Invoking dm_method from dm_event_sender.ebs

Pritesh

Hi Experts,

I have added following line just before smail command in dm_event_sender.ebs file on Content server to invoke my custom method before sending email notification.

dmAPIGet("apply,c,NULL,DO_METHOD,METHOD,S,TestMethod,ARGUMENTS,S,-docbase_name rmsprdus -username devadmin -r_object_id 09011cd7806f7c76")

As soon as I add above line, the ebs script is failing and I do not receive notification. Can you pls let me know if this is correct way of invocation from ebs script. Is there any log file associated with this ebs where I can debug the issue?

Regards,

Pritesh

CláudioGil

Hi,

That is the correct invocation; you can open other ebs files and check for yourself. You just need to be careful not to introduce DmBasic errors. For example, dmAPIGet(...) produces an error if it is by itself in a line but result=dmAPIGet(...) does not.

The easiest way to test the ebs is to invoke it from the command line with the dmbasic.exe utility. You have to pass all the arguments but once you get that right it's straightforward to modify the ebs and test it again. You can also create a new ebs script to test just you code, if you can. You test invocation would in a script like the one bellow:

Function Test(docbaseName As String, docbaseUserName As String, docbaseUserPassword As String)
  Dim SessionID As String
  Dim result as String
  Dim status  As Integer

  SessionID = dmAPIGet("connect," & docbaseName & "," & docbaseUserName & "," & docbaseUserPassword)
  If SessionID = "" Then
    Print dmAPIGet("getmessage,a")
    DmExit(-1)
  Else
    result = dmAPIGet("apply,c,NULL,DO_METHOD,METHOD,S,TestMethod,ARGUMENTS,S,-docbase_name rmsprdus -username devadmin -r_object_id 09011cd7806f7c76")
    Print dmAPIGet("getmessage,a")
    status = dmAPIExec("disconnect,c")
  End If
End Function

This script would then be invoked with

dmbasic.exe -f <path> -p <docbase> <username> <password> -e Test

Hope it helps,

Cláudio