Integrating newlook In this presentation… –Integrating your underlying iSeries application with 3 rd party applications. –Using DDE and the API. –Using Call and Declare.

Integrating newlook Integrate newlook –Refers to integrating newlook with standard desktop applications, such as MS Word, Excel, Lotus Notes and . Key newlook tools –Designer –Macro Editor

Integrating newlook – DDE & API DDE macro actions –LinkInitiate –LinkExecute –LinkPoke –LinkTerminate

Integrating newlook – DDE & API Sample DDE commands –Word [SetDocumentVar “Balance”, “999.99”] [EditSelectAll] [UpdateFields] [SendKeys {home}] –Excel [Workbook.Activate (“Sheet1”)] [Echo (0)]

Integrating newlook – Call & Declare Call and Declare –Declare (library, procedure, alias, return values, arguments) –Call (procedure, arguments and return values) Sample Call and Declare –Declare (Kernel32.dll, WritePrivateProfileStringA, WritePrivateProfileString, Boolean, ByVal Section as String, ByVal Key as String, ByVal Value as String, ByVal File as String) –Call (WritePrivateProfileString, "Section", "Key", "Data", "myapp.ini", rc)

Integrating newlook – DDE & API newlook API (for external applications) –NL_GetVersion –NL_EnumInstances –NL_GetValue –NL_SetValue –NL_RunMacro

Integrating newlook – DDE & API Using the newlook API –32 bit –Visual Basic Samples\Visual Basic\ApiTest –Visual C++ Samples\Visual C++\ApiTest –Other languages Link with NLAPI.DLL

Summary newlook can be used to integrate your underlying iSeries application. The key tools used in integrating your application are Designer, Macro Editor and the Expression Builder. You can use DDE and API calls to export data to common desktop applications, e.g. MS Word and Excel.

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