Objectives

• To learn how to create a client request RDMLX function to test your Department & Employee Server.

• To create a visual Form that calls your client function from a Windows user interface.

• To learn how to integrate client- and server-side functions with HTTPInboundXMLBindService and HTTPOutboundXMLBindService.

• To see the overall structure of the client/server transaction.

To achieve these objectives, you will complete the following:

• Step 1. Create iiiFN07 Client Outbound (request) bindings
• Step 2. Create iiiFN07 Client Inbound (response) bindings
• Step 3. Binding Deployment and Configuration
• Step 4. Code iiiFRM03 Client Wrapper Form
• Step 5. Code iiiFN07 Client SET functionality
• Step 6. Code iiiFN07 Client GET functionality
• Step 7. Test iiiFN07 Server with Client Form iiiFRM03
• Summary

Concepts

You have already written the Department & Employee Server function, and created a service interface for it, in exercise INT007 - Department & Employee Server. Now you will create a client function using HTTPOutboundXMLBindService. This client function will allow the user to input a department code, create a request XML document, send the XML to your iiiFN06_SERVICE to be processed, and display the response XML in a user-friendly list.