Teach Yourself e.net - Syspro

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Introduction
1.1. Audience
This book is written to introduce you to the concepts involved when programming with
SYSPRO e.net solutions. It will help you learn and utilize the power of SYSPRO's e.net
solutions in building your own custom applications and integrating SYSPRO with other
applications. This book cannot tell you everything about SYSPRO e.net solutions, nor can
it provide you with all the tools that you will need to successfully program your own
application with SYSPRO e.net solutions. It can only teach you about what SYSPRO e.net
solutions is and how to apply the functionality of the system to your applications. In a
sense, this book will provide you with the basic tool box and parts that you will be able to
use to assemble a powerful, integrated, SYSPRO e.net solutions enabled application. It
remains up to you to do the assembly, and to learn to use the tools.
There are many reasons for learning the concepts and programming logic of SYSPRO's
e.net solutions. All the various reasons given, however, will typically relate to one of the
following basic reasons:
• The ability to create your own custom application
• The ability to extend the SYSPRO core system to a Web based system
• The ability to add custom content and processes to the SYSPRO system
• The ability to integrate the core SYSPRO system with another system
Whatever your reasons for learning and using the methods and functions of programming
with e.net solutions, this book will help you realize your own potential and the potential of
your company or enterprise as you create new applications, extend specific functionality,
and integrate your SYSPRO system with other applications and services.
This book is written for system programmers. We assume that you already know the basic
structures of programming in Visual Basic or C#, and are familiar with ASP.NET. You do
not need to be an expert in these languages to understand the logic and examples presented
in this book, you only need to be familiar enough with them so that you can see the
processes involved (most programmers are able to look at any object oriented
programming language and follow the process, even if the syntax is different). As you will
find out later in this book, e.net solutions based applications can be programmed using any
COM or Web Service enabled language, so you are not limited to the language examples
given in this book. We have used these languages as they have been the most commonly
used to date.