What are the steps to upgrade VB 6 appl'n to use Business Objects XI?

[garban]

Hi all,
Can someone please help me here?
I need to upgrade Visual basic 6.0 application which is using Seagate Info 7.5 to use Business Objects XI.
This app was designed few years back to use seagate Info 7.5 to generate Invoices and summary for customers.
General Process flow is:
VB App (ciapi32.bas) uses Ciapi32.dll and Sentnl32.exe ---> Aps32.exe ---> Info APS system Database.

I changed '.ini' file to refer to new APS:
CrystalInfoAPS=USHSDBSQLS4 (current server where BO is sitting). But I get following errors when I launch my app and try to access reports:

"an error entitled CI_APINOTUP has occured, The detailed description of the error is : Specified APS is not running"
As I click OK on above error, another error msg pops up -

"error occured while logging in. Please check user Id & password."

Questions:
1. Will changes in '.ini' file make app work with BO XI? or it will require complete API change?

2. What are the corresponding file in BO XI for - ciapi32.bas, Ciapi32.dll and Sentnl32.exe of SI 7.5?

3. Has anyone gone through similar process of changing VB 6 app (that was running with SI 7.5) to BO XI?

4. Any available resources?

appreciate all help.
Thanks

 

[hilfy]

You'll need to use the new SDK to access BO XI. It's different from the one that SI uses. You can see example code in the Developer Library at

http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2/en/devsuite.htm

-Dell

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