Microsoft KB Archive/185060

= WD97: ODMA: How Word 97 Works With GroupWise 5.2 =

Article ID: 185060

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q185060



SUMMARY
This article describes what GroupWise(R) is and how Microsoft Word 97 for Windows integrates with GroupWise.



MORE INFORMATION
GroupWise 5.2 is a cross-platform messaging and groupware product that enables you to expand beyond normal e-mail capabilities to access and manage calendar, scheduling, tasks, voice mail, faxes, and other message types from within a Universal Mailbox.

GroupWise is also a document management system that enables you to control, organize, access, and share information. Word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, images, e-mail messages, or any type of file you want to save can be managed through GroupWise.

How GroupWise Document Management Works
Contained in GroupWise 5.2 is the document management system (DMS), which is extended to include all types of information including e-mail, voice mail, faxes, images, appointments, tasks, and workflows. Document libraries, hosted on a GroupWise Post Office, contains document properties while the actual documents are stored in a binary object store in a compressed and encrypted format. The GroupWise Post Office Agent is responsible for the maintenance of the document library and binary object store. Check-in, check-out, version control, security, and so forth, are built into the document library and the Post Office Agent. Any ODMA- compliant application can use the document management services of GroupWise 5.2.

How Word 97 Integrates With GroupWise
As an Open Document Management (ODMA) compliant application, Word 97 searches in the Windows Registry during start-up for the following subkey to determine if a document management system (DMS) is installed.   \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ODMA32 If GroupWise is found as installed in this registry subkey, Word 97 initiates calls (hooks) into GroupWise using ODMA integration. As a result of this integration, several default Word functions are either replaced or supplemented with the GroupWise interface. These functions include the functions that are triggered by the following commands on the File menu:


 * Open
 * Close
 * Save
 * Save As
 * Save as HTML
 * Versions

During the installation and integration of GroupWise, the following subkey is written to the Windows registry:   \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ODMA32\GRPWISE NOTE: This is the registry subkey that informs ODMA-compliant applications that GroupWise is installed on the computer. If the subkey is removed from the Windows Registry, GroupWise ODMA integration with Word 97 will be disabled.

Features of GroupWise
GroupWise expands e-mail functionality to integrate collaboration capabilities. GroupWise includes the following features.  Feature                 Description ---

Integrated Desktop      Customizable environment in which you can access, organize, keep track of, profile/store, share and communicate information.

Universal Mailbox       Allows you to send, receive, and manage multiple types of information (for example,                           e-mail, voice mail, faxes, calendar events,                            tasks, documents, workflows, and so forth) used by both network-connected and remote users.

Internet/Intranet       URL's, Internet e-mail addresses, and FTP Integration             file names included in the subject or message body of a GroupWise include hyperlinks to                           your default browser, Send Mail view, or FTP application.

E-Mail Client           Includes status tracking and retraction of                            outbound messages; CC and BCC; attachments and document references; an integrated speller, thesaurus and QuickCorrect composition coach; and the ability to convert message types (for                           example, a mail message converted to a task,                            appointment or note).

Work-In-Progress        Lets you track calendar events and to-do lists, maintain personal address books, and manage a                           "work-in-progress" folder, which holds unfinished items until completed.

Group Calendaring       Offers wide-area calendar and scheduling capabilities -- including busy schedule and auto-date scheduling, and proxy and busy search across post offices.

Replicated Shared       Allows you to provide others with access to   Folders                  specific folders for workgroup and collaborative interaction, including group document editing.

Document Management     DMS services which includes check-in/check-out (for single documents, single folders, multiple                           folders, selected documents from a single                            folder, or selected documents from multiple                            folders), concurrency control and versioning.

Integrated WorkFlow     Allows transport and tracking of work items Services                created by desktop applications. Provides a                           graphical workflow tool to define serial, parallel, broadcast, conditional and workflow "joins" without having to write code.

GroupWise               Allows you to access, share and manage many Post Office             types of information without the limits as to                            platform or document type.

Features:

- Support of multiple message types/documents - Preservation of attributes and context of                             Mailbox items - Concurrent access to information - MAPI 1.0, ODMA, LDAP, CMC/CSA, POP3 and IMAP4 service provider

GroupWise Imaging       View, store, edit, and route scanned image files across corporate networks and intranets via the GroupWise Universal Mailbox.

System Requirements
The following are the system requirements to run GroupWise.

Microsoft Windows 95 Client:


 * 486/33 megahertz (MHz) processor or greater
 * 16 megabytes (MB) random access memory (RAM)
 * 6 MB minimum available hard disk space. 24 MB available hard disk space recommended.

Microsoft Windows NT Client:


 * Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or greater
 * 486/33 MHz processor or greater
 * 16 MB RAM memory
 * 6 MB minimum available hard disk space. 24 MB available hard disk space recommended.

