Re: [Arsperl-users] C-API 6.3 & 8.1 Compatibility issues

[Misi M. <mi...@rr...>]

Hi,

But you never know how long the 6.3 API will be working. So if you upgrade to
8.1, I suggest you recompile your code.

You can use the constant AR_CURRENT_API_VERSION from ar.h to check which
API-version you are compiling against, and use #if, #else and #endif to
support multiple versions with the same code.

Fixing the code itself is easy. The only thing you will probably need to do is
to slide in one or two NULL parameters to the changed calls.

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> You will need to revise your C code to conform to the changes in the API. If
> you don't want to do that, and you are doing only basic get/set type API calls
> then just continue using the program compiled against the 6.3 API. It should
> still work against the 8.1 server.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Oct 1, 2013, at 5:49 AM, "Narayanan, Sankarkumar"
> <san...@cg...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi There,
>>
>> We are upgrading remedy 6.3 environment to remedy 8.1.
>>
>> We have several C – APIs in 6.3. when we try to compile the same C
>> Programs in 8.1, we are getting few errors related to parameter mismatch.
>>
>> Here are the Sample functions :
>> ARGetField – 18 Parameters in 6.3 and 21 Parameters in 8.1
>> ARGetListEntry -1 Parameter is added in 8.1
>>
>> Could anyone please suggest a way to compile the C- Programs without adding
>> the parameters in the C-Codes ?
>>
>> We would like to go for a solution globally which should not give major
>> changes in code level.
>>
>> Also Please suggest whether we can use the 6.3 binary files in 8.1 or not ?
>>
>> Awaiting your response.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sankar
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