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Presence in Lotus Notes - Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Automation API Sample - bug

Gary Devendorf — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:45:19 -0700

OK so I spent most of my morning yesterday on the phone with a customer trying to use the Communicator 2007 activeX controls in a Note database. Turns out the DLL wasn't installed on the Notes machine. The MSI file only creates a directory and un-zips files into it. If you read the doc (now who reads the doc) it has a link to the activeX controls source project that you need to build yourself. (OK the product folks didn't want to post a binary without going through all the testing and signing needed...so they make you do it). I on the other hand, put a built DLL in a form in a sample database that lets you deploy the DLL via Notes mail. Well and old version of the DLL was attached to that Form so if you ran it, you got errors....uggg. Seems I mixed up my versions. So the customer with the right version of the DLL was happily using the control and I sat with the product people to update the MSI with the new Notes database sample. It may take a few days to get the posting updated. so it you tried this a while ago, you may have had the same problem. Try again in a few days.

Being one of the few LotusScript develpers gave me the power to screw things up.

5 years at Microsoft

Gary Devendorf — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:22:40 -0700

This week marks my 5 year anniversary at Microsoft. Charlie Kaufman will hit 5 years in a few weeks. I enjoy being “more senior” than Charlie. By the way, his office is now about 25 yards from mine. Barry Briggs and I started on the same day so we are tied. As I remember, Iris gave me an extra week of vacation at 5 years (not that I used it). Microsoft gave me a card from Bill G. and Steve B. along with a glass…um..thing to put in my office. So, congrats to Barry.

Looks like I’ll get to attend Lotusphere again this year Every Lotusphere feels like my last; like the stars won’t align next time and I’ll miss all the fun. Maybe that is why I go out of my way to have fun and Lotusphere. After 5 years at Microsoft, it’s surprising I still know so many folks there.

As we all get older, wiser, grayer, it nice to look back.

Getting started with Sharepoint

Gary Devendorf — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:43:24 -0700

http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2008/05/01/getting-started-with-sharepoint-development.aspx

New .NET training fyi

Gary Devendorf — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:16:11 -0700

.NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit

Single sign on options between Notes/Domino and Active Directory

Gary Devendorf — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:14:03 -0700

OK, I'm not an Admin. However, everyone asks me Notes Admin questions. The most popular is how to set up Single Sign-on between Domino and Sharepoint (Active Directory). I just say it can be done...folks are doing it but I don't know the details.

Well here is a few links to real information. I wanted to post it here so I could find it later. (Thanks Lou)
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/domino-adsync/
http://www.pistolstar.com/pdfs/Domino-SSO-Kerberos.pdf
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpexpdoc/v6r1m0/topic/com.ibm.wp.exp.doc/collab/i_domi_c_wizard_messaging.html

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presences in Notes Client applications

Gary Devendorf — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:32:10 -0700

Presence in Lotus Notes - Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Automation API Sample is now released to the web here

This release provides samples and utilities needed to deploy OCS 2007 enabled Lotus Notes client applications including e-mail.

The Enabling Presence and Real Time Collaboration in Lotus Notes using Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 is not compatible with Communicator 2007. So by debugging the 2007 problems and working closely with the Product team, we were able to create a new enablement kit.

Presence controls

This is a set of COM controls optimized for use inside the Notes client that provide access to Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 functionality. These controls are based on the sample controls provided by Microsoft at: Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls

Two controls are included-

The first control shows the online status of individual Office Communications Server users and provides each access to Communicator functionality (chat, etc.):

From within a Notes mail message, hover over the control:

Right click the control and get a quick menu:

A voice or instant message session can be initiated with a menu pick :

The second control, “Persona List”, shows a set up Office Communications Server users in a “buddy list” format:

These icons have the same functionality as the other control – hover, right click, and menu pick.

Both controls may be added to Notes forms and documents and may be scripted via LotusScript.

Hard to miss traffic like this!

Gary Devendorf — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:33:35 -0700

Sunday we were on jump run at 10,000 feet when I was looking around for possible airplane traffic that might affect the jump. My student was ready and the pilot was taking to air traffic control. That's when I saw this plane flying underneath us. My drop zone is less than 10 miles from Boeing

News to me. Quest has something new

Gary Devendorf — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:56:59 -0700

Quest is doing some work in the area of an analyzer tool. Check out this Link

Notes with Sharepoint anyone?

Gary Devendorf — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:21:31 -0700

I spend much of my time showing people who to expose Notes/Domino applications with Sharepoint. I'd love to hear for folks who have done this. Anyone? Anyone? Buler....

Look for me at Microsoft Tech�Ed North America 2008 IT Professionals

Gary Devendorf — Tue, 6 May 2008 09:15:55 -0700

I've been invited to help Quest with there events at Microsoft Tech�Ed North America 2008 IT Professionals. They have a chalk talk and a booth. One thing they will be showing is the new web service web parts that call Domino web services. This puts a Sharepoint UI on your Notes applications. I wrote the demo Domino web services. So, I'll be at there booth showing demos and attending the chalk talk. Thinking of creating an new demo Notes database that holds pictures. Maybe I'll ask folk to let me take there picture for the demo database. Just thinking.