Axapta : The WINAPI class on Axapta

Axapta : The WINAPI class on Axapta
Like most AX developers I use the WINAPI class quite often. Its a very useful class when handling files that need to be accessed outside of the AX environment

 

  static void FO_WinApi(Args _args)

  {

      str     root        = "C:";

      str     path        = "C:\\dionne";

      str     fileName    = "SalesInvoice.pdf";

      str     fileName2   = "SalesInvoice1.pdf";

      str     file        = path + "\\" + fileName;

      str     file2       = path + "\\" + fileName2;

      int     x, y;

      ;

 

      // Does folder exist?

      print WinAPI::folderExists(path);

 

      // Does file exist?

      print WinAPI::fileExists(file);

 

      // Copy file.

      print WinAPI::copyFile(file,file2);

 

      // New file exists?

      print WinAPI::fileExists(file2);

 

      // Delete new file.

      print WinAPI::deleteFile(file2);

 

      // New file still there?

      print WinAPI::fileExists(file2);

 

      // Get current cursor position.

      [x, y] = WinAPI::getCursorPos();

 

      print x;

      print y;

 

      // Get time and date format.

      print WinAPI::getSystemLocaleDateStr();

      print WinAPI::getSystemLocaleTimeStr();

 

      // Gets current computer name.

      print WinAPI::getComputerName();

 

      // Gets total disk space.

      print int2str(WinAPI::getDiskTotalSpaceInKb(root)

             / 1000) + " MB";

 

      // Gets current free space on disk.

      print int2str(WinAPI::getDiskFreeSpaceInKb(root)

             / 1000) + " MB";

 

      // Date when file was last accessed.

      print WinAPI::getFileAccessedDate(file);

 

      // Time when file was last accessed(In seconds).

      print WinAPI::getFileAccessedTime(file);

 

      // Gets path to temp directory.

      print WinAPI::getTempPath();

 

      // Gets a generated temporary filename, prefix "FO_".

      print WinAPI::getTempFilename(path, "FO_");

 

      pause;

 

  }

 

In addition to file information the WINAPI class can execute different file types from within Dynamics AX by of course using the file name as a parameter.

For example lets say you want to launch a PDF file saved in table within AX. WinAPI::ShellExecute() will do this for you.