The iSeries™ Navigator APIs listed and grouped by function.
| Function | iSeries Navigator APIs |
|---|---|
| System values: This API allows the plug-in developer to obtain the current value of an iSeries system value. | |
| System handles: These APIs allow the plug-in developer to obtain and to release the current value of an iSeries system object handle that contains connection properties including the secure sockets layer (SSL) settings to be used for the specified iSeries system. | |
| User input validation: These APIs allow the plug-in developer to check whether the current user has authority to a particular iSeries object. The APIs also allow the developer to determine if the user has one or more special authorities. | |
| User authority checking: This API allows the plug-in developer to check whether certain types of user-supplied strings are valid before transmitting them to the iSeries server. | |
| User profile attributes: This API allows the plug-in developer to obtain the value of any of the user profile attributes for the current iSeries Navigator user. | |
| Data management: Objects that the user has selected are identified to the third-party plug-in by two data entities, the item identifier list, and the object name. Data management APIs provide the plug-in developer with a means of extracting information from these structures. |
cwbUN_GetDisplayNameFromItemId cwbUN_GetParentFolderNameFromName |
| Refresh the iSeries Navigator window: Following the completion of an operation on behalf of the user, these APIs enable execution of a request by the plug-in to refresh the tree and list views or to place a message in the Navigator status bar. | |
| ODBC connections: These APIs allow the plug-in developer to reuse and end the handle for an ODBC connection that already has been obtained by the Database component of the iSeries Navigator. | |
| Access iSeries Navigator icons: These APIs allow the plug-in developer to access the icon image lists for objects that appear in the Navigator object hierarchy. | |
| Application Administration: These APIs allow the plug-in developer to programmatically determine whether a user is denied or allowed use of an Administrable function. An Administrable function is any function whose use can be controlled through the Application Administration sub component of iSeries Navigator. | |
| Install: This API allows the plug-in developer to determine if an iSeries Navigator sub component is installed. | |
| Directory Services: These APIs provide information about the
Directory Services (LDAP) server on an iSeries computer, and functions to connect
to the server. The connection functions enable you to connect to a server
using information (distinguished names, password, etc.) cached by the iSeries Access
for Windows®.
The connection functions use the LDAP client shipped with iSeries Access
for Windows (LDAP.LIB
and LDAP.DLL) and therefore require that your application use that client. Functions that use strings are available in ANSI and Unicode versions. Functions that return distinguished names and other strings for use with LDAP client APIs also are provided in a UTF-8 version for use with LDAP version 3 servers. |