# EssCreateApplication

Description

EssCreateApplication() creates a new application, either on the client or the server. If the application is created on the server, it is also started.

Syntax

    ESS_FUNC_M EssCreateApplication (hCtx, AppName);

ESS_HCTX_T | hCtx
ESS_STR_T | AppName

Parameters

hCtx | Essbase API context handle.
AppName | Name of application to create. Application names can be 8 characters long, and can contain all special characters allowed in DOS file names. No spaces, commas, tabs, slashes, backslashes, or periods are allowed. The use of some special characters is not recommended because they are often used by the operating system (for example, @, $, %, and &).

Return Value

None.

Notes

- Creating a client application creates a directory to contain local application files.
- A newly created database or application is not automatically set to active. Call EssSetActive() after calling EssCreateDatabase() or EssCreateApplication() to keep subsequent functions, such as EssRestructure(), from operating on the wrong database or application (the application or database that is already active).

Access

For a server application, the caller must have Application Create/Delete/Edit privilege (ESS_PRIV_APPCREATE).

Example

    ESS_FUNC_M
    ESS_CreateApp (ESS_HCTX_T  hCtx)
    {
       ESS_FUNC_M        sts = ESS_STS_NOERR;
       ESS_STR_T        AppName;
       AppName = "Sample";
       sts = EssCreateApplication (hCtx, AppName);
       return(sts);
    }

See Also

EssCreateStorageTypedApplication()
EssCreateDatabase()
EssCreateObject()