Objectif Lune PrintShop Web - 2.1 User Guide

PrintShop Web

MIS Integration Guide

PrintShop Web MIS Integration Guide

Document version: PSW 2.1 R3250
Date: October, 2007

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Table of Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4

XML to File connector.................................................................................................................................4

MIS Connectors.........................................................................................................................................5

Enabling a MIS connector...........................................................................................................................6

Installed modules.........................................................................................................................................6

Properties.....................................................................................................................................................7

XML to File connector............................................................................................................................8

XML (eXtensible Markup Language)...........................................................................................................9

General information.....................................................................................................................................9

Push method..............................................................................................................................................10

XML options...............................................................................................................................................11

Post options...............................................................................................................................................12

File options................................................................................................................................................ 12

Sample POST receive script............................................................................................................. 13

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Introduction

PrintShop Web comes with a framework for managing and describing modules. Modules are used to
add or customize functionality in specific areas of the application. One of these areas is the integration
of Management Information Systems (MIS)

The MIS Connector Framework is build on top of this module framework and is called at order creation
and order status changes. MIS Connectors are used to automatically transfer order information from
PrintShop Web to external MIS systems.

This document describes the MIS Connector Framework and the options of the XML to File connector.

XML to File connector

The XML To File connector is a generic MIS connector that ships with PrintShop Web. It uses common
technologies and methods to communicate between applications. Order information is written to XML
files and in addition this data can be sent to an external applications/web servers capable of receiving
POST data. Optionally a XSLT style sheet can be applied to change the structure of the XML data.

The source files of the this connector are publicly available and not encrypted. This allows third parties,
such as system integrators, to modify its functions and/or add functionality. This connector is entirely
written in the PHP scripting language.

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MIS Connectors

MIS connectors add functionality to the PSW order creation and order status change processes. The
following diagram outlines these processes.

Order process flow diagram

The system performs the following tasks:

1 Order information is stored in the PSW database.
2 The system defines if email notification messages should be send.
3 The system checks for the active MIS connector, if found the functions of this connector are called.
4 The user interface (UI) of the system is updated.

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