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WRITTEN BY: HANI SHAWA
COPYRIGHT 2012 HANI SHAWA
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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I)	INTRODUCTION

Ok guys, this is by no means an alternative to the GroupWise client, so please don't judge
based on that. It is still alpha version, and I'm sure a lot of you will find ways to improve 
it, especially if you look at the code :-).
It is one of the small projects that I worked on during my internship at Novell. 
It will allow you to send email/note/task/appointment to a user in your GroupWise system. Really 
a simple program that interacts with the GroupWise COM components, therefore it 
needs a GroupWise client installation on windows. The cool thing is that it can run from 
the command line as well, with same options :-)


II)	REQUIREMENTS
For basic installation:
- Windows GroupWise client (download eval version at: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=X95cxyoSSiE~)

For developers:
- A Microsoft IDE for VB.NET (a free one that I recommend is SharpDevelop, see: http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/)
- Windows GroupWise client (download eval version at: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=X95cxyoSSiE~)

III)	INSTALLATION
For basic installation:
-run the setup-gw-tools.exe and follow the prompts

For developers:
-using MS visual studio, SharpDevelop or any other VB.NET IDE, open the project file
-have fun!

IV)	USAGE
For the commandline:

On a DOS prompt, use "start /wait groupwise-tool.exe" followed by parameter list
Here is a list of parameters:

apt: to send an appointment
mail: mail
task: task
note: well...

-ip <IP address of your POA>
-p <port # on which POA is listening>
-c always use this switch, it will tell the program you're running from the command-line
-u <sender username>: the sender of the mail
-pwd <password> : the password of the sender
-d <date in format of DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS >
-s <subject>

NOTE: use correct syntax, otherwise unknown errors might happen!


V)	BUGS

-BusySearch doesn't work :-)
The function is written that iterates through the timeblocks of the recipient, and tries to match
it with the selected date. On the interface it is a link in the form as <perform busysearch>

to submit bugs, comments:

hani[underscore]shawa[at]hotmail[dot]com

VI)	LICENSE

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.