Class NSBLOBAgent

Collection of all services that work with binary objects (BLOBS). For example, images and documents.

Syntax

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

Constructors

NSBLOBAgent()

Initializes a new instance of the NSBLOBAgent class.

Declaration

NSBLOBAgent

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

Methods

ChangeContactImage(Integer,Integer)

Changes the contact image link.

Declaration

Void ChangeContactImage(Integer contactId, Integer blobId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	contactId	The contact the image is linked to
Integer	blobId	The Binary object ID.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Remarks

If the Binary object ID is 0, any image link is removed from the contact.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

ChangePersonImage(Integer,Integer)

Collection of all services that work with binary objects (BLOBS). For example, images and documents.

Declaration

Void ChangePersonImage(Integer personId, Integer blobId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	personId	The person the image is linked to
Integer	blobId	The Binary object ID.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Remarks

If the Binary object ID is 0, any image link is removed from the person.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

ChangeProductImage(Integer,Integer)

Changes the project image link.

Declaration

Void ChangeProductImage(Integer productId, Integer blobId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	productId	The project the image is linked to
Integer	blobId	The Binary object Id.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Remarks

If the Binary object ID is 0, any image link is removed from the project.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

ChangeProjectImage(Integer,Integer)

Changes the project image link.

Declaration

Void ChangeProjectImage(Integer projectId, Integer blobId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	projectId
Integer	blobId	The Binary object Id.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Remarks

If the Binary object ID is 0, any image link is removed from the project.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

CleanupBatchTask(Integer)

Removes the binary objects linked to the batch task, the links themselves and the batch task.

Declaration

Void CleanupBatchTask(Integer batchTaskId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	batchTaskId

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

CreateDefaultBlobEntity()

Sets default values into a new NSBlobEntity.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity CreateDefaultBlobEntity()

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	New BlobEntity with default values.

Remarks

NetServer calculates default values (for example Country) on the entity, which is required when creating/storing a new instance.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
NSBlobEntity thing = agent.CreateDefaultBlobEntity();
thing = agent.SaveBlobEntity(thing);

DeleteBlobEntity(Integer)

Deletes the NSBlobEntity

Declaration

Void DeleteBlobEntity(Integer blobEntity)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	blobEntity	The identity of the BlobEntity.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.DeleteBlobEntity(123);

GetAppData(String)

Gets a CLOB (limited to a reasonable size by the mechanics of Web Services) according to a string key; ALSO limits to the current ApplicationToken if any

Declaration

String GetAppData(String key)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	key	The key string, less than 200 characters. Must be unique within each application.

Returns

Type	Description
String	The applications value, suggested to be a JSON, XML or other readable structure.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
String key;
String res = agent.GetAppData(key);

GetBlobEntity(Integer)

Gets an NSBlobEntity object.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity GetBlobEntity(Integer blobEntityId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	blobEntityId	The identifier of the BlobEntity object.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	BlobEntity object.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
NSBlobEntity thing = agent.GetBlobEntity(123);

GetBlobEntityOnContact(Integer)

Gets the blob entity that represents the contact image binary object.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity GetBlobEntityOnContact(Integer contactId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	contactId	The contact Id.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	BlobEntity object.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer contactId;
NSBlobEntity res = agent.GetBlobEntityOnContact(contactId);

GetBlobEntityOnCountry(Integer)

Gets the blob entity that represents the country flag binary object.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity GetBlobEntityOnCountry(Integer countryId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	countryId	The country Id.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	BlobEntity object.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer countryId;
NSBlobEntity res = agent.GetBlobEntityOnCountry(countryId);

GetBlobEntityOnPerson(Integer)

Gets the blob entity that represents the person image binary object.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity GetBlobEntityOnPerson(Integer personId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	personId	The person Id.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	BlobEntity object.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer personId;
NSBlobEntity res = agent.GetBlobEntityOnPerson(personId);

GetBlobEntityOnProduct(Integer)

Gets the blob entity that represents the product image binary object.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity GetBlobEntityOnProduct(Integer productId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	productId	The product Id.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	BlobEntity object.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer productId;
NSBlobEntity res = agent.GetBlobEntityOnProduct(productId);

GetBlobEntityOnProject(Integer)

Gets the blob entity that represents the project image binary object.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity GetBlobEntityOnProject(Integer projectId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	projectId	The project Id.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	BlobEntity object.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer projectId;
NSBlobEntity res = agent.GetBlobEntityOnProject(projectId);

GetBlobStream(Integer)

Gets the binary object as a stream

Declaration

NSStream GetBlobStream(Integer blobEntityId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	blobEntityId	The ID of the BLOB entity object that refers to the binary data.

