Conference cpdev::lotus_notes

222.0. "Any API differences on Intel vs Alpha, and Watcom?" by NQOS01::lexyfi.lex.dec.com::isler () Wed Feb 12 1997 12:01

I have a customer who has an application they wrote for Lotus Notes. It pretty 
much puts in requests to various LNotes databases and receives the responses   
(data) and processes them. It also takes in data from another application and 
populates LN databases. They use VC++, Watcom, and IBM's HC+ to integrate 
with the LNotes APIs.

They want to port this application to Alpha and use it with Domino on Alpha; 
since they are very impressed with the performance results we posted, even if 
the results were only for mail users.

Is it safe to say that using VC++ on Alpha NT, they will be able to use LNotes 
APIs with no problems?

Are there hooks in Watcom to Lotus Notes API's that are not available with 
VC++?

Does anyone know whether Watcom will be available on Alpha NT?

We will be giving them a test server to try it all out; but I want to assure that 
Lotus Notes APIs are available on Alpha NT without any restrictions, and once 
they recompile/possibly modify their source code (minor) that it should work.

Yasemin

Hi Yasemin,

I'll confirm in a separate note to Iris, but the vc++ api should be
consistent and the partner should see no difference on Alpha.  I'll 
also see where this api exists (on the v4.1 release it was on a separate 
sdk and not on the gold cds)

Once we get your partner the api, let me know if they run into -any-
incompatibilities.

Pete

I confirmed with Iris that the Notes C and C++ APIs include 
libraries for NT/Alpha which can be used with Visual C++.  It 
should be fully compatible with the Intel libraries.

You can pull the libraries from http://www.lotus.com/devtools

Pete

Thanks Pete,

Will keep you posted whether problems, or success.

Ps. Actually they are a customer to us.

Yasemin