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invalid attempt to cal winapi.fileexists runnning in CIL on client

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Posted on by ARPIT CHAVHAN 4,359

Hi everyone,

I am trying to save notepad file via batch process in AX 2012. I am getting "invalid attempt to cal winapi.fileexists runnning in CIL on client" error when the batch process executes. I got the error that batch doesnt support client specific process. But may i know the solution to resolve this issue.

Thanks & Regards

Arpit Chavhan

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  • dolee Profile Picture
    dolee 11,279 on at

    Is using a network share a possible?

    Regards,

    Dominic

  • ARPIT CHAVHAN Profile Picture
    ARPIT CHAVHAN 4,359 on at

    Hi Dolee,

    Can you please elaborate. I didnt get it actually.

  • dolee Profile Picture
    dolee 11,279 on at

    Hi,

    I mean setting up a network share that is both accessible by clients and AOS. When setting up the batch job, set the file destination to the network share. Then, use WinAPIServer instead of WinAPI in the code for fileExist check (because WinAPI is set to RunOn client).

    P.S. Or maybe I read your questions incorrectly, all you need is WinAPIServer =)

    Regards,

    Dominic

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    Tommy Skaue Profile Picture
    Tommy Skaue Microsoft Employee on at

    Arpit,

    The WinApi class is for processes running on clients. Consider adding a test in your code to detect if the current context is running server side and if so use WinApiServer, or better yet rewrite your code to use .Net completely to check for existence of files.

    Here are some examples of file handling using .Net

    colinmitchell.net/.../file-handling

    Best of luck!

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