Does anyone know when Datastage will have a COM or ActiveX interface?
Thanks,
Arnie Farrelly
Manager Software Services
COM
Arnie,
Datastage already has an ActiveX interface to allow you to bring in ActiveX components, they will be wrapped up as a Datastage routine, to use this go to the Datastage manager, and select import external function definitions and follow the wizard... This has been there since version 3.5.
There is a API which is a com object that lets you build datastage jobs from other tools such as VB or C++. The documentation for that should come with the 4.0 cd.
If you can let me know what you want to do (I have an idea as to why you might want this information) I might be able to help you out more in a private email.
regards
Andrew Webb
Principal Presales Consultant
Business Intelligence Solutions
Informix Software Ltd
www.informix.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Arnie Farrelly [mailto:afarrelly@syncsort.com]
Sent: 20 December 2000 02:55 PM
To: informix-datastage@oliver.com
Subject: COM
Does anyone know when Datastage will have a COM or ActiveX interface?
Thanks,
Arnie Farrelly
Manager Software Services
Datastage already has an ActiveX interface to allow you to bring in ActiveX components, they will be wrapped up as a Datastage routine, to use this go to the Datastage manager, and select import external function definitions and follow the wizard... This has been there since version 3.5.
There is a API which is a com object that lets you build datastage jobs from other tools such as VB or C++. The documentation for that should come with the 4.0 cd.
If you can let me know what you want to do (I have an idea as to why you might want this information) I might be able to help you out more in a private email.
regards
Andrew Webb
Principal Presales Consultant
Business Intelligence Solutions
Informix Software Ltd
www.informix.com
Mobile : +44 (0)777 5762347
Direct : +44 (0)20 8818 1025
Switchboard : +44 (0)20 8818 1000
Fax: +44 (0)20 8818 1064
Email: andrew.webb@informix.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Arnie Farrelly [mailto:afarrelly@syncsort.com]
Sent: 20 December 2000 02:55 PM
To: informix-datastage@oliver.com
Subject: COM
Does anyone know when Datastage will have a COM or ActiveX interface?
Thanks,
Arnie Farrelly
Manager Software Services
Hi Arnie...
Hope all is going well.
There are two interfaces, depending on what is required and what you are trying to accomplish....
DataStage can invoke an ActiveX or COM method from a Transform. ie...if a
user has logic already written that theyd like to execute on a row by row basis (a special profit calculation, for instance), then they can import the meta data for the method, and it will become available automatically on the pull down function menu.
On another note, many of our partners exploit what we call our Job Edit API. This COM interface allows full access to all of the DataStage meta data, not only for retrieval and query, but also with calls to entirely manage and build DataStage jobs remotely, without using our graphical interface. Critical for sites that want to have complete embedding of the DataStage engine.
Ernie
-----Original Message-----
From: Arnie Farrelly [mailto:afarrelly@syncsort.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 9:55 AM
To: informix-datastage@oliver.com
Subject: COM
Does anyone know when Datastage will have a COM or ActiveX interface?
Thanks,
Arnie Farrelly
Manager Software Services
Hope all is going well.
There are two interfaces, depending on what is required and what you are trying to accomplish....
DataStage can invoke an ActiveX or COM method from a Transform. ie...if a
user has logic already written that theyd like to execute on a row by row basis (a special profit calculation, for instance), then they can import the meta data for the method, and it will become available automatically on the pull down function menu.
On another note, many of our partners exploit what we call our Job Edit API. This COM interface allows full access to all of the DataStage meta data, not only for retrieval and query, but also with calls to entirely manage and build DataStage jobs remotely, without using our graphical interface. Critical for sites that want to have complete embedding of the DataStage engine.
Ernie
-----Original Message-----
From: Arnie Farrelly [mailto:afarrelly@syncsort.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 9:55 AM
To: informix-datastage@oliver.com
Subject: COM
Does anyone know when Datastage will have a COM or ActiveX interface?
Thanks,
Arnie Farrelly
Manager Software Services