Elliott Commerce
Alpha Document Number Support (V8.5/V9.0)
V8.5/V9.0 offers support for alpha numeric document numbers. This gives the user more flexibility on the number of alphabetic characters in next document number. For example, in the scenario of the following “Starting Invoice Number” in A/R Setup: ...
Log-Timer / ElliottTimer.Ini Support
Release Date: 02/21/2018 Description From time to time, a systems-layer developer may need to embed some low-footprint debugging statements in production code that can be activated with a configuration file at a client's site. There is an RCM ...
CartService
Release Date: 3/26/2018 Web Services CartService provides methods to support an e-commerce shopping cart. It is expected more methods will be provided over time to support necessary shopping cart processing. Currently, these services and methods are ...
ElliottService System.TypeInitializationException
System.TypeInitializationException may occur in ElliottService if you log onto the server using the same user account configured to run Elliott Service. Symptoms You configured a user account to run the Elliott Service in IIS. You log onto the ...
The Values and Meanings of Distribution Types - ARDISFIL, APDIFISL, IMDISFIL, BMDISFIL
Release Date: 04/26/2018 Q - Can you provide the values/meanings for the Distribution Type field in the distribution files? APDISFIL - AP_DIST_TYPE ARDISFIL - AR_DIST_TP IMDISFIL - IM_DISTRIBUTION_TYPE BMDISFIL - BM_DIST_TYPE A - For APDISFIL – ...
DD API Changes (V9.0)
DD: Drill Down The Drill Down API allows the developer to drill down to another Elliott application. The information provided in SCREEN-PARAMETERS will give the system the correct information to determine if the user has rights to the application ...
PA API (8.5)
PA: Profile Access This API can be used to retrieve or update an individual field from a configuration file such as EL850S.CFG or EL850U.CFG. Screen Parameters: PA,FN,Section Input: FN = RD to read, UP to update Section = Configuration file section ...
Report Desk Database Delivery Strategy
Release Date: TBA Version 8.6 Purpose This document outlines the database tables of Report Desk and how they get updated. All Report Desk tables reside in the <Root> directory, where Elliott is installed (e.g. M:\Elliott7). All Report Desk database ...
Report Desk Tables
Release Date: Same as V8.6 general release Modified Date: 05/10/2024 Version 8.6 Elliott Report Desk, initially released in Elliott v8.6, relies on a series of database tables that reside in the Root directory. Following is a list of the files and a ...
Validate License API
Release Date: 4/28/23 VL: Validate License API Beginning with Elliott V8.5, a developer can use this API to get Elliott License information. The format for this API follows: VL,XX,NN XX = LI Return License Number in SCREEN-ALPHA-FIELD "DEMO" for demo ...
AP API
AP API This API returns various values from the Shared Memory Area. For example: MOVE "AP" TO SCREEN-PARAMETERS MOVE "EDITOR" TO SCREEN-LITERAL PERFORM SCREEN-ROUTINE This returns the user’s preferred Editor in SCREEN-ALPHA-FIELD. The following ...
TP API: Temporary Path
TP API: Temporary Path This API returns the Windows temporary path in SCREEN-ALPHA-FIELD (or SCREEN-AREA) or, if a file is passed in SCREEN-LITERAL, the file is returned with the Windows temporary path included. For example, to simply get the ...
The Lessons We Learned from Upgrading Web Service 8.2 to 8.5 in eStore
Elliott Web Service 8.5 changed ORDER_NO, INV_NO, and other keys from numeric to alphanumeric to accommodate a bigger range. This results in changes in the Web Service interface. This article documents our experience when we upgraded the Web Service ...
Updating User Defined Reports
Release Date: 12/03/2018 Preparing for an Update Between releases of Elliott v8.5, Netcellent developers may be creating new reports and modifying existing ones. In order for the changes to be deliverable to customers, certain Report Desk tables must ...
Installation of ElliottService, NETcellent’s Web Services for Elliott
Installation to New Server 1. Server Location: Decide if you are going to install the web services on the same machine running Elliott, or a separate server on your network. The machine must reside on your network. 2. Set Up Server: If your ...
ElievprcService
' ElievprcService.asmx This web service provides methods related to an event. Including: CreateEvent CancelEvent CreateEventDetail ExtendEvent ViewEvent NewFilter: Add filter criteria to an event. TemplateVar: Specity template variable for an event. ...
EliecontService
' EliecontService.asmx This web service provides methods related to eContacts. It can add/change/delete a contact, add/delete relationship, view contacts or relationships, and provide login/logout methods. To understand what a contact and ...
Feature - Printing API to Dynamically Set Number of Copies
Release Date: 04/04/2018 Applied to Elliott versions: 7.5 and 8.2 Currently, the Elliott user decides how many copies of a report he/she wants to print in the Print Option window. See the first sample screen below. With this new API feature, Elliott ...
Developing a New Elliott V8.6 Report Desk User Defined Report (UDR)
'Release Date: 6/20/2018 Version: 8.6 & Up This document is written for licensed Elliott Software developers. It is not relevant for regular Elliott users. Overview With proper licensing, Elliott developers can follow these three steps to create a ...
Animating COBOL Code in Elliott V8.5 in Elliott V8.5
Preparation This documentation is intended for Netcellent or Netcellent's developers. It use Netcellent's own environment as an example of how to perform certain tasks. Our preferred method to test or debug a user's special custom mod is to make a ...
How to Write Test Codes for C# ESS Projects
Release Date: 11/20/2019 Version: All ESS (Elliott SPS Services) is a cloud hosting service that translates incoming EDI XML files (i.e., 850) from SPS Commerce to the Elliott Sales Order Import format (fixed length ASCII), and translates the ...
Solving the Inability to Debug Elliott on a New Server
Release Date: 5/23/20 Version: 8.5 and higher After migrating the Micro Focus COBOL environment onto a new server, it may be that you can run EL850CC.Exe, but you cannot debug EL850CC. The actual problem appears to be that a project built in C++ ...
Data Structures for Report Desk Defaults and Enforcements
Release Date: 9/19/2022 Version 8.6 and Higher In Report Desk, users can save their input values, as well as output option in templates and re-use them in the future. On the first Report Desk screen, the system prompts you to input the selection of ...
COBOL to VB Interface Programs
Background In order for a Micro Focus COBOL program to interface to a .NET program, two intervening programs must be written. For example, if a COBOL program wants to call a VB program named ELPDFGEN, it must instead call an unmanaged C++ program ...
IN API: Option to Support Files and Folders Validation
IN API: Option to Support Files and Folders Validation The IN API has been enhanced to allow the programmer to specify input as a file or folder. When this new option is used, F7 will be automatically available to browse for files or folders as ...
FF API: File Functions
Date Revised: 9/12/23 FF: File Function This API has several options that help perform operations for file names; in particular, on long file names (length greater than 100 characters and/or containing one of more embedded SPACEs). Notes: This API ...
ID API
Release Date: 3/19/2019 The ID API will return the current Help ID (the current major Application program running in Elliott): MOVE "ID" TO SCREEN-PARAMETERS. PERFORM SCREEN-ROUTINE. MOVE SCREEN-ALPHA-FIELD TO MY-LOCAL-HELP-ID. In certain situations, ...
LK: Links API
LK: Links Modified: 5/12/2019 Default links are established by the TB calls. The LK APIs provide additional links functionality. LK,00 Launch the Link whose type is in SCREEN-ALPHA-FIELD. LK,01 Add a temporary link. SCREEN-ALPHA-FIELD contains the ...
FFLNearYou
'Release Date: 5/16/19 Web Service Version: 8.2 and Up (Elliott Version 8.5 and Up) FFLNearYou.asmx This web service provides a method to return FFL extension records based on the distance of a zip code. This can be useful when trying to find the ...
Report Desk: Registry Settings
6/19/2019 Useful Registry Settings DebugLogLevel: Set to Summary or Details to write a progress log to a file named something like %temp%\RDDebug-<yymmddhhmmss>.Log. See ...
Report Desk: Resolution of Pervasive.Data.SqlClient.dll
Release Date: TBA Version 8.6 Actian/Pervasive introduced a bug in versions 12 and 13 of their SQL client regarding LongVarChar columns exceeding 64K in length. This bug could impact Report Desk. They have provided us a fixed version of ...
CustomerInquiry
CustomerInquiry.asmx This web service provides three methods to access the Elliott Customer database: · SearchCustomer: Get a list of customers matching certain customer search criteria. · GetCustomerInfo: Get the attributes, notes, links, eContact, ...
Elliott API (JSON REST Web Service)
Introduction In the past, Elliott web services is based on SOAP standard since that is the first web services standard created for the industry. Since then, RESTful APIs (Representational State Transfer) have become the backbone of modern web ...
Preliminary Programming Changes for Elliott 8.6
Eliminate DAT Files Users will have the option to eliminate DAT files in Elliott V8.6 so the only files that will be in the Elliott DATA directory will be the BTR files. Some of the known DAT files are control files like ARCTLFIL.DAT, ARPCTLFIL.DAT, ...
CV API
Release Date: 10/31/2019 This API allows the programmer to determine whether or not thie current company's .DAT files have been converted to .BTR files. Screen-Parameters: CV Check the converted status for the current company. CV,nn Check the ...
System Lock File Requirements
Lock files are used in Elliott to prevent users from entering transactions when other users are posting, to prevent users from entering transactions when invoices are printed, or to prevent multiple people from printing purchase orders at the same ...
Report Desk: Developing Custom Reports
Release Date: 8/3/2020 Version 8.6 Background Sometimes, a developer will need to create a Report Desk report for a particular customer. This may be on a contract basis, where the report will only be for the particular customer. Therefore, it would ...
Logging I-O Logic Errors
Release Date: 11/11/2020 Versions: 85. and up Background Internally, the file handling layer in Elliott allows programs to issue I-O commands, like closing a file when it is already closed, without penalty. That is, since there is no harm done in ...
Report Desk: Developer Documentation Roadmap
Release Date: 5/20/2023 Version 8.6 The following articles are available to Report Desk developers: Data Structures Report Desk Tables : A description of the database tables used by Report Desk. Data Structures for Defaults and Enforcements : How ...
TB API
Release Date: 11/25/2020 Versions: 8.5 and Higher Toolbar Functionality This API affects the appearance and functionality of the Amigos buttons (Notes, Attributes, Contacts, Links, Events, General Events) and Special Functions button on the Elliott ...
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