xDashBoard passthrough operations

A set of direct 1:1 passthrough methods on clsPrint that forward xDashBoard integration requests to the xPression Design SOAP service with no additional local logic.

Field	Value
Operation ID	OP-PRINT-XDASHBOARD
Trigger	Caller invokes any of xpublishDocument, xpreviewHTML, xpublishAndReturnDocument, xdocumentsForCategory, xoutputProfilesForDocument, xcategoriesForUser
Inputs	Varies by method (document package/XML, category, user identifier)
Outputs	Varies by method (byte arrays, strings, or string arrays)
Primary components	clsPrint.xpublishDocument, clsPrint.xpreviewHTML, clsPrint.xpublishAndReturnDocument, clsPrint.xdocumentsForCategory, clsPrint.xoutputProfilesForDocument, clsPrint.xcategoriesForUser
Entry point	SAIF.Services.Printing\clsPrint.vb

Steps

1. Each method is a direct 1:1 passthrough to the corresponding method on m_Xpresso (the xpresso.clsGenerate SOAP proxy), with no additional local logic, validation, or state changes.

   Origin: These steps are implemented in xpresso.clsGenerate (SAIF.Services.Printing.xpresso) and executed against the external xPression Design server.*

2. Return values are passed back unchanged (byte arrays, strings, or string arrays depending on the operation).

Process flow

flowchart TD
    Start([Caller invokes passthrough method]) --> Forward[Forward call to m_Xpresso equivalent method]
    Forward --> Soap[SOAP call to external xPression server]
    Soap --> Return([Return value unchanged])

Failure and edge-case behavior

• No local validation or error handling wraps any of these passthrough calls; SOAP faults propagate directly to the caller.*

Related documentation

• Operations and processes
• Business rules

Sources

• SAIF.Services.Printing\clsPrint.vb
• SAIF.Services.Printing\Web References\xpresso\Reference.vb