This topic explains how to handle invoicing
documents using the SDK. There are several methods available for doing this
task. You have to decide whether or not to have user interface and if you want
Venice to do most of the work or completely handle the data yourself (currently
only possible for the SOrder, the SDeliv
and the SInvce object).
Details will be given about how to insert, update or delete a complete document
and how to consult, insert, update or delete details, distributions (option 'Stock
Management' and/or option 'Serial Numbers'), and Intrastat details (option
'Intrastat').
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Import |
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What? |
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These methods allow you to insert a complete document, without or
with user interface (using the import dialog). It cannot be used for updating
or deleting documents.
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How? |
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Insert |
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What? |
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This method allows you to insert a complete document, but only via
the user interface (using the document dialog of Venice).
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How? |
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Document type |
Method (using the document dialog of Venice,
eInsertMode
= imDialog)
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Purchase offer (option 'Purchase Management') |
Insert |
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Purchase order (option 'Purchase Management') |
Insert |
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Purchase delivery (option 'Purchase Management') |
Insert |
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Purchase invoice (option 'Purchase Management') |
Insert |
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Sales offer |
Insert |
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Sales order (option 'Sales Management') |
Insert |
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Sales delivery (option 'Sales Management') |
Insert |
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Sales invoice |
Insert |
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Update |
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This method allows you to update a complete document, but only via
the user interface (using the document dialog of Venice). Using this method to
update a document without user interface is also possible but the changes will
be limited to the data of the header and to fields which can be modified in the
grid of the corresponding Venice module only.
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Document type |
Method without (eUpdateMode
!= umDialog) or with user interface (using the document dialog of Venice,
eUpdateMode
= umDialog)
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Purchase offer (option 'Purchase Management') |
Update |
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Purchase order (option 'Purchase Management') |
Update |
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Purchase delivery (option 'Purchase Management') |
Update |
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Purchase invoice (option 'Purchase Management') |
Update |
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Sales offer |
Update |
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Sales order (option 'Sales Management') |
Update |
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Sales delivery (option 'Sales Management') |
Update |
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Sales invoice |
Update |
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Delete |
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What? |
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This method allows you to delete a complete document, but without
user interface. You can also use this method to test if a document can be
deleted without actually deleting it.
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How? |
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Document type |
Method (for testing only, set eDeleteMode
to dmTestOnly)
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Purchase offer (option 'Purchase Management') |
Delete |
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Purchase order (option 'Purchase Management') |
Delete |
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Purchase delivery (option 'Purchase Management') |
Delete |
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Purchase invoice (option 'Purchase Management') |
Delete |
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Sales offer |
Delete |
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Sales order (option 'Sales Management') |
Delete |
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Sales delivery (option 'Sales Management') |
Delete |
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Sales invoice |
Delete |
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PrepareDocument |
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What? |
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This method allows you to completely handle (insert, update,
delete and consult) all parts of a document: header, details, distributions
and if available Intrastat details, without user interface.
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If you want to securely handle invoicing documents, make sure to
follow these steps:
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Preparing the object |
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In this step, you prepare the object for inserting a new document,
duplicating, updating or consulting an existing one by calling the
PrepareDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object)
method, by stating the appropriate 'ePrepareAction'.
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It will load the necessary data of all related records in
accordance with the action you requested:
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Header data |
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Detail data |
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Data of the current document (overridden by the Init
method, e.g. for the SInvce object)
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None |
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Data of the document you want to duplicate |
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Detail data of the document you want to duplicate |
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Data of the document you want to update |
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Detail data of the document you want to update |
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Data of the document you want to consult |
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Detail data of the document you want to consult |
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After calling the PrepareDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object), most of the properties,
that are read-only in a normal situation, are no longer read-only and can be
set. After calling the WriteDocument (e.g.
for the SInvce object) or the
CancelDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object)
method is called (see 'Write or cancel'), these
properties are read-only again.
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After the necessary data is loaded, you must provide all new
header data.
Make sure that that data is correctly provided (using the
properties
of your object, e.g. for the SInvce
object) before you proceed with the next steps.
For more information about which fields need to be supplied for inserting a new
document, you can consult the help of your Venice installation concerning the
import option.
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If you are updating an existing document, this method will lock
the document until the WriteDocument (e.g.
for the SInvce object) or the
CancelDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object)
method is called (see 'Write or cancel').
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During the period of time between calling the
PrepareDocument
method (e.g. for the SInvce object)
and the WriteDocument method (e.g. for
the Sales object) or the
CancelDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object)
method (see 'Write or cancel'), your application will use
up 1 Import-user, except when the PrepareDocument
method was called using the value 'paView' for the parameter
ePrepareAction
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Therefore, the option 'Import' must be installed in order to manipulate (create,
duplicate or change)
documents in the SDK.
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If you provide the correct book (property pBook
of e.g. the SInvce object properties) and make sure
that the document number (property pDocNum
of e.g. the SInvce object properties) is 0, your
document will automatically be numbered.
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Not all of the header fields you updated will be written to disk and will stay
unchanged, e.g. when the document is protected or transferred.
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Execute the actual action |
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Now, you must provide all the necessary data for the several types
of details, depending on the action you want to execute:
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Insert new detail |
Update existing detail |
Delete existing detail |
Consult existing detail |
Number of details |
Insert invoicing proposal |
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Details |
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Distributions |
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| Sales delivery |
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Details |
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Distributions |
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| Sales invoice |
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Details |
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Extended details |
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Distributions |
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Intrastat details |
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Remarks
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If you do not provide a TSM number (property pTsmNumber
of e.g. the SInvce object properties), one will be
automatically created (if necessary) when saving the document using the
WriteDocument
method (e.g. for the Sales object.
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It is not possible to tick other invoicing documents nor detail
lines of other invoicing documents.
It is, on the other hand, possible to consult the ticking info of a detail (vTickSysNum,
vTickYear, vTickDocType) by using the GetDetail
method (e.g. for the SInvce object).
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The default (English) prefixes for the article numbers, available
in Venice, are also provided for use in the detail lines.
Valid prefixes are 'n:' (number), 'a:' (alias), 'b:' (bar
code), 'd:' (description) and, if applicable, 's:' (serial
number).
For more information on the use of these prefixes, you should consult the help
of your Venice installation.
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Write or cancel |
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The final step is to save the provided data to disk using the
WriteDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object)
method or cancel the preparations using the CancelDocument
(e.g. for the SInvce object) method.
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Remarks
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Make sure that this step is always executed, especially in
situations where an exception is thrown, by providing accurate error handling!
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