Choosing BackOffice Server Technologies

For the combined CML/LitCrit application, the original technologies of the CML application remain in use. These technologies are listed in the preceding section, Technologies in the CML/LitCrit Application.

To deliver critique submission, approval, and storage functionality, the development team reused certain technologies and added new ones, not only from Microsoft® BackOffice® Server but also from Microsoft Office. The following table summarizes these technologies.

Technology For more information
Active Directory Service Interfaces See ADSI in the CML Application.
Active Server Pages See Active Server Pages in the CML.
ActiveX Data Objects See ADO in the CML Application.
    ADO data shaping provider See Hierarchical Recordsets in CML/LitCrit.
Collaboration Data Objects See Using CDO in the CML/LitCrit Application.
Remote Data Service See RDS in the CML Application.
    RDS Handler See About RDS Customization Handlers.
Exchange Event Service (Agents) See Using an Event Service Agent.
Full-Text Index Service See Full-Text Search.
Microsoft Outlook® See Creating the Microsoft Outlook Form.