Cisco Cisco Computer Telephony Integration Option 8.5 Developer's Guide
Appendix C Migrating From CTI OS 6.0
Migrating a Visual Basic 6.0 to Use COM CIL
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CTI OS Developer’s Guide for Cisco ICM/IPCC Enterprise & Hosted Editions Release 7.0(0)
For detailed guidance on how to use the .NET CIL the developer must refer to the
CTI Toolkit Combo Desktop .NET sample.
CTI Toolkit Combo Desktop .NET sample.
Migrate to Visual Basic .NET and use CTIOS ActiveX Controls
For applications that use the CTI OS ActiveX Controls it was provided a set of
Runtime Callable Wrapper Assemblies (RCWs) that will allow the NET Windows
Forms and Visual Basic .NET to interact with the CTIOS ActiveX controls. The
RCW assemblies are installed in the Global Assembly Cash (GAC) by the Cisco
CTI OS 7.0 setup program.
Runtime Callable Wrapper Assemblies (RCWs) that will allow the NET Windows
Forms and Visual Basic .NET to interact with the CTIOS ActiveX controls. The
RCW assemblies are installed in the Global Assembly Cash (GAC) by the Cisco
CTI OS 7.0 setup program.
Step 1
Port Build Project
Using your development environment utilities port your current application build
project to the new platform compatible with Visual Basic .NET and made all the
adjustments required by migration tool. For example, to port the Microsoft Visual
Basic 6.0 *.vbp project to the new Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.vbproj format,
open the *.vbp project selecting Open\ Project from the File command menu in
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. For details refer to Microsoft’s Visual Studio.NET
help on Visual Basic Concepts
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vb
oriUpgradingFromVisualBasic60.asp)
project to the new platform compatible with Visual Basic .NET and made all the
adjustments required by migration tool. For example, to port the Microsoft Visual
Basic 6.0 *.vbp project to the new Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.vbproj format,
open the *.vbp project selecting Open\ Project from the File command menu in
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. For details refer to Microsoft’s Visual Studio.NET
help on Visual Basic Concepts
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vb
oriUpgradingFromVisualBasic60.asp)
Step 2
Verify references to the CTIOS ActiveX Controls RCW Assemblies
After the migration toll finishes the new ported project must include references to
the CTIOS ActiveX controls RCW assemblies provided in the CTIOS 7.0 Toolkit.
Verify that the assemblies for the controls used in your application are listed under
the project references. For each control in references there must be two entries for
each control one prefixed with AxInterop.ControlName and Interop.
ControlName. The RCW starting with AxIntero.p is responsible for hosting the
ActiveX control on the .NET Windows Form and the RCW prefixed with Interop.
Allows the Visual Basic .NET code to use the properties and methods exported by
the control.
the CTIOS ActiveX controls RCW assemblies provided in the CTIOS 7.0 Toolkit.
Verify that the assemblies for the controls used in your application are listed under
the project references. For each control in references there must be two entries for
each control one prefixed with AxInterop.ControlName and Interop.
ControlName. The RCW starting with AxIntero.p is responsible for hosting the
ActiveX control on the .NET Windows Form and the RCW prefixed with Interop.
Allows the Visual Basic .NET code to use the properties and methods exported by
the control.
Step 3
Apply Ported Code Changes for Visual Basic .NET
Following the migration report applies all the suggested changes such that you
code complies with the new Visual Basic.NET programming language. Be aware
that there are syntactic and semantic differences between Visual Basic 6.0 and
.NET that your application may have to change to accommodate the new model.
code complies with the new Visual Basic.NET programming language. Be aware
that there are syntactic and semantic differences between Visual Basic 6.0 and
.NET that your application may have to change to accommodate the new model.