Extending Livelink's XML Capabilities...

Message from Sean M Alderman via eLinkThis topic is partly a feature question and partly a developmentquestion. I've been playing around with a java application (which I'malso in the process of developing) which I want to make use of the XMLExport function in Livelink 9.0... The problem I've run into is thatthe xml export doesn't return enough data about the item I export. Specifically not category/attribute data. I'm looking at writing anoverride (or perhaps a supplement function in oscript) to xmlexport morestuff about an object. Feature-wise, will more object data in livelink be xml accessible in thefuture? Has anyone written any customizations that export more xml datathan what's standard with the existing functionality? If so, would yoube willing to share some of your insights about this?In LAPI, why aren't there any functions documented which can be used tograb xml data from Livelink? Will there be such functionality in futureversions? I currently have to simulate a webclient in order to run thexmlexport function to get an xml file for my java app to work with.-- Sean M. AldermanITRACK Systems AnalystPACE/NCI - NASA Glenn Research Center(216) 433-2795Calling a windowed operating system "Windows" is like naming anautomobile "Wheels."

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We normally look what information you would like to get out of Livelink in XML to a WEB page or to another software then we create our own requesthandlers that pich together that information.

As Hans says Livelink has options for getting more informations for an object and you can also your self extend a what is comming out of a node.

One problem we address is that in standard Livelink you can only ask for information of one element and its children.

Please come back if you need more information

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Hi Sean,We have done quite a bit of extensions with XML that exports data out of Livelink. Our replication module uses XML to export everything imaginable out of Livelink. It's not quite the same format as the export function but in some ways it's a lot more flexible. I can hook you up with one of our developers who has done quite a bit of work in this area over the last year if you are still interested. Email me or call me - I don't get a chance to look at the KC too much.Tylertlawton@syntergy.com858.729.0429