API browser of generalFormRequest450 COM module


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Attaches a PDF, JPG or PNG document to the list of documents.

Internally, the documents will be transformed to a BASE64 octet representation to safeguard the binary nature of the transport.

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/images/arrow_right.png Restful webservice calling syntax
[POST] /baseURL/IGeneralFormRequest/AddDocument?param
[param] pIGeneralFormRequest=longValue&
bstrFile=urlEncodedString&
bstrTitle=urlEncodedString&
bstrMimeType=urlEncodedString
+
<application/octet-stream> input_file_upload_stream
[JSON result data] pbStatus: booleanValue
 
[HTTP result status] 200 Return status 200 signals a successful method call
204 Return status 204 (noContent) signals that the end of an iteration is reached
>= 400 Return status >= 400 signals an unsuccessful function call. The returned JSON{errorCode: code, errorText:"text"} supplies the error message the same as GetAbortInfo() would do.
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/images/arrow_right.png C/C++ calling syntax
HRESULT AddDocument( BSTR
BSTR
BSTR
VARIANT_BOOL
bstrFile,
bstrTitle,
bstrMimeType,
*pbStatus);
[C/C++ return value] S_OK This value is returned if the function call was successful.
S_FALSE This value is returned if the end of an iteration is reached
E_name This value is returned if the function call was unsuccessful and an error exception was generated. Note that if you are using SmartPointers an exception is thrown under these conditions.
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/images/arrow_right.png Calling argument description
[in] BSTR bstrFile bstrFile supplies the full file name (path + name) of the document. Be sure, that privileges allows to open and read the file since the content is internally BASE64 coded.
[in] BSTR bstrTitle bstrTitle is the document's title on the primary system and thus describes the document in terms of its semantic content.
[in] BSTR bstrMimeType The MIME type of the document. The MIME type enables applications to define the format and eventually read the file (cf. RFC 2046 standardizes and names the commonly used MIME types).

Since the underlying XSD schema restricts the type of files, the MIME type must be one of

  • application/pdf for PDF files,
  • image/jpeg for JPG graphic files
  • image/png for PNG graphic files
[out,retval] VARIANT_BOOL *pbStatus Return status of the method. If pbStatus is VARIANT_FALSE then an error occurred and GetAbortInfo should be called to retrieve the error string.
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