Returns

Type	Description
NSStream	The binary object as a Stream.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer blobEntityId;
NSStream res = agent.GetBlobStream(blobEntityId);

GetChatImageWithSize(Integer,Integer,Integer)

Returns the chat image that is displayed in chat with a specified maximum size.

Declaration

NSImage GetChatImageWithSize(Integer chatTopicId, Integer width, Integer height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	chatTopicId	The project ID of the project the image belongs to
Integer	width	The maximum with of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image
Integer	height	The maximum height of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a jpeg/base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer chatTopicId;
Integer width;
Integer height;
NSImage res = agent.GetChatImageWithSize(chatTopicId, width, height);

GetContactImage(Integer)

Returns the contact image that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

NSImage GetContactImage(Integer contactId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	contactId	The contact ID of the person the image belongs to.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer contactId;
NSImage res = agent.GetContactImage(contactId);

GetContactImageWithSize(Integer,Integer,Integer)

Returns the contact image that is displayed in the CRM application with a specified maximum size.

Declaration

NSImage GetContactImageWithSize(Integer contactId, Integer width, Integer height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	contactId	The contact of the person the image belongs to.
Integer	width	The maximum with of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image.
Integer	height	The maximum height of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer contactId;
Integer width;
Integer height;
NSImage res = agent.GetContactImageWithSize(contactId, width, height);

GetOutputFromBatch(Integer)

Gets the output of a batchtask as a stream

Declaration

NSStream GetOutputFromBatch(Integer batchTaskId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	batchTaskId

Returns

Type	Description
NSStream

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer batchTaskId;
NSStream res = agent.GetOutputFromBatch(batchTaskId);

GetPersonImage(Integer)

Returns the person image that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

NSImage GetPersonImage(Integer personId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	personId	The person ID of the person the image belongs to.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer personId;
NSImage res = agent.GetPersonImage(personId);

GetPersonImageWithSize(Integer,Integer,Integer)

Returns the person image that is displayed in the CRM application with a specified maximum size.

Declaration

NSImage GetPersonImageWithSize(Integer personId, Integer width, Integer height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	personId	The person ID of the person the image belongs to.
Integer	width	The maximum with of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image
Integer	height	The maximum height of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer personId;
Integer width;
Integer height;
NSImage res = agent.GetPersonImageWithSize(personId, width, height);

GetProductImage(Integer)

Returns the product image (rank=1) that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

NSImage GetProductImage(Integer productId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	productId	The product ID of the product the image belongs to.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer productId;
NSImage res = agent.GetProductImage(productId);

GetProductThumbnail(Integer)

Returns the product thumbnail that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

NSImage GetProductThumbnail(Integer productId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	productId	The product ID of the product the thumbnail belongs to.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer productId;
NSImage res = agent.GetProductThumbnail(productId);

GetProjectImage(Integer)

Returns the project image that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

NSImage GetProjectImage(Integer projectId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	projectId	The project ID of the project the image belongs to.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer projectId;
NSImage res = agent.GetProjectImage(projectId);

GetProjectImageWithSize(Integer,Integer,Integer)

Returns the project image that is displayed in the CRM application with a specified maximum size.

Declaration

NSImage GetProjectImageWithSize(Integer projectId, Integer width, Integer height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	projectId	The project ID of the project the image belongs to.
Integer	width	The maximum with of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image
Integer	height	The maximum height of the returned image. Specify <= 0 to preserve aspect ratio of existing image.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer projectId;
Integer width;
Integer height;
NSImage res = agent.GetProjectImageWithSize(projectId, width, height);

GetQuoteLineImage(Integer)

Returns the quoteline image (rank=1) that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

NSImage GetQuoteLineImage(Integer quoteLineId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	quoteLineId	The product ID of the quoteline the image belongs to.

