Article ID: 307248
Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q307248
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use the DictionaryXMLTransforms object to convert an order form to XML in Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may receive an error message.
CAUSE
Commerce Server SP1 includes the fix that is documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
291391 DictionaryXMLTransform Object Returns 'Object Required' Error
Commerce Server performs the following actions after you install SP1:
- Commerce Server no longer assumes that all dictionaries are dictionaries of dictionaries. If the dictionary is not a dictionary of dictionaries, Commerce Server checks for a dictionary of miscellaneous. If the dictionary is not a dictionary element, Commerce Server checks ISimpleList.
- Commerce Server determines whether the subelement is a dictionary. All of the elements in the list must be a dictionary for the dictionary to be a list of dictionaries. If any element is not a dictionary, the element is ignored.
- Commerce Server determines whether the first subelement is an ISimpleList. If the first subelement is an ISimpleList, the element is not converted to XML.
- Commerce Server checks for a list of scalars. If any of the elements is an object, the conversion fails and the element is not converted to XML.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Commerce Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
297216 INFO: How to Obtain the Latest Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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13-Jun-2001 15:08 1.0.0.1 28,944 Hotfixsetup.exe
05-Sep-2001 13:16 421 Qfehotfix.ini
05-Jul-2001 13:51 142,336 Qfepatch.msp
05-Jul-2001 14:16 7,168 Qfeunpatch.msp
The file installed should have the following attributes:
Date Time Version Size File name
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05-Jul-2001 10:10 4.0.0.2055 217,178 Requisition.dll
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
MORE INFORMATION
In versions of Commerce Server earlier than Commerce Server 2000 SP1, you can convert an order form to XML by using the DictionaryXMLTransforms object, but without line items. After you install the fix, however, you must invoke the IPersistXML interface in either Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C++. The following code sample demonstrates a possible use of IPersistXML:
Dim objFileStream As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim objTextFile As TextStream
Dim objX As OrderGroup
Dim objY As IPersistXML
Dim objZ As DictionaryXMLTransforms
Dim objOrderForm As COrderForm
Dim strTmp As String
Set objZ = CreateObject("Commerce.DictionaryXMLTransforms")
Set objX = CreateObject("Commerce.OrderGroup")
'Call objX.Initialize("Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;User ID=sa;Password=*****;Initial Catalog=HeinzStuff_commerce;Data Source=ATCHEN6;Network Library=dbmssocn;", _
"{A43A1FB6-8518-41B6-8D17-698DB601DFE8}")
Call objX.Initialize("Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;User ID=sa;Password=*****;Initial Catalog=Retail_commerce;Data Source=ATCHEN1;Network Library=dbmssocn;", _
"{FF31C279-BE31-4C86-AD6F-3059917DE988}")
Call objX.LoadBasket
'Call objX.LoadOrder("{75CCB468-97D2-4B4F-94BE-E1BCD0A8C5A9}")
'objX.SaveAsOrder
'***********************
' Do the Visual Basic style query interface.
'***********************
Set objY = objX
'objX.SaveAsBasket
strTmp = objY.SaveXML(1033)
Set objTextFile = objFileStream.OpenTextFile("C:\mytest4.xml", ForWriting, True, TristateFalse)
Call objTextFile.Write(strTmp)
objTextFile.Close
Dim objDOM As New MSXML.DOMDocument
Dim objNode As IXMLDOMNode
Call objDOM.Load("C:\mytest4.xml")
Call objY.LoadXML(1033, objDOM.xml)
'strTmp = Replace(strTmp, "US", "CANADA", , , vbTextCompare)
'Call objY.LoadXML(1033, strTmp)
'strTmp = objY.SaveXML(1033)
'strCountry = objX.GetOrderFormValue("ship_to_country")
'objX.SaveAsBasket
objX.SaveAsOrder
'strTmp = objY.SaveXML(1033)
Set objX = Nothing
Set objY = Nothing
Set objZ = Nothing
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