Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

609.0. "IOS FC Integration; TeamLinks & MASS-11" by REDBUD::garrisonna (Nancy Garrison) Thu Apr 30 1992 01:36

This note is cross posted in WINDOWS_OFFICE and ALL-IN-1 conferences.

This question pertains to ALL-IN-1 IOS, with MASS-11 as the default editor, 
sharing documents via the IOS File Cabinet with TeamLinks users; they have 
MS-Word as their default editor.

From a TeamLinks perspective, I understand that if the user wants a 
document format different than the way it is stored, conversion must be 
user-initiated.

When the TeamLinks user wants to retrieve a MASS-11 document from the    
IOS File Cabinet, the MASS-11 document must have been saved as a RTF    
file in order for Word to use it.  No user-initiated conversions had to    
be done.

If the MASS-11 user does not save as an RTF format, then a server-based 
converter must be invoked; the resulting file stored as a Word document in 
the ALL-IN-1 IOS File Cabinet.

The questions are when we are going the other way:

1) When the Teamlinks user saves the MS-Word document to the IOS File    
   Cabinet, how is the document taggged?  Is it tagged as foreign or
   as a Word document?

2) In this scenerio, assume there are no server-based converters available.   
   How will the MASS-11 user bring the document in?  According to 
   Microsystems, MASS-11 can output RTF, ASCII and Word Perfect,    along 
   with others, but how does MASS-11 DSAB handle the document    retreival? 

3) Assuming there were server based converters, would you have    the       
MASS-11 user convert the document before bringing into MASS-11          
(GOLD/GET for WPS)?

Thanks for the clarification,

Nancy

    Nancy,
    
    I assume you've asked Microsystems Engineering Corp since these
    questions also since they produce the ALL-IN-1 Integration.
    
    Regards,
    
    Andrew.D.Wicks

RE: .1

Yes, I have talked to Microsystems, but they told me it depending on 
how the MS-WORD document was tagged...foreign?  Or does it have it's 
own DSAB?  Once, I get that part of my question answered, I can 
figure the rest of it out.  


Thank,

Nancy

    Nancy,
    
    OK I was just checking... and here's what I know.
    
    1) In REAL ALL-IN-1 you cannot use MS-WORD as your default editor
       since MicroSoft never produced an integration to ALL-IN-1. Any
       such message that you might get into your FIleCabinet will be
       marked as FOREIGN and you won't be able to read it.
    
    2) From TeamLinks you can have MS-WORD as your default editor but due
       to some problems with the current baselevel - to do with FILECAB.DAT
       (see ABBOTT:WINDOWS_OFFICE can't remember the note number) it's
       difficult to view any document in your IOS FileCab unless it's ASCII
       so I can't at this very moment drop an MS_WORD documnt in my FileCab
       to see how it's tagged and let you know the answer - but my guess
       would still be FOREIGN.
    
    I realise that this wasn't much help either but I just wanted you to
    know I took the trouble to try it.
    
    Regards,
    
    Andrew.D.Wicks 
                              

RE: .3

Thanks anyway...if I get it figured out, I'll post it here...

Thanks,

Nancy