EsbOtlNewOutline

Creates an outline without creating a file. Used as an alternative to EsbOtlOpenOutline().

Syntax

EsbOtlNewOutline (hCtx, pNewInfo, phOutline)
ByVal hCtx      As Long
      pNewInfo  As ESB_OUTLINEINFO_T
      phOutline As Long

Parameter	Description
hCtx	Essbase Context handle.
pNewInfo	Structure describing the new outline.
phOutline	Return variable for the ESB_HOUTLINE_T value. This handle is set by the API and should be passed to subsequent Outline API functions.

Notes

This function creates an empty outline in memory.
No transactions are kept when this call is used. See EsbOtlOpenOutline() for more information on keeping transactions.

Return Value

Returns 0 if successful.

Example

Declare Function EsbOtlNewOutline Lib 
"ESBOTLN.DLL" (ByVal hCtx As Long, pNewInfo As ESB_OUTLINEINFO_T,
phOutline As Long) As Long

Sub ESB_OtlNewOutline()
Dim sts As Long
Dim NewInfo As ESB_OUTLINEINFO_T
Dim hOutline As Long
NewInfo.usOutlineType = ESB_DBTYPE_NORMAL
NewInfo.fCaseSensitive = ESB_FALSE
NewInfo.fAutoConfigure = ESB_TRUE
sts = EsbOtlNewOutline(hCtx, NewInfo, hOutline)
End Sub