SDK (Software Development Kit)

A Software Development Kit (SDK) is available for Chromeleon. The kit is a separate product and not included in the Chromeleon distribution. The SDK allows you to use Chromeleon for tasks beyond its standard functionality. In addition, it allows programmers to access Chromeleon from their own software. The SDK supports almost all Chromeleon functions and some of its masks in the individual programs.

For example, you can use the SDK for the following applications:

• Open Access solutions that allow even untrained users to create Sequences and start Batches.

• Special applications for which the extensive functions of Chromeleon are not sufficient.

• Connecting Chromeleon to almost all LIMS or Management Software solutions.

You can use the SDK together with all programming languages supporting the Microsoft Component Object Model, such as:

• Visual Basic

• MS Excel (with VBA Basic)

• MS Access (with VBA Basic)

• Visual C++

• Delphi

In order to successfully use the SDK, the programmer must be familiar with the corresponding programming language and functions and with the Chromeleon concept.

If the SDK is too extensive a tool and you do not need all its functions, the command line (Start > Run or Windows Command Prompt) allows you to use simple Chromeleon applications in external programs. For more information, refer to Working with Files, Databases, and Networks  Using Chromeleon Data in an External Program in the Administrator Help section.