Public
Class Form1
 
       Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles Button1.Click
             Dim service As New de.cib.docserv.web.CibDocumentServer
             Dim request As New de.cib.docserv.web.Request
 
             Dim comodtype As New de.cib.docserv.web.ComodType
             Dim testjob As New de.cib.docserv.web.JobType
             Dim testjobs As New de.cib.docserv.web.JobsType
             Dim formatStep As New de.cib.docserv.web.StepType
             Dim formatProps(1) As de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType
             Dim stepArray(2) As de.cib.docserv.web.StepType
             Dim comodArray(1) As Object
             Dim jobsArray(1) As de.cib.docserv.web.JobType
 
             Dim mergeStep As New de.cib.docserv.web.StepType
             Dim mergeProps(4) As de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType
             mergeStep.name = "step1"
             mergeStep.command = "merge"
 
             mergeStep.properties = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertiesType()
             mergeStep.properties.property = mergeProps
             mergeStep.properties.property(0) = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType()
             mergeStep.properties.property(0).name = "-i"
             mergeStep.properties.property(0).Value = "Test.rtf"
 
             mergeStep.properties.property(1) = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType()
             mergeStep.properties.property(1).name = "-h"
             mergeStep.properties.property(1).Value = "XML:$(inline)"
 
             mergeStep.properties.property(2) = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType()
              mergeStep.properties.property(2).name = "-d"
             mergeStep.properties.property(2).Value = "//Data/Person"
 
             mergeStep.properties.property(3) = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType()
             mergeStep.properties.property(3).name = "-l"
             mergeStep.properties.property(3).Value = "!merge.log"
 
             mergeStep.trace = "merge.log"
 
             formatStep.name = "step2"
             formatStep.command = "format"
 
             formatStep.properties = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertiesType()
             formatStep.properties.property = formatProps
             formatStep.properties.property(0) = New de.cib.docserv.web.PropertyType()
             formatStep.properties.property(0).name = "OutputFormat"
             formatStep.properties.property(0).Value = "FormatPdf"
 
             testjob.steps = stepArray
             testjob.steps(0) = mergeStep
             testjob.steps(1) = formatStep
 
             comodtype.Items = comodArray
             testjobs.job = jobsArray
             testjobs.job(0) = testjob
             comodtype.Items(0) = testjobs
             comodtype.producer = "VB.net"
 
             request.Comod = comodtype
 
             Dim XmlString As String = "<Person><Vorname>Otto</Vorname><Name>Krause</Name><Strasse> 
             Musterstrasse</Strasse><Nummer>1</Nummer><PLZ>12345</PLZ><Ort>Musterstadt</Ort></Person>"
             Dim xmldata As New System.Xml.XmlDocument
             xmldata.LoadXml(XmlString)
 
             request.Data = xmldata.DocumentElement
 
             Dim response As de.cib.docserv.web.Response
 
             response = service.generate(request)
 
             Dim jobResults As de.cib.docserv.web.JobResultsType
             jobResults = CType(response.Comod.Items(0), de.cib.docserv.web.JobResultsType)
             If (jobResults.jobresult(0).jobresultcode = 0) Then
                    ' Success
                    Dim stepData As de.cib.docserv.web.StepDataType
                    stepData = jobResults.jobresult(0).stepresults(1).stepdata
 
                    Debug.Print(stepData.mimetype)
                    Debug.Print(stepData.encoding)
 
                    ' TODO: Extract base64 encoded pdf from here: stepData.Value
             Else
                    ' A step failed
                    Debug.Print("Error " & jobResults.jobresult(0).jobresultcode & ": " _
                           & jobResults.jobresult(0).jobresulttext)
                    Debug.Print("Failed step(s): " _
                           & jobResults.jobresult(0).failed(0).name)
 
                    ' TODO loop step results to find error code of failed step.
                    ' TODO in case of merge extract content of trace property
             End If
 
       End Sub
End
Class

using Webservice2.de.cib.docserv.web;
 
…
 
private
void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
       CibDocumentServer service = new CibDocumentServer();
       Request request = new Request();
 
       StepType mergeStep = new StepType();
       StepType formatStep = new StepType();
       ComodType comodtype = new ComodType();
       JobsType testjobs = new JobsType();
       JobType testjob = new JobType();
       PropertyType[] formatProps = new PropertyType[1];
       StepType[] stepArray = new StepType[2];
       Object[] comodArray = new Object[1];
       JobType[] jobsArray = new JobType[1];
       PropertyType[] mergeProps = new PropertyType[4];
 
       mergeStep.name = "step1";
       mergeStep.command = "merge";
 
       mergeStep.properties = new PropertiesType();
       mergeStep.properties.property = mergeProps;
       mergeStep.properties.property[0] = new PropertyType();
       mergeStep.properties.property[0].name = "-i";
       mergeStep.properties.property[0].Value = "Test.rtf";
 
       mergeStep.properties.property[1] = new PropertyType();
       mergeStep.properties.property[1].name = "-h";
       mergeStep.properties.property[1].Value = "XML:$(inline)";
 
       mergeStep.properties.property[2] = new PropertyType();
       mergeStep.properties.property[2].name = "-d";
       mergeStep.properties.property[2].Value = "//Data/Person";
 
       mergeStep.properties.property[3] = new PropertyType();
       mergeStep.properties.property[3].name = "-l";
       mergeStep.properties.property[3].Value = "!merge.log";
 
       mergeStep.trace = "merge.log";
 
       formatStep.name = "step2";
       formatStep.command = "format";
 
       formatStep.properties = new PropertiesType();
       formatStep.properties.property = formatProps;
       formatStep.properties.property[0] = new PropertyType();
       formatStep.properties.property[0].name = "OutputFormat";
       formatStep.properties.property[0].Value = "FormatPdf";
 
       testjob.steps = stepArray;
       testjob.steps[0] = mergeStep;
       testjob.steps[1] = formatStep;
 
       comodtype.Items = comodArray;
       testjobs.job = jobsArray;
       testjobs.job[0] = testjob;
       comodtype.Items[0] = testjobs;
       comodtype.producer = "C#.net";
 
       request.Comod = comodtype;
 
       String xmlString =
"<Person><Vorname>Otto</Vorname><Name>Krause</Name><Strasse>Musterstrasse</Strasse>
<Nummer>1</Nummer><PLZ>12345</PLZ><Ort>Musterstadt</Ort></Person>";
       System.Xml.XmlDocument xmldata = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
       xmldata.LoadXml(xmlString);
 
       request.Data = xmldata.DocumentElement;
 
       Response response = service.generate(request);
 
       JobResultsType jobResults = (JobResultsType)response.Comod.Items[0];
       if (jobResults.jobresult[0].jobresultcode == 0) {
             // Success
             StepDataType stepData = jobResults.jobresult[0].stepresults[1].stepdata;
 
             System.Console.Out.WriteLine(stepData.mimetype);
             System.Console.Out.WriteLine(stepData.encoding);
 
             // TODO: Extract base64 encoded pdf from here: stepData.Value
       }
       else {
             // A step failed
             System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Error " + jobResults.jobresult[0].jobresultcode + ": " 
             + jobResults.jobresult[0].jobresulttext);
             System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Failed step(s): " 
             + jobResults.jobresult[0].failed[0].name);
 
             // TODO loop step results to find error code of failed step.
             // TODO in case of merge extract content of trace property
       }
}

Note: Under Unix/Linux it can happen that error codes are output shifted by a multiple of 256.

Example: The return value 440 is thus output as 184 or even as -72.