Embedding outlook elements in a web page "Gekka" <gekkster1[ at ]hotmail.com> 21.09.2006 07:07:22 Hi, I am currently doing some development for a corporate portal and I have a couple of questions about embedding outlook in a portlet. The solution I have found is to use the outlook view activex control in the portlet, but this doesnt really give me what I need. What I would like is to have kind of a summary showing emailaddress, number of unread messages in the inbox, number of open tasks, etc for the logged on user. The activex control only gives me the entire view of the inbox, calendar, etc. So, can the outlook view control be used to show a summary, like Outlook Today, on a webpage or do I have to resort to writing my own control to show this? I currently use this piece of code to include the inbox, something similar would be nice :) <object classid='clsid:0006F063-0000-0000-C000-000000000046' id='ovInbox' width='300' height='300' codebase='outlctlx.CAB'> <param name='Folder' value='Inbox'> <param name='Namespace' value='MAPI'> <param name='Restriction' value> <param name='DeferUpdate' value='0'> </object>

Re: Embedding outlook elements in a web page "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp[ at ]outlookcode.com> 21.09.2006 11:51:03 No, the OVC shows a folder just like Outlook does and is also limited to working only on machines where Outlook is installed and the user is running Outlook. For a corporate portal, you may want to access data from the Exchange server directly, using WebDAV, to avoid that client requirement. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Gekka" <gekkster1[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1158822442.667346.158640[ at ]d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, I am currently doing some development for a corporate portal and I > have a couple of questions about embedding outlook in a portlet. The > solution I have found is to use the outlook view activex control in the > portlet, but this doesnt really give me what I need. What I would like > is to have kind of a summary showing emailaddress, number of unread > messages in the inbox, number of open tasks, etc for the logged on > user. The activex control only gives me the entire view of the inbox, > calendar, etc. > > So, can the outlook view control be used to show a summary, like > Outlook Today, on a webpage or do I have to resort to writing my own > control to show this? > > I currently use this piece of code to include the inbox, something > similar would be nice :) > > <object classid='clsid:0006F063-0000-0000-C000-000000000046' > id='ovInbox' width='300' height='300' codebase='outlctlx.CAB'> > <param name='Folder' value='Inbox'> > <param name='Namespace' value='MAPI'> > <param name='Restriction' value> > <param name='DeferUpdate' value='0'> > </object> >

Re: Embedding outlook elements in a web page "Gekka" <gekkster1[ at ]hotmail.com> 22.09.2006 07:23:42 Thanks for your reply, Sue. Coming from the Java sphere, I'm really new to all kind of MS technology and APIs. The problem here is that this portal is Oracle and here's my idea for a new approach: I'll create a webservice using Collaboration Data Objects where Outlook Web Access is running, exposing the needed functionality, like number of unread mails, todays appointments, etc. Then I'll use this webservice in an OmniPortlet in Oracle to show the data. Would this have any authentication implications as one of the requirements for the portal is secure SSO (basic authentication not allowed)?

Re: Embedding outlook elements in a web page "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp[ at ]outlookcode.com> 22.09.2006 12:17:07 That's probably a question better posed to the microsoft.public.exchange.development group. Exchange 2007, BTW, will offer access to its data via web services natively. For Exchange 2000/2003, I think there are some web service examples in the Exchange SDK. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Gekka" <gekkster1[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1158909822.410446.224070[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for your reply, Sue. Coming from the Java sphere, I'm really new > to all kind of MS technology and APIs. > > The problem here is that this portal is Oracle and here's my idea for a > new approach: > > I'll create a webservice using Collaboration Data Objects where Outlook > Web Access is running, exposing the needed functionality, like number > of unread mails, todays appointments, etc. Then I'll use this > webservice in an OmniPortlet in Oracle to show the data. > > Would this have any authentication implications as one of the > requirements for the portal is secure SSO (basic authentication not > allowed)? >