Therefore Programming Interface 3.0

1

Connect to the Thereforeâ„¢ server (see "Server - Connect and Disconnect" for Details)

2

Declare and initialize a new TheDocument instance.

3

Retrieve the document from the server.

4

Optional. Print a success message on the console.

Requirements and Assumptions:

Category number 5 named "Invoice - Supplier" with the string fields "Filename", "FileType" and "InvoiceNo".

Files "D:\\TestAll\\TestDocs\\Scsi.doc" and "D:\\TestAll\\TestDocs\\TEST.xls" on your local hard drive.

If these assumptions do not apply to your system or configuration please replace them with appropriate values when copying the code samples below.

Visual Basic

Imports Therefore.API

'...

' 1. Connect to the Thereforeâ„¢ server.

Dim server As New TheServer

server.Connect(TheClientType.CustomApplication)

' 2. Declare and initialize a new TheDocument instance.

Dim doc As New TheDocument

' 3. Retrieve the document from the server.

Dim docNo As Integer = 42 

Dim filename As String = doc.Retrieve(docNo,"",server) 

' Optional 4. Print a success message on the console.

Console.WriteLine("Successfully retrieved " + filename + ".")

C#

using Therefore.API;

//...

// 1. Connect to the Thereforeâ„¢ server.

TheServer server = new TheServer();

server.Connect(TheClientType.CustomApplication);

// 2. Declare and initialize a new TheDocument instance.

TheDocument doc = new TheDocument();

// 3. Retrieve the document from the server.

int docNo = 42;

string filename = doc.Retrieve(docNo, "", server);

// Optional 4. Print a success message on the console.

Console.WriteLine("Successfully retrieved " + filename + ".");

TheDocument class

TheDocument.Archive method

TheDocument.Retrieve method

TheServer class