Is there any documentation someone could point me to on how to use / consume the ACT framework as a web service? I'm trying to get access to it via adobe air/flex but not sure how to get the framework functions
I'm sure ACT for Web does most of this for you, but I created a VB.NET webservice (using Visual Web Developer 2005 Express) to interact with our ACT Database in order to populate data on a ASP website.
It's pretty straight-forward, actually. Just create your new webservice, put your Act.Framework.dll and Act.Shared.Collections.dll in your bin directory, and do something like:
Imports Act.Framework
Imports Act.Framework.Contacts
Public Class myWebService
Inherits System.Web.Services.WebService
Dim ActFwk As ActFramework = New Act.Framework.ActFramework
Dim sActUserName As String = "myusername"
Dim sUserPassword As String = "mypassword"
Dim sServerName As String = "MYServerName"
Dim sDBName As String = "MyDBName"
'you could also use a pad file here instead
'Now create a WebMethod to do something.... This particular one
'will return the UniqueID's of contacts whose table/field data match the specified string:
<System.Web.Services.WebMethod()> _
Public Function GetContactIDsByField(ByVal sTableName As String, ByVal sFieldName As String, ByVal criteria As String) As String()
Now that you have your webservice method, you can call it on your web page. Just feed the method a table, a field, and some criteria, and it will return the UniqueID(s) of the ACT Contact(s) that match.
Oh, and the webservice has to run on the ACT server. There's probably a way around that though. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.... cameron@peggyhoag.com
