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About EAI DLL Transport Parameters


Use the Send or Send and Receive Response methods as needed when you want to pass data from the Siebel Database to an external system. These methods require an input property set. In addition to the common parameters described in EAI Transports and Interfaces Overview the EAI DLL Transport takes the parameters presented in Table 17.

Table 17.  EAI DLL Transport Parameters
Argument
Description

DLLName

Name of the (request/response) DLL.

ExternalFunction

Function in the DLL to invoke.

Return Value

The return value from the function called. This value is an output property.

To call a function in an external DLL

  1. Create a workflow process.

    NOTE:  For details on Siebel Workflow, see Siebel Business Process Designer Administration Guide.

  2. Set the first business service, after the Start, to use the EAI DLL Transport. Usually, this object is named Send.
  3. Double-click to set the input properties for the EAI DLL Transport.
  4. Select a method, either Send, or Send and Receive Response.
  5. Select the input arguments that you want to use from the list, as presented in Table 17.
  6. Enter any output arguments required and save your work.
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