COM Development

The JiGlue (pronounced "JIG-LOO") COM Bridge acts as a translation layer between the eProcess Java APIs and COM. Using the JiGlue COM Bridge provides the ability to make calls similar to native Java statements for most Win32 programming tasks. Broadly speaking, the JiGlue COM Bridge provides the ability to instantiate COM objects using the Java APIs. Panagon Web WorkFlo uses the JiGlue COM Bridge whenever the Web WorkFlo ASP-based module must communicate with the WorkFlo Services server.

You can develop COM-based applications and utilities for both Panagon Web WorkFlo and Panagon WorkFlo Services. If you are developing against Panagon IDM Automation layer in a visual development environment (like Visual Basic), you can work with the FileNET-supplied JiGlue COM Bridge so your application can use the Java APIs; however, before using the JiGlue COM Bridge you must configure it on your development system; when deploying non-ASP-based applications you must configure the JiGlue COM bridge on each client system.

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