Custom Receiver Types (DOM) - Leverage External Functions in Report Rule

I'm working on a DLL to support the distribution of our invoices to the various recipients. Our distribution methodology changes based on the Invoice Transaction Type. I've written an external function in the DLL to take the invoice transaction type and return a variable indicating whether it goes to a contact or a BP.

The function works fine when called from within the DLL, but my report rule returns a "Unknown Function" error when compiling.

Are we not allowed to leverage DLL functions from within the report rule?

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You can use DLL functions in report rules. But you have to "tell" the compiler where to find that function. Example of an expression to calculate a document type variable:

#pragma used dll "otxcomdll0001"

return(txcom.dll0001.get.type(cisli310.tran))

And, of course, the function in the DLL must be "extern".

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unknown

You can use DLL functions in report rules. But you have to "tell" the compiler where to find that function. Example of an expression to calculate a document type variable:

#pragma used dll "otxcomdll0001"

return(txcom.dll0001.get.type(cisli310.tran))

And, of course, the function in the DLL must be "extern".

unknown

Magically worked this morning when I tried it again. Must have needed to restart the bshell to reference the new version of the DLL.

Thanks!

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