Installing the CallAPI for Windows

The Automation Engine supplies a CallAPI for WINDOWS which can be used for WINDOWS on Intel computers. The CallAPI enables calls in the Automation Engine from your own procedures or programs, which can be written in a particular programming languages such as C, C++, COBOL, Java, Visual Basic, VBA, or VBS.

UCXBXXXC.EXE is a CallAPI utility that can be called from the command line, in an MS DOS box or in a batch file.

In Automic Automation Kubernetes Edition, CallAPIs establish a connection to a TCP load balancer. The address of the load balancer must be defined on both sides: the Automation Engine and the CallAPI. The only exceptions are the CallAPIs for Java and SAP, which must be upgraded to use TLS/SSL to connect to the Automation Engine. These two CallAPIs establish a connection with the Java communication process (JCP) through an HTTPS load balancer.

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To Install the CallAPI for Windows

  1. Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package from the IMAGE:CRTS directory, if necessary.

  2. Transfer the files to a separate directory (C:\AUTOMIC\CALLAPI\WINDOWS).

  3. Adjust the INI file (UCXBXXXC.INI) of the Windows CallAPI to your system environment, see Call API Windows INI file.

    Note: You can keep your existing INI file even if there is a new Automation Engine version and adjust it as required.

  4. Use OLE.

    1. Install the library UCXBWI3C.DLL by using the program REGSVR32. This program is available in the Windows system directory by default.

    2. Register the delivered service UCXBWI3C.DLL from the command line.

      Example

      <Your path to regsvr>\regsvr32 c:\AUTOMIC\callapi\bin\ucxbwi3c.dll

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