DLL for Tally Data Integration
Product : RTSlink DLL
Platform : Windows 98 and above
Tally : Version 6.3 and above
Category : DLL to programmatically push and pull [Import and Export] data from Tally
Accounting Software
An Introduction to RTSLink DLL
RTSlink DLL is a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) that allows Software developers to Integrate
their Applications with Tally Accounting Software. Using RTSlink, developers can
push or pull data from Tally Software in real-time.
RTSlink is based on the Client/Server principles which are as follows:-
- The Client Application sends a Request to the
Tally Server. The request may be either to
Write data (Import data into Tally) or Read data (Export data from Tally).
- The Server processes the request and sends a response back to the client.
Supports Tally 9
RTSlink DLL works with Tally 6.3 and all higher versions including the latest release
of Tally 9.
Tally 9 - XML
To work with RTSlink DLL, you need to have a basic understanding about XML and XML
tags.
Click here for a one minute guide to XML.
RTSlink DLL - Functions
- Open()
Checks whether Tally Software is running or not. If the connection is successful,
a zero value is returned. If the connection fails, the error code number is returned.
- Send()
Sends a request to the Tally Software in form of XML message/tags.
- SQLRequest()
Retrieve Tally Software data (Masters or Vouchers) using SQL-SELECT statement.
- SQLDelete()
Delete Tally Software data (Masters or Vouchers) using SQL-DELETE statement.
- GetLastErrorMessage()
Retrieves the last Error Message Text.
Additional functionality
Most of the time, you will be using the core functions viz. Open(); Send()
in your code. However, to provide more flexibility to the programmer, some additional
functionality has been provided.
You may use these functions as an alternative to the send() function.
- Method 1: Use SendXMLFileToServer() to send a XML file to Tally
Your application should create a XML file that contains the required XML tags.
Next, invoke the SendXMLFileToServer() function to write this file to [Tally] server
application. For more information, refer to the section Using the DLL in Visual Basic.
- Method 2: Use AddXMLTag() & SendXMLTagsToServer()
Alternatively, your application may invoke the AddXMLTag() function several
times to write all the Tags you want. These tags are stored temporarily in memory.
After this, you must invoke the SendXMLTagsToServer() function to write these tags
to [Tally] server. For more information, refer to the section Using the DLL in Visual
Basic.
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