object api to access groupwise 6.5 on linux

[Michael Bell]

I am trying to write a client app that needs to access a Groupwise 6.5
server running on Linux. The client app needs ability to do certain
things that are supported by the Object API, (which is, as per Object
API documentation: With the Object API, you can create your own client
application. It provides access to the Address Book, documents, mail
messages, appointments, tasks, notes, and phone messages.)
However, it is my understanding that Object API is based on OLE
Automation, and therefore
1) cannot run on linux, and
2) does not support remote calls (e.g. run client from Windows to
access Groupwise server on Linux).
It is also my understanding that soap interface is supported only with
Groupwise 7 and 8. Assuming what I have said is accurate, what then is
my best option?

You have no good options really. You are correct in all your
understandings. There was soap available on 6.5 (/soapdev-enabled IIRC),
but it is VERY buggy and unsupported.

You would have to write a windows server component that served as your
proxy to do anything. You'd deploy a windows server component using
object api and expose an xml/soap/rest interface and call it. That's
reasonably feasible. But of course it's going to have a fair amount
extra work, some performance degradation, and some folks have struggled
with memory leaks with long time COM usage.

If all you need is to create messages, use SMTP. Basic access?POP/IMAP.
But of course these are quite limited as far as exposing the richness of
GW options.

Even GW 6.5 on linux is only sort of stable [ and 6.5 itself is no
longer supported] - I'd STRONGLY recommend considering an upgrade.

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[Dave Parkes]

To Michael Bell

2) does not support remote calls (e.g. run client from Windows to
access Groupwise server on Linux).

?, this works, doesn't it. I'm sure I've had people running Docrevue on a
Windows machine accessing a PO that is on a Linux machine. The object API
only does the same job as the Windows client, and that works against a
Linux based PO. GW7 or 8 would be better than 6.5 though, as you said.

Cheers Dave

[Michael Bell]

Post by Dave Parkes
To Michael Bell

2) does not support remote calls (e.g. run client from Windows to
access Groupwise server on Linux).

?, this works, doesn't it. I'm sure I've had people running Docrevue on
a Windows machine accessing a PO that is on a Linux machine. The object
API only does the same job as the Windows client, and that works against
a Linux based PO. GW7 or 8 would be better than 6.5 though, as you said.
Cheers Dave

Yeah, sorry misread this. I thought it said using Linux client to
windows sserver.

Anyway the win32 client can certainly use object api against
linux,netware, or windows server. thanks for the correction dave