OpenScape Office MX G-Server Interface

OpenScape Office MX G-Server Interface



Preface
G-Server allows Web-based applications to communicate with OpenScape Office MX platforms using HTTP / HTTPS.

It is the result of a collaboration between the companies Siemens Enterprise Communications and  gebeCom. G-Server adresses


 * Software companies that have already created WEB applications and want to be able to sell them on Siemens Enterprise Communications solutions.
 * Existing resellers that want to create applications using the WEB interface to give them differentiation in the market.
 * Innovative software developers

Functional overview
G-Server administration can be done via the Web Based Administration (WBM) of OpenScape Office MX V2.



OpenScape Office MX V2 - HTTP(S) link

Licensing
The internal connection between G-Server an OpenScape Office MX V2 Plattform is done using the CSTA interface. Therefore an additional CSTA license as a base is required within OpenScape Office MX for operation of the G-Server interface.

Documentation
Following documents are published with kind permission of gebeCom. They represent the last document revision.

G-Server handling in general.

G-Server´s HTTP / HTTPS interface.

Some coding examples within different programming languages to demonstrate implementation of the G-Server interface.

Software Delivery
The G-Server SW SDK suitable for HiPath 500 / HiPath 3000 systems based on PC with Microsoft Windows operating systems can be obtained directly from gebeCom.

For Hipath OpenOffice ME V1 and Open Scape Office MX V2 plattforms no external G-Server SW ist requird as G-Server is fully integrated within the platform SW.

Example Applications
myPortal entry V2 is a good example application to learn more about possibilities and funktionalities of the G-Server interface. The program can be downloaded from the referred link.

myPortal entry V2 is written in JavaScript and XML, runs within the Yahoo widget engine and uses the G-Sever interface. Code can be decompiled and examined using Yahoos "Widget converter". More information about Yahoo Widget can be found on the official [http://widgets.yahoo.com/ YAHOO! Widget Site] site within the internet.