> > Greg, Does http://www.ikvm.net/devguide/net2java.html help instead of > going indirectly via the C API? >
I saw this earlier in the year but just had a fresh browse and read. I was hoping for a tool like tlbimp that created a proxy class over the JARs, which would be conceptually neat and convenient, but it looks like it actually converts the bytecode into assemblies at runtime. The documentation is a bit vague, if it does bulk transform at runtime then it's a bit creepy and I'd prefer to avoid it -- Greg > > > On 25 September 2013 13:32, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, has anyone in here had experience trying to use the Australian >> Medicare Online Claiming Client Adaptor from .NET? Here's what I've found >> so far: >> >> When you want to develop an app that "talks" to their server to make >> online claims they send you a few sheets of paper and a CD. The sheets have >> skeletal instructions and some sample data keys. The CD contains JRE 6, a >> utility to make a certificate store, some test certificates, weird >> utilities, a CHM, JAR and DLL files, some header files and one lots of >> other files which are initially meaningless. What's missing is an overview >> of how it all works. If you come into this thing stone cold then you have >> no initial idea where the hell to start. All of the documentation uses >> their jargon and assumes you have prior knowledge of how it all hangs >> together. >> >> I eventually found useful help in the CHM. It turns out the whole Client >> Adaptor is written in Java. They supply a thin C API wrapper over the JAR. >> Unless your app is also in Java, you then have to work with the C API using >> whatever means your language has of importing and consuming C functions. >> They supply header files for C/C++, VB6/VBA, Pascal and Delphi. There is no >> mention of .NET anywhere. >> >> If anyone has been though this before, I'd love to chat to you. You can >> contact me offline via [email protected] if the matter is too [OT]. >> >> *Late note *... I just found some sample Java code, which looks like a >> small but complete app that sends a server message. Thank heavens. >> >> Greg K >> >> P.S. There are 36 C API functions. Is there a automatic way of converting >> them into C# DLLImports, or maybe I should just do it by hand. >> > > > > -- > regards, > Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland >
