The ExpressAddin is a developer tool that enables rapid integration of the FileNet Application Integration infrastructure into third-party applications. The tool is a COM server that defines incoming and outgoing interfaces which enable two-way communication between client applications and the Application Integration framework. While similar to the FileNet Workplace Application Integration Toolkit in some respects, the ExpressAddin leverages significantly more infrastructure code, and thereby greatly reduces the burden of integration developers.
The ExpressAddin is delivered with the Add-In sample application, which fully demonstrates how to use the ExpressAddin to integrate a third-party application with the Application Integration infrastructure. The sample exercises illustrate use of the interface methods and contains code to handle the events issued by the ExpressAddin. The application is written in C++ and uses the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC and ATL), however you may also use Visual Basic or VB.Net to access the ExpressAddin functionality.
The following sections describe the ExpressAddin in greater detail:
This guide describes the interfaces and methods that third-party client applications can use to interact with the Workplace Application Integration ExpressAddin. Each API reference topic includes programming information, such as class definitions, parameters, data types, and return values, in addition to sample code. Readers are understood to have a working knowledge of related programming concepts, including COM, MFC, ATL, C++, and XML.
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