LAPI questions re return codes

Ginni_Machamer

 

Hi,

We're using the Livelink API to connect from a java web application to Livelink and share information between them. We are stuck on a couple of the API calls and would appreciate some help. Here are our questions:

 1. Some API calls to LiveLink return permission information as an integer (example: llDocuments.GetObjectRights(..)).  Is there a way to convert that integer to an actual set of permissions? ( as in 36995 corresponds to SEE,SEE_CONTENTS permissions and so on) .   Perhaps there is a conversion table of sorts? 

 

2. Most API calls (like llDocuments.GetObjectRights(..)) return integer status code - anything other than 0 is an error. Is there information on how to convert those status codes to meaningful error messages? 

 

Thanks in advance!!

 

Ginni

Carsten_Kulms

There are constants for the object permission values; see Livelink API Developer's Reference Guide: Library API / Constants / Object Permission ConstantsThe LAPI session object usually provides more error information in its StatusMessage, ErrMsg, ApiError properties.See the examples in the Livelink API Developer's Reference Guide: Overview / Using LAPI in the ... Environment examples for the supported environments (C++, java, .NET, ...) how to retrieve this information in case a non-zero status code indicates an error.(Unfortunately there is not one-fits-all mapping of the status code to specific error which holds for all LAPI functions.)