any screen in Dynamics SL pretty much exactly the way an end user would. Note though that as of version 6.5, I found that this feature is at best problematic if not impossible of the client program is running in a "service" security context. Custom screen/process development via the SDK - The application frame work that is used to create the VB2005 programs that make up the UI of the Dynamics SL product are available to developers so they can create new screens and processes using the same tool set.  Direct database updates - You can obviously connect directly to the Dynamics SL database and perform updates inserts and deletes.  It should be noted that only the TI and Solomon Object Model approaches will enforce data integrity rules and business rules for you.  When using either the SDK or the direct database access approach, the developer assumes 100% responsibility for ensuring the integrity of the data and the adherence to business rules.   There are also some third party option that have implemented things like web services for some common processes.

• 07-10-2008 5:31 PM

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  NRoberts Joined on 06-23-2008 Posts 1	Re: Integration possibilities with SL7 - Webservices? Reply Contact Thanks Tom - We are looking to do the same and need a way to create a PO from a in house web application.

• 07-16-2008 4:11 PM

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  Bob Milanowski Joined on 11-16-2007 Posts 1	Re: Integration possibilities with SL7 - Webservices? Reply Contact Web services are slated for SL8, but not available on SL7.  There are also some COM api's that are available, but not supported by SL support.  We use them all the time.  They are available for Sales Orders, Customers, Purchase Orders, and PO Receipts. Email me if you need assistance.  Bobm@ehtc.com

• 07-16-2008 10:08 PM

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  mm123 Joined on 03-10-2008 Posts 7	Re: Integration possibilities with SL7 - Webservices? Reply Contact   Hi Robert, We are working on the solution for creating Remote sales orders from a web based custom application. If you are interested in learning our solution. Please message me at manick.m@hotmail.com