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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p><font size="5" face="Arial"><b>ActionWare Developers ToolKit</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial">ActionWare400 provides a number of methods to exit to other business applications. These range from a simple hot key exit to print a custom report, to conditional edits on a specific field, to a fully integrated link between two applications.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The ActionWare400 exits allow a wide range of customization without disturbing the basic product operation. The use of these "Application Program Interface " (API) exits:</font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Arial">Eliminates the need to modify ActionWare400 to satisfy most application link requirements. </font></li> <li><font face="Arial">Provides easy-to-use, fast exits to existing applications </font></li> <li><font face="Arial">Allows the marriage of the ActionWare400 specialized Contact Management front-end with more traditionally designed systems </font></li> <li><font face="Arial">Provides a bridge to advanced applications - telephony, faxing etc. </font></li> </ul> <p><font face="Arial"><strong>There are three types of API exits in ActionWare:</strong> </font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The </font><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial">Basic User Exit (Type 1) </font><font face="Arial">consists of Hot-Key user-initiated exits which then executes user provided program based on the data shown on the screen. This type of exit is often used by the ActionWare to provide users access to special customized or extended functions.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The </font><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial">Automatic Update Exit (Type 2)</font><font face="Arial"> is a program that can intercept the edit process when a record is added, changed or deleted in ActionWare400. This is used to capture changes made by the user to synchronize multiple master data files or to perform special edits based on field values (beyond the standard Listbox edits supported by ActionWare400). </font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The </font><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial">Integrated Application Link (Type 3) </font><font face="Arial">provides an exit which can be configured to intelligently link the ActionWare400 record to up to 8 other applications on the system. The application link uses group jobs and includes a special implementation of The Type 2 exit to synchronize data between ActionWare400 and the other applications on the system. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The </font><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial"><b>Developers Toolkit</b></font><font face="Arial"> provides the necessary building blocks to create a Type 3 fully integrated interface between ActionWare and the application of your choice. The Toolkit includes source code samples, mapping and user control files, and programmer documentation on how to implement this interface with other business applications on the AS/400. Some application interfaces have already been built for some of the popular AS/400 primary business systems. See the </font><a href="aonprodM.htm" target="_top"><font face="Arial">interfaces</font></a><font face="Arial"> document for more details.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">An application Interface may be created between ActionWare and any other product running on the AS/400. ActionWare Technical Services will help you integrate the applications of your choice. </font><a href="../DContUs/inquiry.htm"><font face="Arial">Click here</font></a><font face="Arial"> to request more information.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="file:///C|/wwwroot" target="_top">Home Page</a></p> </body>