2.2 Properties

The following section gives a description of all exposed properties on the XML class.

There is no syntax checking when strings are assigned to the XML properties. The validation of the XML format is done during import.

The following table contains the properties used for handling the XML strings.
(Click on the property name to examine the associated data structure.)

Name Type Comment
XMLSettings String Property for settings
XMLDepartmentList String Property for departments
XMLGroupList String Property for groups
XMLDictionaryList String Property for dictionary definitions
XMLChecklistList String Property for checklist definitions
XMLCategoryList String Property for categories
XMLSalaryCodeList String Property for salary codes
XMLEmployeeList String Property for employees
XMLCustomerList String Property for customers
XMLItemNumberTypeList String Property for item number types with grouping structure
XMLWholesalerList String Property for wholesalers and price list
XMLStoreList String Property for stores (Import and Export)
XMLStoreMovementList String Property for store movements (Import and Export)
XMLPackageList String Property for item packages
XMLPurchaseOrderList String Property for purchase orders (Import and Export)
XMLOrderList String Property for orders (Import and Export)
XMLMessageList String

Property for Warnings and error messages for last import/export

XMLClientList String

This property is populated when the object is instanciated. It will contain a list of all ClientID's and corresponding names known to the Handyman installation. This list is useful for looping trough all clients in an multiclient installation.

ClientList String

Contains the same info as in XMLClientList except Name of client. This proerty lists all ClientID's in TAB-sparated format.

XMLEventList String Property for events from mobile device when using TMS (start day, start work etc)

 

The following table contains other properties on the component.

Name Type Comment
ExportStatus Long Read only.
-1 : Not able to connect to the database
0 : OK
> 0 error number reported from VisualBasic
ImportStatus Long Read only.
-1 : Not able to connect to the database
0 : OK
> 0 error, see further description below
ErrorMessage String Read only. Contains last error message.
ErrorNumber Long Read only. Contains last error number.
[ConnectionString] String

Optional. The object locates the handyman5.ini to connect to the database.
This property should only be used for non standard installations.

ExportInCompleteMessage String Property to set errormessage when import in backoffice system fails.
The message will be written to the Handyman log
ClientID String Must be set in MultiClient environment

 

ImportStatus property

During an import all properties containing XML strings will be imported. If an error occurs, an error number is added to the error property ImportStatus with the OR operator. For instance if an error occur in string 3 and 6, ImportStatus will contain the number 36, represented in binary this would be 0100100.

The sequence the strings are imported in are as follows:

Sequence To be imported Error Property
1 Settings 256 XMLSettings
2 Stores 16 XMLStoreList
3 Departments 512 XMLDepartmentList
4 Groups 1024 XMLGroupList
5 Dictionaries 2048 XMLDictionaryList
6 Checklists 4096 XMLChecklistList
7 Categories 8192 XMLCategoryList
8 Salary codes 1 XMLSalaryCodeList
9 Employees 2 XMLEmployeeList
10 Customers 4 XMLCustomerList
11 Item number types with grouping structure 32768 XMLItemNumberTypeList
12 Wholesalers and Pricelist 8 XMLWholesalerList
13 Store movements 32 XMLStoreMovementList
14 Item packages 128 XMLPackageList
15 Purchase orders 16384 XMLPurchaseOrderList
16 Orders 64 XMLOrderList

 

To simplify the error handling, all XML strings that are successfully imported are cleared. So, in the case just described, all properties except XMLCustomerList AND XMLStoreMovementList would bee cleared.

A sufficient check for errors per string is:

If XMLStoreMovementList = “” then …
OK ...
Else
NotOK ...
End if

Comment:
The ErrorNumber and ErrorMessage properties will contain only the latest error message. If there are errors on more than one of the XML strings, only the last error will be stored.