Integrazione lotus notes client

[Database Administrator]

Dear group's members, I'm querying the group in order to understand
which is the best way to interact with Lotus Notes Client from an
external application. The request is to be able from an external
application to set the text of a field inside a lotus notes client.
The idea I have had is to send a window message such as WM_SETTEXT
using method SendMessage hoping this would set the text of the focused
form's field.
I'm not sure this approach would work and I would like to have from
you some suggestion about the most effective approach to solve this
problem.
I would appreciate much any suggestion right before starting to code a
prototype application.

Thanks for any help.
Best regards.
Paolo.

[Database Administrator]

Paolo,

unfortunately, I don't think that you should even think about the
approach via Windows messages.

You would either have to use the COM/OLE classes (easy way, only
availabe in Windows environments) or one of the other available Lotus
Notes APIs (C, C++, Java - the more complex way).

If you are in a Windows Environment, the first approach will most likely
be the one to go for.

Jochen


paolo.mosna wrote:
> Dear group's members, I'm querying the group in order to understand
> which is the best way to interact with Lotus Notes Client from an
> external application. The request is to be able from an external
> application to set the text of a field inside a lotus notes client.
> The idea I have had is to send a window message such as WM_SETTEXT
> using method SendMessage hoping this would set the text of the focused
> form's field.
> I'm not sure this approach would work and I would like to have from
> you some suggestion about the most effective approach to solve this
> problem.
> I would appreciate much any suggestion right before starting to code a
> prototype application.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Best regards.
> Paolo.