Talking to a MS Exchange Server

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Maximilian Tyrtania

2012-01-31 13:07:12 UTC

Hi there,

just wanted to know if any of you guys has ever tried to talk EWS ("Exchange Web Services") to an MS Exchange Server from within an RB app or if there is some example code out there.

Best wishes from Berlin,

Maximilian Tyrtania
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Jon Ogden

2012-01-31 13:11:22 UTC

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I don't think you can accesses an Exchange private store (ie: mailbox) very easily. Public folders are a different matter but I don't know how to do it in RB. Would love to know though!

Jon

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Hi there,
just wanted to know if any of you guys has ever tried to talk EWS ("Exchange Web Services") to an MS Exchange Server from within an RB app or if there is some example code out there.
Best wishes from Berlin,
Maximilian Tyrtania
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Jon Ogden

2012-01-31 13:13:43 UTC

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Let me rephrase my last email a bit about private storage locations.

Obviously, they can be accessed as there are email clients. But to access each one requires authentication of allowed users to that mailbox. So private stores are not suitable for use as a database.

Public stores are great for allowing multiple user access.

Jon

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Phillip Zedalis

2012-01-31 22:04:14 UTC

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Fastest path to get there would be to use MBS java functions along with EWS Java classes from IndependentSoft (http://www.independentsoft.de)

Writing a EWS implementation in RB would be a long and likely not beneficial effort. I have extensive experience in EWS, it's not something you just build in a few hours.

Phillip

Jon Ogden

2012-01-31 22:07:16 UTC

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Post by Phillip Zedalis
Fastest path to get there would be to use MBS java functions along with EWS Java classes from IndependentSoft (http://www.independentsoft.de)
Writing a EWS implementation in RB would be a long and likely not beneficial effort. I have extensive experience in EWS, it's not something you just build in a few hours.
Phillip

I'm not clear why you think you should use Java for this. There is code out there to do this in VBScript or Visual Basic so you can do it in RB. The challenge is connecting to the Exchange database and how to do that.

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Phillip Zedalis

2012-01-31 22:12:59 UTC

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I don't think you fully understand what EWS is. It's a set of Microsoft'ied SOAP services for talking to an Exchange store over OWA.

Vbscript talking to the Exchange store happens locally or at least on the local network. EWS works anywhere OWA is accessible.

Phillip

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I'm not clear why you think you should use Java for this. There is code out there to do this in VBScript or Visual Basic so you can do it in RB. The challenge is connecting to the Exchange database and how to do that.
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Jon Ogden

2012-01-31 23:48:33 UTC

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Post by Phillip Zedalis
I don't think you fully understand what EWS is. It's a set of Microsoft'ied SOAP services for talking to an Exchange store over OWA.

Probably not! I'm not real proficient at Microsoft stuff.

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Vbscript talking to the Exchange store happens locally or at least on the local network. EWS works anywhere OWA is accessible.

Ahhh. OK. I get it. Yes - I was thinking local LAN connections. I manage and do some programming on a system running a database in Exchange public folders running custom forms in Outlook with VBScript. Many of the "extra@ utilities our vendor provides are in Access. But it's all done on the LAN.

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Maximilian Tyrtania

2012-02-01 05:51:03 UTC

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Excellent, exactly the pointer I was looking for.

Thank you very much,

Maximilian Tyrtania
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