About Utilities & API

We are developing various API applications and other programs and making them available as part of the SIDRA UTILITIES group of products. These small-sized C# programs and Excel applications aim to help to enhance capabilities provided for SIDRA INTERSECTION users while some of them may serve as sample applications for programmers who want to develop API applications for SIDRA INTERSECTION.

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SIDRA INTERSECTION API provides a simple programming interface that enables external applications to communicate with SIDRA INTERSECTION. This has been developed in order to enable users to interface other programs to SIDRA INTERSECTION.

Information about SIDRA UTILITIES and API can be found in SIDRA INTERSECTION User Guide, Part 2, Section 3.

The following SIDRA UTILITIES are available free of charge for use with the latest version SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1:

VOLUMES ANNUAL SUMS OUTPUT COMPARISON VARIABLE RUN

  These SIDRA UTILITIES which are based on SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1 API require a licensed version of SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1 to be installed on your computer. The API will not work with a Trial Version of the software.

Various error conditions will result if you are attempting to use SIDRA UTILITIES downloaded using the links given above without installing the latest version SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1 on your computer, or attempting to use it in association with an unlicensed Trial Version of the software. 

For the use of SIDRA UTILITIES, a SIDRA INTERSECTION Project file (extension sip) needs to be prepared first. Once the Project file is ready, the Project should be closed in SIDRA INTERSECTION. Simultaneous use of the same Project in SIDRA INTERSECTION and any API application is not recommended. Otherwise, various problems and data updating issues may result due to trying to access the same Project from two different programs.

Older versions of SIDRA UTILITIES for use with earlier versions of SIDRA INTERSECTION are available for download (these will not work with SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1):

Older Versions of SIDRA UTILITIES

Technical support is not available for outdated software versions. Purchase of a new licence for the latest version SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1 is recommended rather than using these outdated versions. Keeping your COVER subscriptions up to date ensures that you will always have the latest software version and you will be entitled to technical support at no extra cost.

The following tools are available for programmers who want to develop API applications for SIDRA INTERSECTION 5.1.

The OUTPUT COMPARISON utility can be used as a sample SIDRA INTERSECTION API program. Programmers requiring information about the DLL interface should first refer to the Help_SI51API.chm help file. More detailed information about the DLL interface, the COM interface, and C# source code for the sample API program OUTPUT COMPARISON will be available on request.

For feedback on the use of SIDRA INTERSECTION API applications and your experience with programming using SIDRA INTERSECTION API, please send email to: support@sidrasolutions.com