FileSite integration without configuring Outlook

We develop a legal forms application that integrates to DMSs using ODMA calls.

One of our clients is using WorkSite / FileSite combination (version 8) and they have disabled the WorkSite folders that appear in the Outlook tree view. All MS Office applications and Adobe Acrobat Reader still working even though FileSite does not seem to be fully configured. Our application stops working.

I suspect that both MS Office and AA Reader use the WorkSite API to directly integrate, which allows then to essentially bypass link that FileSite provides to WorkSite. By just using ODMA calls our application is unable to do this. It relies on the link that FileSite resident in Outlook provides.

Have I got the above right? Or would you expect an ODMA compliant application to work when FileSite is not configured in Outlook?

Many thanks for you help.

Cluggas

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

Migrateduser

ODMA is the flimsiest way to integrate to integrate with WorkSite. It REQUIRES that the ODMA client application (in this case FileSite) be running. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you do your integration with the WorkSite API, using the thoroughly robust, reliable, and programmable COM three-tier architecture. You will be able to integrate your application directly to the WorkSite middle-tier server without having Otlook running, let alone FileSite.

We have developed this type of integration for a number of companies (Logitech, TimeMatters, etc.) and can help you do it if you like.

David Kiefer
DocAuto
800-DocAuto ext 112
dkiefer@docauto.com

Cluggas

Ah, I see. The trouble is, we integrate via ODMA in order to support the widest range of DMSs , and supporting individual APIs would involve a lot of duplicated effort (not to mention an implicit endorsement of one DMS over another). So, it sounds like they are just going to have have either DeskSite or FileSite running if they want Laserform to work with Imanage.

Thanks very much for your help.

Cheers,

Cluggas.