Grouwise Administration with Visual Basic Application

About the GW client - make sure it's 5.5EP or higher.   I don't think the admin object API works with any older versions of the client.  It's best to go with 6.0 or higher client.

Yes have defined the objAdminSystem variable a type variant and I have GW Client on my PC. Also I am using GW 6.5

Thanx

Have you made sure that the GWCMB1.dll is registered?  I know it should be already but I've seen this error complaint in the newsgroups and it was related to registering that dll.  

Do you have the Novell client installed (not the Windows-provided crapware client?)  Since the admin object API needs to talk to eDirectory, I think that might be necessary, too.

I dont have Novell cleint. Earlier we had both GW and File Server on novell server. But Now we have GW only on Novell and our File server is AD Integrated so I have uninstalled novell client.

I will try to reinstall it and let u know what is the progress.

But is it necessory to install full novell client or should I load any required comonent?

Thanx

I don't know - all I know is what I've read, and that seems to indicate that for the admin object to work you need to access NDS, and most NDK components that need to access NDS/eDirectory like to use the Novell client32 components.

I would think installing the client custom and deselecting all services you aren't running would be sufficient.  If you're concerned about the NWGINA, after the client is installed, you can go into the client properties, in the Advanced Login tab, and set it so the Novell client isn't first.

Also, to be picky about it - Novell is a company.  You have GroupWise running on a NetWare server.

If you are using modern NetWare (6.5 or OES) you could manage your AD environment through eDirectory using the Novell Identity Manager (aka DirXML) AD connector starter pack and save your admins a lot of redundant work.  You could also still use NetWare for file and print, which it does WAY better than Windows, and you wouldn't even need to use the Novell client - NetWare 6.x comes with NFAP/CIFS which makes it look to a Windows client like a Windows server.

Just so you know... ;)

co-Insidently I have installed NDK on my machine yestday and have unistalled GWCMB1.dll and reinstalled it. Now it is creating object properly. I havent installed novell client on my machine yet.

Now it is giving me and error while connecting to the server. command is

   TxtPath = "\\hzw\hzwmail:hzwdoman"  ' "G:\gwdata\gwdomain"
   
   Set objAdminSystem = CreateObject("NovellGroupWareAdmin")
 
   objAdminSystem.Connect (TxtPath)

It gives me an error "Automation error
The object invoked has disconnected from its clients"

Can u give me what I am missing over here.

Thanx

I believe the Connect() method takes a single parameter, and it needs to use the mapped drive letter path to the domain database.  There's also a ConnectByDN() method that lets you use the distinguished name of the object in the NDS tree.

In other words, don't use UNC path notation or NetWare-specific server/volume:path notation.  

Your UNC path is kind of mixed.  If it does take UNC, try it in \\server\volume\path notation.  

I have installed Novell client on my PC. I still unable to connect the database. I have also maped the path on my PC say H:\hzwdoman. And try to connect using following command

TxtPath = "h:\hzwdoman"    
Set objAdminSystem = CreateObject("NovellGroupWareAdmin")
objAdminSystem.Connect (TxtPath)

it gives me an error "Error occurred opening the database. Check the path."

Is there permission issue or the path issue. Our GW administrator has given me this path. So I think I should be correct path.

How is the path being mapped on your PC?

For example, if the GroupWise domain is on server hzw, volume hzwmail in a directory directly off the root of the volume named hzwdomain, as is implied by your previous post where you had \\hzw\hzwmail:hzwdomain, and you are using the Windows Explorer "map network drive" to map your drive H:, is that drive being mapped to that hzwdomain directory, or to the root of the hzwmail volume?

If you are mapping the hzwdomain directory as H:, then you'd be redundant in using H:\hzwdomain as your path, because all Windows Explorer-mapped drives are "root-mapped" meaning they appear to be the root of the drive even if they aren't the root of the volume.

Try mapping the \\hzw\hzwmail volume as the H: drive, and use your notation of H:\hzwdomain, or if you mapped the whole path as H:, just use H:\ as your path as in

TxtPath = "h:\"

I have maped \\hzw\hzwmail and then used hzwdoman and still it is giving me same error.

Note: hzwdoman is correct spell there is no i in hzwdomain. It is just for information

Regards

I suppose it could be a rights issue, but since you're getting this "check the path" error message, I would suggest going back to the GW administrator to verify that you're mapping things right, and that the hzwdoman folder is where the domain database resides (not a subdirectory thereof, or some such.)

The GW admin should be able to verify both your mapping and your filesystem rights for you.

I have copied two files GWDOM.DC and wpdomain.db on to my local system and gave local path and it works fine. It shows me all the users and it's details.

But now the problem is when I try to modify any detail and want to save it gives me an error "Admin commit fails". Do have any Idea? I dont think there is any rights issue as both the files are on my local system and have full rights.

When it connects what user it takes as there is no property or method by which user it connects.

Regards