Understanding PeopleSoft Business Interlinks to Vertex Q Series

PeopleSoft delivers two business interlink objects to interact with Vertex for both online and batch transactions: VERTEX_CALCTAX and VERTEX_GEOCODES. The business interlink objects communicate with Vertex Q Series through an interlink plug-in provided by Vertex. The interlink plug-in file name is psbivrtx.dll and it must be installed in the interface drivers directory.

Note: PeopleSoft Business Interlink is a deprecated product. These options currently exist for upgrade compatibility and transition.

UNIX Environments

In UNIX environments, the business interlink algorithmically converts the file name format from that of a Windows DLL to that of a UNIX shared library or shared object. The business interlink adds the prefix lib to the name, and replaces the extension, DLL, with the appropriate extension for the current UNIX platform.

For example, the business interlink changes the file name psbivrtx.dll to libpsbivrtx.sl before each call to the interlink plug-in.

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