Windows Scripting Host

We are also looking at scripting solutions for client computers and the idea of providing an ability to easily send and execute scripts on a client machine.

Here is an article on Windows Scripting Host.
http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/wsh/

Here is the wikipedia entry for Windows Scripting Host
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Script_Host

First Deployment For Our Sametime Disclaimer Application

We have recently developed an additional Sametime disclaimer notfication application for our Sametime chat archiving application (IMtegrity).

The disclaimer application is a Sametime Server application that monitors inbound logins to the Sametime server. When a new login takes place, our disclaimer application notifies the person (via an IM window) with a message that their Sametime conversations may be monitored and recorded.

IMtegrity has been on the market for about 5 years and this is the first request that we have received to provide a disclaimer notification.
Overview of the product is here: http://www.instant-tech.com/Disclaimers.cfm

Online Reservations for NH State Parks

We are thinking about a night of camping at Pawtuckaway State Park and this web site can handle the online reservation:
http://newhampshirestateparks.reserveamerica.com/

Sametime Gateway is Active

Yeah...after a lot of work, numerous conversations with our ISP to configure the reverse DNS, emails with some great folks at IBM, and a bunch of installations, our Sametime Gateway is finally active.
I can't say that it was a simple process, but it sure is nice to have AOL and Yahoo awareness directly in our Sametime client.
Woooo Hoooo!

Using XML-RPC to integrate Java and .net

We have several applications that are developed in Java and several applications in .net. Moving forward, I would like to consolidate most of our applications to a single code base as well as a single base language. However, that is easier said than done.
Here is an article on integrating .net and Java using XML-RPC:
http://java.codeproject.com/KB/cs/runawayapp.aspx

Integrating scripting into C# application

Here is a nice little article on integrating LUA scripting into c#.

One of the issues that we are discussing is which base language to support moving forward (Java or c#) and in addition, if we integrate a script engine, which script engine should we support. Currently, we have a few too many languages (VB6, C#, Java) that we have used to develop a variety of applications.

This article describes how to integrate LUA into C#:
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2275.asp

Here is another article on building a implementing a script engine that mimics c#.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/cs-script_for_cp.aspx?fid=121304&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&fr=101

Spring Framework Documentation

We are considering an effort to incorporate some of our products with the Spring Framework. Here is a link to the Spring Framework documentation area.
While Spring appears to solve many issues, it also has some drawbacks that are reviewing.

Reverse DNS lookup to help troubleshoot Sametime Gateway

Here is the little tool that we are using to test the reverse DNS lookup:
http://dns.kify.com/dns.php

Helpful Sametime 8.x Developer Toolkits

Here is a link to some of the useful Sametime 8.x Developer Toolkits that we use on a frequent basis.

For many of our products, we are using the Java toolkit, although both Community Server Toolkit as well as the Gateway Integration Guide are getting a lot of review.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/sametime/

Many of our ealier applications took advantage of the Sametime COM Toolkit, although we are moving most of our next releases to the Java platform.