QuickAddress Pro API - QAS.com

Data UpdatesQAS provides periodic updates of country databases as and when updated datais available. These updates are supplied to you on CD-ROM; follow theinstructions in the installation program to replace your existing countrydatabases.Country databases expire after a certain period of time, at which point you mustinstall an update. The low level API function QA_GetLicensingDetail (seepage 98) tells you how many days are left before a country database expires.By default, a dialog will be displayed when you start Pro, which lists all thedatasets that are due to expire soon. You can disable this dialog using theqaattribs_NOLICENSINGDLG flag (see page 172).Getting Started with Pro APIThis section provides a few hints on how to start integrating Pro API with yourown application.The basic steps you should go through to aid a successful integration are asfollows:1. How Pro API WorksThe section of the manual which starts on page 19 describes how ProAPI searches on your addresses. Reading this should clarify the valuesthat are returned by some of the API functions.2. The Test HarnessRunning one of the test harnesses supplied with the API should verifythat you have installed the API correctly. It will also give you an idea ofwhat Pro API can do, and the type of results it can produce.3. Pseudocode and Sample CodeThe pseudocode example for the Primary API on page 53 demonstratesa possible interpretation of the API functions. Samples are available inC and Visual Basic; see the readme.txt file for the locations of this code.6 • Introduction QuickAddress Pro API