Viewing and Changing Properties with EXTDATVW

    To install EXTDATVW using EXTNINST

The following is a valid command line:

EXTNINST /SITEDN=/o="Ferguson & Bardell"/ou=NAmerica-N
/DISPLAY_NAME="Extension Data Viewer" /MACHINE=i386
/NAME=EXTDATVW /EXTDLL=C:\BKOFFICE\BIN\EXTDATVW.DLL
/SERVER=SANFRANCISCO01

    To attach EXTDATVW to a directory object
  1. Copy the Administrator extension DLL (EXTDATVW.DLL) to the appropriate ADD-INS directory on the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. Each server has a top-level shared directory called \\<server name>\ADD_INS. The directory path is composed of the path to the ADD-INS directory, a directory called EXTDATVW, and a directory whose name matches the computer type. For example, type the following to copy the already compiled version of the DLL:

    CD C:\EXCHSRVR\ADD-INS

    MD EXTDATVW

    CD EXTDATVW

    MD I386

    CD I386

    COPY \BKOFFICE\BIN\EXTDATVW.DLL

    To copy the version you built in DEBUG mode, change the last statement to:

    COPY \BKOFFICE\SAMPLES\EXCHANGE\EXTDATVW\WIN32\DEBUG\EXTDATVW.DLL

  2. Start the Administrator program using the /RAW switch.
  3. Select the directory object whose extension data you want to view.
  4. Choose the Raw Properties option from the File menu.
  5. Select All in the List Attributes of Type box.
  6. In the Object Attributes box, click the Extension-Name property and then, in the text box labeled Edit Value, type ExtDatVw.
  7. Click Add and then click OK.

Once EXTDATVW is installed, you can view the new property page (called Ext Data Viewer) for the directory object.

    To run EXTDATVW
  1. Double-click the directory object whose extension data you want to view or edit.
  2. Click the tab for the Ext Data Viewer property page. You will see a page with all attributes blank.
  3. Type the owner tag of the value you want to examine in the Extension-Data attribute. The Extension-Data attribute is a multivalued property composed of owner tags and extension data. Extension data consists of properties for the object. It may have a single or multiple value. Owner tags are case-sensitive. For example, distinct values called SGWData and SGWdata can coexist in the same Extension-Data attribute.

    If you do not know the owner tag of the extension data you want to examine, you can edit the Extension-Data attribute for the object to locate this information.

For more information on owner tags and the structure of the Extension-Data attribute, see Using the Extension-Data Attribute.

    To edit the Extension-Data attribute
  1. In the Administrator program with the /RAW flag set, select the directory object whose extension data you want to view.
  2. Under the File menu, select Raw Properties.
  3. Select Extension-Data and click Editor.
  4. Select Text from the Value list. You should see the owner tag for the first value of the extension data in the box.

Important If you receive an error message indicating embedded NULL characters in the text, this indicates that the value is a Unicode string. In such a case, you must remove the padding zeroes before you will see the text value. If you remove any zeroes, it is important not to save the altered information.