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We (HireCall) have purchased your software and are looking to implement your API into our system. Where can I find your documentation, WSDL and connection information?
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CenterPoint doesn't provide a web-based API, the API consists of several .NET Framework assemblies used by CenterPoint.
You can reference these assemblies to perform actions you would otherwise have to do manually through the CenterPoint User Interface.
The documentation for this API can be installed by selecting a custom installation through the CenterPoint installer and including the Documentation > API Documentation feature.
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Thank you I will look into the documentation and see what I will need to do to get this working.
We are grabbing that documentation now. I am trying to interface with a cloud based PHP application that we are building. I assume the .NET API accepts XML, would I be able to setup network connectivity though the Centerpoint API so I can access it remotely? Have it listen on a local port for incoming XML or something of the like?
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The API exposes a set of Classes that you can use to programmatically enter data into CenterPoint, there is no Listener or Method that would accept XML data and process it.
That is something you would need to create.
Based on what you've said, I would expect that you'd create a new desktop application that references the CenterPoint API.
Your application would then listen for incoming data from your Cloud-based application (or poll it for said data.)
Once you have the data, your application would configure a CenterPoint model provided by our API which can then be saved to CenterPoint.
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Microsoft .NET Framework Technology Update
In our first planned release of 2019 (typically in the April/May) time frame, the Microsoft .NET Framework will be upgraded to version 4.7.2. Keeping current with technologies like Microsoft .NET Framework allows Red Wing Software to continue to provide our customers with the best experience possible when using our products.
If you have developed an interface to CenterPoint using our API, you will need to update your application to target Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.7.2 in order to continue to integrate after this release of CenterPoint in 2019.
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We have a homegrown manufacturing system that is integrated with TurningPoint. We'd like to switch to CenterPoint, but I need to be able to examine, and hopefully practice with, the API in order to know whether it will be possible to make the switch. We haven't purchased CenterPoint yet, so I don't have an Installer that I can use to view the documentation. How can I get access to the API and its documentation?
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Ward,
I've talked to Matt in Sales whom I believe you have talked to before via email, he is going to get you setup with a download of CenterPoint so you can get the API, Documentation and Import/Export tools installed.
Regards,
- Aaron.
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OK, I see the API help file with the RedwingSoftware.CenterPoint.Api and 500 or so classes and enumerations. But I don't see any explanations or examples. For us to use CenterPoint, I will need to create a variety of VBA routines to transfer data back and forth between the CP database and MS Access. For example, we will need to be able to upload invoices and create new customers. Is any other documentation available that would help someone get started using the API? Any VB or VBA code samples that Redwing (or other developers) would be willing to share?
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The main classes of interest in the API would be the Presenter classes, for example, the NamePresenter can be used for adding Customers and the CustomerInvoicePresenter can be used for adding Customer Invoices. Both have some example code, though it's C#, not VB, but the translation should be fairly straightforward.
For bulk importing of data to CenterPoint you may be more interested in the CenterPoint Data Importer tool which allows you to import data from CSV files.
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I wouldn't suggest trying to access the API from VBA because you'd have to write COM wrappers and, of course, deal with all the trouble associated with COM. And you'd have to write a certain amount of .NET code along way.
To get data out of CenterPoint, I'd take a look at the Data Browser. There's documentation for the Data Browser on the forum. You can call the Data Browser via the shell command. You don't have to anything about the underlying API to use it.
To put data into CenterPoint, I'd suggest the Data Importer. Again, there's documentation for the Data Importer on the forum too. And, like the Data Browser, you can call it via the shell command without knowing anything about the API. It works by importing a CSV file into CenterPoint.
It'd be much easier to use the command-line-driven interfaces if possible.
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Thanks, I'll check those out.
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Hello, We are working with a prospective client for our fleet management software who also uses Center Point and want to automate the data transfer from our system to yours (Customer, Employee, Vendor, Invoice, Voucher, Payroll, etc…) via exposed stored procedures. Would you be able to provide us with the API documentation? We’re experienced interfacing with several other accounting packages and want to start to work on the details with yours. Best, Andrew Edited by user Wednesday, November 20, 2019 11:52:35 PM(UTC)
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Andrew, You can install our API Documentation and Import/Export Tools through the product installer; select a custom installation and enable the appropriate features. You can download an installer by filling out the form located here; https://www.redwingsoftware.com/home/demodownload-1222Regards, - Aaron.
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