Getting started with the .NET API
1. Overview
The goal of this support article is to explain the necessary steps to use the Dundas BI .NET API in a new or existing Visual Studio project.
2. Prerequisites
- Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
- Dundas BI Application Data folder
- Dundas BI Admin privileges
3. Setup
- Open a new or existing Visual Studio project
- In the Solution Explorer, right click on References and Add Reference
- Select Browse on the Reference Manager
- Locate the Dundas BI sdk bin folder here:
\Program Files\Dundas Data Visualization Inc\Dundas BI\Instances\[instance name]\sdk\bin - Select all three files found here and Add them to the Reference folder
4. Build the engine
- Referring to the Dundas .NET API Documentation we can see how to start up the Dundas BI Engine
- Here is some sample code to get you started:
// Create the CreateEngineOptions object. CreateEngineOptions createEngineOptions = new CreateEngineOptions(); // Path to the application's data folder. Type: System.String createEngineOptions.AppDataPath = appDataPath; EngineManager.CreateEngine(createEngineOptions); EngineManager.StartEngine(); Engine.Current.GetService<ICallerContextService>().CreateAndSetCurrentContext(null); LogOnResult logOnResult = Engine.Current.GetService<ILogOnService>().LogOn( // The account name. Type: System.String accountName, // The password. Type: System.String password, // Delete other logon sessions for the logon to succeed. Type: System.Boolean deleteOtherSessions, // Culture to associate with the logon session, or null. Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo explicitCulture ); Engine.Current.GetService<ICallerContextService>().CurrentContext.SetCurrentSessionId( logOnResult.Session.Id );
- You can now start using the .NET Dundas BI Engine