The following table, which will be updated with each installment of the BackOffice® Developer's Guide (BDG), attempts to cut through the thicket of technologies available to developers. Many of these products ship in the BackOffice Server 4.0 and BackOffice Server 4.5 product suites, but others belong to the Microsoft® Office and Visual Studio® families. Some, such as XML and DHTML, are standards-based technologies.
The following table provides links, where possible, to relevant BDG topics. Some are discussed in more detail than others; as the BDG grows, so will the scope of this table. Finally, this table is by no means exhaustive. If you have a development need not represented in this table, review other resources, such as those listed in Developer Resources at F & M.
Note The BackOffice Developer's Guide team used SQL Server™ 7.0 in combination with BackOffice Server 4.0 components to install and develop the CML and CML/LitCrit applications. However, you can also use BackOffice Server 4.5, which includes SQL Server 7.0, as well as any future versions of the products referenced in the BDG to develop these applications.
Functionality Available in Microsoft Products and Technologies
| Development need | Microsoft technology | Product(s) shipped in | See BDG topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data access and storage | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Office | |
| ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) | Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC). See http://www.microsoft.com/data. | ADO in the CML Application | |
| Remote Data Service (RDS) | Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC). See http://www.microsoft.com/data. | RDS in the CML Application | |
| SQL Server™ 7.0 | Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.5 | SQL Server and the CML | |
| Microsoft Exchange Server Directory | Microsoft Exchange Server | Microsoft Exchange and the CML | |
| Messaging and collaboration | Microsoft Exchange Server | Microsoft BackOffice Server | Microsoft Exchange and the CML |
| SQL Executive xp_sendmail | Microsoft SQL Server | Coding Overdue Notice Delivery | |
| Collaboration Data Objects | Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 | ||
| Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server | Internet Information Server 4.0 | Expense Reporting Tool Components | |
| Security | Windows NT Challenge Response | Microsoft Windows NT® | Security in the CML |
| Certificate Server | Microsoft BackOffice Server | ||
| Transactions | Microsoft Transaction Server | Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack | MTS Contributions to the CML |
| Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator | Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Transaction Server |