Formatting Discussion Entries through Web Services

[jpk236]

Is it possible to format (bold, italics, etc.) a discussion entry through
the Web Services API?

From querying the data already in the Discussion Tool, it looks as if Groove
uses Rich Text Format (RTF) to format the entries. However, when I try to
put my own RTF tags in the body of the discussion entry, the RTF tags output
as if they were plain text.

Any thoughts?

 

[c1sbc]

I am not sure if you can access the Discussion Tool via Web Services in the
Groove 2007 client. The WS API call for the Discussion tool has been
depracated.

To learn more - pick up invitations to Groove Developer workspaces (v3 and
2007) from www.ctdotnet.org (bottom of page).

SBC

 

[c1sbc]

additional info -

It appears that the Discussion Tool WS was deprecated in the Groove 2007 WS
API. I have posted a 'request' in the 'Groove Helpers' API forum at
theCodePlex site -

http://www.codeplex.com/GWSV12Helpers/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=9502

It would be nice to have (API for the Discussion tool).

SBC

 

[jpk236]

SBC:

You are right that GrooveDiscussion API has been deprecated.

In Groove 2007 you must use the GrooveForms2 API to access the Discussion
Tool. I've successfully written my application to create entries in a Groove
2007 workspace through this method.

In the Groove 2007 Web Services SDK, look for "Code Fragment Creating a New
Discussion Topic and Response." This details how to create a discussion
entry in Groove 2007.

I'm still curious about how to add formatting though. Perhaps there was a
method in Groove V3 that can be carried over to Groove 2007?

Any ideas?

- Justin

 

[Ashok Hingorani]

the discussion tool is now a forms tool
as such you can customise it
or create a similar one of your own easily
and format fields as you wish in the forms designer
you can also provide custom style sheets CSS to format the tool any which
way you like with banners etc


rgds

ashok