Hi,
[Please ignore in case you are not interested in receiving this email or received multiple copies of it. Feel free to let me know if you do not wish to receive such updates in future.] An updated version (7.1 Beta) of the AR System .NET and COM API is now available. The AR System .NET and COM API provides easy integration to an AR System server from the Microsoft Windows client platform, including .NET applications and COM clients such as Microsoft Office or Active Server Page web applications. Highlights of this upgrade include - - Upgraded to wrap 7.1 C API (currently under Beta). Using this API, you can talk to 7.1 Beta Servers (if you are currently in 7.1 Beta program) or previously released older version AR Servers (such as 7.0.*, 6.3 or older, 5.*, 4.* etc), due to the AR System C API level forward/backward version compatibility. - Several bug fixes and enhancements based on feedback or requests by users of previous versions of this API. - Preliminary version of BMC Atrium CMDB API wrapper for .NET consumption. Please look at BMC.Atrium.chm for MSDN style documentation and specifically look at BMC.Atrium.CmdbServer class. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS ===================== To reach the download location, do the following: - Go to http://www.bmc.com/arsystem/dev_community/ - Click on Community Downloads - You should see this API listed under "New to Community Downloads". Select it. [If you do not see this item, do the following: - In the Quick Search, choose Download Type: Utility, Category - API, Click Search button - Locate "AR System .NET and COM API" row in the resulting table, select it] - Click on View Download button - Please ensure that the version of this API shown is 7.1.2705.21284 or higher. (Overview tab → Download Version field value) - In the resulting page, go to Attachment tab * Download the attachment named readme.txt and open it for the installation instructions * Download the attachments named ARAPI71.NET1.zip ARAPI71.NET2.zip ARAPI71.NET3.zip ARAPI71.NET4.zip [We wanted to make them into 1 zip file, but Dev Community downloads has a limit on the attachment size to be 4MB; so we had to split the content into 4 separate files. Although these ZIP files are listed against UNIX platforms, as this API is just Windows only API, those attachment slots are simply used to place each of the 4 ZIP files and the platform names here have no significance).] * Unzip all these 4 files into same folder (say arapi.net). If any files are prompted to be overwritten - choose OK. * Follow the INSTALL instructions in readme.txt. * You may also download BMC.ARSystem.chm and BMC.Atrium.chm files, MSDN documentation files, for AR System API and CMDB API respectively. IMPORTANT NOTE: =============== 1. The .NET API still remains “unsupported” as was before. 2. This upgrade needs to be considered as part of the 7.1 Beta program. What do I mean by that? Feel free to download/evaluate/use this API even if you are not participating in the overall AR System 7.1 Beta program, or, need to interact with AR System servers of previously released versions. However, do expect that this revision of the API includes binaries from the 7.1 Beta content and/or may include features/behaviors that are subject to change. Let me know if you have any questions or need further info on any of the above or have any defects/enhancement requests to report. Thanks Appajee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
