Re: Forte /FileNet integration

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Hi Jelic,
We, at the County of Alameda, are using Forte and FileNet for some time
now.
As I was not clear on what specific interface issues you are dealing with I
thought it is a good idea to decribe what we are doing and hopefully that
may answer some of your questions.
For now, we are using FileNet's workflo language i.e. WFL scripts for
interfacing with FileNet.
The interfacing issues are :
1. Logon to FileNet on the client (Win95)
For logging on to FileNet we are currently using a C program which is
launched by our Forte application and is passed the Username, Password.
This program gets the window handle of the Logon Window and pokes in the
username and password in the respective fields and logs on. Its a hack but
it works well.
2. Display Images in FileNet's Image viewer - we use Windows DDE.
3. Indexing of documents both scanned and generated.
We have a document generation system which uses a FileNet macro for MS-Word
to save a document to FileNet. We also use FileNet's Scanning software to
scan documents. Both of these use a barcode to facilitate indexing. The
Indexer Program written in Forte launches a WFL script to get the
barcode/docID pairs from FileNet's distributor queues and indexes it with
the application database. It also laucnhes another WFL script which removes
the entries from the distributor queues and puts it into a error queue if
it was not indexed.
Going forward, we are now working on using WAL API to interface with
FileNet.
1. For FileNet Logon and Display : we plan to wrap C calls implemented as
DLL functions.
2. For the Indexer program too, we plan to wrap all calls we need in C
implemented as a DLL. Since the WAL API is available for Unix (HP_UX in our
case) we may create a library on Unix and run the Indexer Application as a
service object instead. This is one of the reasons we are not considering
using ActiveX.
Hope this helps.
Nitish Khanapure
Sage I.T. Partners
(415) 3927243 x313
Email : [email protected]
From: Jelic, Nenad <[email protected]>
To: 'Harry Richards' <[email protected]>; ', [email protected]'
<,[email protected]>
Cc: Ngai, Stuart <[email protected]>; Low, Louis
<[email protected]>; Jelic, Nenad <[email protected]>; Kapauan,
David <[email protected]>; '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: Forte /FileNet integration
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 12:04 PM
Thank you for quick response. We are using
VB app with ActiveX controls and FileNet Image viewer(connected through
DDE) = CLIENT
accsessing FileNet IMS and Oracle DB = SERVER that is working very well
VB App + FileNet ActiveX Controls (client)
<------------TCP/IP-----------> FileNetIMS + ORACLE (server)
POINT 1:
Our intend is to replace VB App (written by somebody else) with Forte.
I've got tech. notes (SMALL prototype) from Forte consultant (Valerie
Limpan)how to implement ActiveX controls on server side because we don't
like to use ActiveX on each desktop, only on server side. But this is
not so common(Forte recommends using ActiveX controls with window
classes on client side) and I am afraid to go with a real BIG project
using something that is not proven very well ?
Forte(Client) <-----> Forte + FileNet ActiveX Controls(server1)
<------------TCP/IP-----------> FileNetIMS + ORACLE(server2)
POINT 2:
Probably, we can use WAL(C libraries) instead ActiveX controls, but from
pdf files I can not find any example. 1300 pages. Do I have to print all
of this to get better understandig ?
POINT 3:
Also, Is FileNet willing to support us using ActiveX controls inside
Forte dev. enviroment and other way round?
POINT 4:
Is FileNet Panagan suite of products will make any difference to our
problem ?
Sorry if some of this statement are wrong. My experience with both
products is limited, but not with ActiveX and OO.
Again, thank you for your quick response. May be this more detail
explanation will help you to find some answers.
Regards,
Dr. Nenad Jelic
[phone]
From: Harry Richards[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 11:36 AM
To: Jelic, Nenad
Subject: Re: Forte /FileNet integration
I have just joined Fort&eacute; from FileNET and so have a view on both
technologies, although I have not actually done any integration work.
Which
filenet products are you working with ?
You will find that both CSC and Sage, who host this mail forum are
involved
with or have already completed some integration with various filenet
products.
Regards,
Harry Richards
At 10:01 AM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
We are trying to integrate Forte with FileNet software. Any experincein
real projects?
Using FileNet or any other ActiveX controls on server side ispossible,
but is not so common.
Regards,
Dr. Nenad Jelic(416)359-6560
[email protected]
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