ReliaSoft API Reference

Synthesis API can be used to accomplish the exact same tasks as within Synthesis, but through a programmer's own custom-developed code. This allows for a more customizable and automated solution to reliability engineering. The sample code and documentation in this manual have been prepared for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (Visual Basic and .Net) development environment, and we assume that the programmer is familiar with programming in that environment.

In order to use this library in a project, a reference to the ReliaSoft Synthesis API Library is required. The library is located in the folder where ReliaSoft Synthesis is installed. By default, this folder is "C:\Program Files\ReliaSoft\Synthesis 9."


 * .NET developers – use SynthesisAPI.dll


 * VB6 / VBA developers – use SynthesisAPI.tlb

The Synthesis API includes a rich set of classes/enumerations that allow you to work with any of the following components of the Synthesis Platform:


 * Repositories:
 * Weibull++ Standard Folio:
 * ALTA Standard Folio:
 * Models in Weibull++/ALTA:
 * Plots in Weibull++/ALTA:
 * Resources:
 * Raw Reliability Data:
 * Displayed Language:

A complete list of all the classes and enumerations in the Synthesis API is available here.

Formatted Usage Examples
First we will show the importation of a file into BlockSim.

Private WithEvents MyRepository As New Repository

Dim Success As Boolean = False Success = MyRepository.ConnectToSQLRepository("SQLServerPath", "SQLDatabaseName")

Dim SuccessImportXML As Boolean SuccessImportXML = MyRepository.ImportXFRACASXMLFile("XMLFilePath")

The file has been imported. Now we will demonstrate the use of Synthesis API in Weibull.

Dim WDS as New WeibullDataSet

WDS.AddFailure(1, 1) WDS.AddFailure(2, 1) WDS.AddFailure(3, 1)

WDS.AddSuspension(1, 1) WDS.AddSuspension(2, 1) WDS.AddSuspension(3, 1)

WDS.Calculate

Dim NumberOfFailures as Integer NumberOfFailures = WDS.FailureCount

WDS.CalculateBestFit

Dim WDSFittedModel as cModel WDSFittedModel = WDS.FittedModel

WDS.ClearDataSet

Dim NumberOfFailures as Integer NumberOfFailures = WDS.FailureCount

The below demonstrates that plots may also be utilized.

Dim WeibullALTAPlot As New WAPlots

Dim WDS As New WeibullDataSet

WDS.AddFailure(1, 1) WDS.AddFailure(2, 1) WDS.AddFailure(3, 1)

WeibullALTAPlot.AddDataset(WDS)

Dim FinalPlot As Bitmap = WeibullALTAPlot.CreatePlot(WAPlotType.Probability)

Dim ErrorString as String If WeibullALTAPlot.ErrorHappened Then ErrorString = WeibullALTAPlot.ErrorMessage End If