Returns

Type	Description
NSImage	The image as a System.Drawing.Image. (If the the image is returned over web services, the stream is returned as a Base64 encoded string.).

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer quoteLineId;
NSImage res = agent.GetQuoteLineImage(quoteLineId);

SaveBlobEntity(NSBlobEntity)

Updates the existing NSBlobEntity or creates a new NSBlobEntity if the ID parameter is 0.

Declaration

NSBlobEntity SaveBlobEntity(NSBlobEntity blobEntity)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
NSBlobEntity	blobEntity	The entity to save.

Returns

Type	Description
NSBlobEntity	New or updated BlobEntity.

Examples

NSBLOB agent;
NSBlobEntity thing = agent.CreateDefaultBlobEntity();
thing = agent.SaveBlobEntity(thing);

SaveImageStream(Integer,NSImage,String)

Stores an image in the database without linking it to a project or a person.

Declaration

Integer SaveImageStream(Integer type, NSImage image, String description)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	type	The type of the image.
NSImage	image	Image to store
String	description	Image description.

Returns

Type	Description
Integer	The blob Id.

Remarks

It is possible to ChangePersonImage or ChangeProjectImage to attach image later.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
Integer type;
NSImage image;
String description;
Integer res = agent.SaveImageStream(type, image, description);

SaveProjectImage(String,NSImage)

Saves a project image that is displayed in the CRM application's project image selection dialog to the database.

Declaration

Void SaveProjectImage(String description, NSImage image)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	description
NSImage	image	The project image (System.Drawing.Image).

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

SetAppData(String,String)

Sets a CLOB (limited to a reasonable size by the mechanics of Web Services) according to a string key; ALSO limits to the current ApplicationToken if any.

Declaration

Void SetAppData(String key, String data)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	key	The key string, less than 200 characters. Must be unique within each application.
String	data	The applications value, suggested to be a JSON, XML or other readable structure.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Remarks

Existing data, if any, will be overwritten. Overwrite with a blank value to delete.

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
String key;
String data;
agent.SetAppData(key, data);

SetBlobStream(Integer,NSStream)

Stores a binary object from its stream

Declaration

Void SetBlobStream(Integer blobEntityId, NSStream stream)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	blobEntityId	ID of the BLOB entity object that the binary data should be stored to.
NSStream	stream	The binary object as a Stream.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

SetContactImage(Integer,NSImage)

Stores the contact image that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

Void SetContactImage(Integer contactId, NSImage image)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	contactId	The ID of the contact the image belongs to.
NSImage	image	The project image (System.Drawing.Image).

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

SetPersonImage(Integer,NSImage)

Stores the person image that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

Void SetPersonImage(Integer personId, NSImage image)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	personId	The person ID of the person the image belongs to.
NSImage	image	The project image (System.Drawing.Image).

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

SetProductImage(Integer,NSImage)

Stores the product image that is displayed in the CRM application. The image is scaled down to max 1000x1000. This method operates only the main (rank=1) image; future extensions may support multiple images. A thumbnail of size 75x75 is also automatically set.

Declaration

Void SetProductImage(Integer productId, NSImage image)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	productId	The project ID of the product the image belongs to.
NSImage	image	The project image (System.Drawing.Image), scaled down to no more than 1000x1000.

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

SetProductThumbnail(Integer,NSImage)

Stores the product thumbnail that is displayed in the CRM application. The image is scaled down to max 200x200 pixels.

Declaration

Void SetProductThumbnail(Integer productId, NSImage image)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	productId
NSImage	image	The project image (System.Drawing.Image).

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);

SetProjectImage(Integer)

Stores the project image that is displayed in the CRM application.

Declaration

Void SetProjectImage(Integer projectId, NSImage image)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Integer	projectId	The project ID of the project the image belongs to.
NSImage	image	The project image (System.Drawing.Image).

Returns

Type	Description
Void

Examples

NSBLOBAgent agent;
agent.callMethod(arg1, arg2);