I need to be able to call or utilize some Datacap built-in actions like the FNP8_SetProperty in the FileNetP8 dll from within my C# custom action.  I have created many custom actions in C# after building the latest solution from GitHub that Datacap provides. They all work great. However, until now I have not had the need to access Datacap built-in actions from within our custom actions.  We are on 9.1.9 iFix 06. Please help if possible.

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Danny Mann
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Hi Danny,

I don't believe it's possible to call one Datacap action from another (you could potentially end up with an endless execution loop if so). From my perspective, Datacap actions are discrete operations which carry out single tasks, such as full-page OCR or the comparison of two variables. It sounds as though you are wrapping several tasks into one action, which may not be ideal from a Datacap perspective. You could just call the FNP8_SetProperty action in your application (this sets a document property), then call your custom action to do whatever you need it to do. 

Hopefully that makes sense?

Shaun

Hi Danny,

Shaun is right, invoking a Datacap action from within a custom action doesn't work.

What you could do is to update the document directly from your custom action, by  using the FileNet Content Engine client libraries. You can reference the FileNet library assemblies included in the Client API package available via ACCE and perform the document updates from there (properties, content, or both).

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Olivier Baltus
NSI Luxembourg
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Thank you both for the replies and information.  I will look into the FileNet Content Engine client libraries.  That sounds like a good idea.