topic Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api in Integration, Extension & APIs

QlikView Desktop COM Api

Wed, 27 May 2015 14:40:09 GMT

I'm developing a C# application that interacts with QlikView Desktop via com.

Now I would like to be able to open more than one instance of QlikView to perform some operations in parallel.

Have any of you ever done something like this?

Thanks in advance

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:19:35 GMT

Hi,

Do you mean QlikView or Qlik Sense Desktop?

If you are using Qlik Sense see http://help.qlik.com/sense/en-us/developer/

under Qlik Sense .Net SDK you will find useful informatio / examples.

Best Regards

Lars-Göran Book

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:21:20 GMT

Hi,

thanks for reply.

I mean QlikView... not Sense.

I cant find any kind of documentation about it.

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:44:19 GMT

After you install the QlikView Documentation package, available from the download site, the COM API documentation will be in a qvw file here

C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikView Documentation\Automation\APIguide.qvw

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:35:50 GMT

Hi Carlo,

thanks for your reply.

I developed my application by following the guidance of the APIguide.qvw document.

My problem is that I cant find any documentation about using QlikView Desktop (not Sense) COM object in MTA (multi threaded apartment).

The API's behavior suggest that it is an STA (single threaded apartment) COM by default.

I'm looking for a way to configure the COM component so that it can be used as MTA.

For example... i launch new instance of COM component:

var FirstQVApp = new QlikView.Application();

Now I want another instance of QlikView application then I write following code:

var SecondQVApp = new QlikView.Application();

But FirstQVApp and SecondQVApp are the same instance of COM component and refer to the same QlikView application instance (same Process ID)!!!

It is not enough for me to open two documents like this:

QVApp .OpenDocEx(firstDoc...

QVApp .OpenDocEx(secondDoc...

I have to open two instance of QlikView application.

Thanks for your patience

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:25:20 GMT

What are you trying to do? QlikView desktop is designed for single-use; 1 user/1 instance.

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:54:09 GMT

Hi Carlo,

I'd like to do something similar to what was done by RightQlik.

You can see in task manager that there are two different instance of QlikView.

Any suggestion?

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Fri, 12 May 2017 13:33:48 GMT

After a while I found the solution. The method 'RevokeClassObjects' in COM instanced object make QlikView COM MTA (so you can open more that one instance within your COM instance).

qlikViewClientCom = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(Guid.Parse(GetQlikViewCLSID())));
qlikViewClientCom.RevokeClassObjects();

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

Fri, 12 May 2017 15:06:57 GMT

I solved it.

The COM object method: 'RevokeClassObjects()' make the COM component MTA so you can run all instances of QlikView as your machine can handle.

You should call this method before any other call to COM object and after the COM object initialization.

Re: QlikView Desktop COM Api

tbschillen — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:00:25 GMT

Hi Fabio,

how did you implement your GetQlikViewCLSID?

Regards

Thomas