> Okay, heres the problem/situation.... > > Network Location 1 : ColdFusion Application Server > > Network Location 2 : Microsoft Exchange Server > > Whats the deal with connecting these two together (and I > have been to cfcomet, there is nothing ;-). Since they are > over a network whats the deal with <cfobject> and connecting > to Microsoft Exchange server? > > The goal is to allow multiple users to have web access to > their calendar without the Outlook Web Interface.
You can connect via COM to Exchange using the CDO library. There's lots of information about CDO on MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/). There's also a good book covering CDO from ASP, called "ADSI CDO ASP", from Wrox Press. CDO is the interface that the Outlook Web Access application uses, I'm sure. Unfortunately, I don't know how easy this'll be from CF, since CF does such a bad job with COM in general and with MS-specific interfaces like CDO and ADSI in particular. I found it extremely difficult to work with ADSI from CF, compared with ASP. Also, if you're using CF 5, you can use the CFIMPERSONATE tag to wrap your CDO calls so that you can impersonate a specific Exchange user, but there's no equivalent in CF MX, which is kind of a bummer. Note that CFIMPERSONATE requires that you run the CF server as SYSTEM. > What don't you just VPN the two networks together into a > single virtual network, so that you don't have these issues? While I agree that this would be a good idea if they're not already on the same network, this won't solve the programmatic problem of how to get CF to talk to Exchange. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
