5:09 p.m.
Hello,
I'm writing a Evolution EPlugin for an Active Sync backend. Currently
it does only mail and for calendar & contacts it needs to depend on
syncevolution. Any doc/sample code on how I could create this
configuration externally? gconf/xml/configuration need to be setup?
Thanks,
-Srini.
6:27 p.m.
On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 12:39 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
Hello,
I'm writing a Evolution EPlugin for an Active Sync backend. Currently
it does only mail and for calendar & contacts it needs to depend on
syncevolution. Any doc/sample code on how I could create this
configuration externally? gconf/xml/configuration need to be setup?
The "right" way of doing it is via the D-Bus API:
http://api.syncevolution.org/
As a short-term hack it would also be possible to invoke the command
line tool for manipulating the configuration. But that will make it
harder to handle errors.
So in the API, see the GetConfig/SetConfig() calls. To understand how to
use the API, you also need to understand the SyncEvolution configuration
options (see "syncevolution --sync-property ?" and "syncevolution
--source-property ?") and a bit about the concepts behind the
configuration:
http://syncevolution.org/development/configuration-handling
There was a mail discussion about correct use of the API:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mobile.syncevolution/2468/focus=2499
Can you say a bit more about the kind of options that the Evolution
EPlugin shall offer? Then I can give more specific guidance.
Will there be a 1:1 match between an ActiveSync database and a local EDS
database? Note that currently listing the existing ActiveSync databases
is not supported; can be added.
I assume syncing will be done automatically by SyncEvolution (currently
based on polling, needs to be replaced with push by server and local
change detection, both not implemented yet)?
--
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly
The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although
I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way
represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak
on behalf of Intel on this matter.
7:34 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 12:39 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm writing a Evolution EPlugin for an Active Sync backend. Currently
> it does only mail and for calendar & contacts it needs to depend on
> syncevolution. Any doc/sample code on how I could create this
> configuration externally? gconf/xml/configuration need to be setup?
The "right" way of doing it is via the D-Bus API:
http://api.syncevolution.org/
As a short-term hack it would also be possible to invoke the command
line tool for manipulating the configuration. But that will make it
harder to handle errors.
I'll check both the options. If the DBus approach is complete &
possible, I could try to do it that way.
So in the API, see the GetConfig/SetConfig() calls. To understand how
to
use the API, you also need to understand the SyncEvolution configuration
options (see "syncevolution --sync-property ?" and "syncevolution
--source-property ?") and a bit about the concepts behind the
configuration:
http://syncevolution.org/development/configuration-handling
There was a mail discussion about correct use of the API:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mobile.syncevolution/2468/focus=2499
Can you say a bit more about the kind of options that the Evolution
EPlugin shall offer? Then I can give more specific guidance.
So, this EPlugin is similar to any other Enterprise plugin
(Groupwise/Exchange OWA/Exchange MAPI), which when a evolution mail
account is created would create a corresponding calendar/contact
configuration. Here for EAS, instead of creating a direct ESource, I'd
create a SyncEvolution cfg to sync calendar & contacts.
Will there be a 1:1 match between an ActiveSync database and a local EDS
database? Note that currently listing the existing ActiveSync databases
is not supported; can be added.
I probably didn;t understand it well. But I haven't looked any deep in
to the ActiveSync, so can't really say. I'll dig more.
I assume syncing will be done automatically by SyncEvolution (currently
based on polling, needs to be replaced with push by server and local
change detection, both not implemented yet)?
Yes, Syncing will be done via SyncEvolution.
-Srini
8:14 p.m.
On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 15:04 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Patrick Ohly
<patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
> On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 12:39 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm writing a Evolution EPlugin for an Active Sync backend. Currently
>> it does only mail and for calendar & contacts it needs to depend on
>> syncevolution. Any doc/sample code on how I could create this
>> configuration externally? gconf/xml/configuration need to be setup?
>
> The "right" way of doing it is via the D-Bus API:
> http://api.syncevolution.org/
>
> As a short-term hack it would also be possible to invoke the command
> line tool for manipulating the configuration. But that will make it
> harder to handle errors.
>
I'll check both the options. If the DBus approach is complete &
possible, I could try to do it that way.
It is complete. Anything that can be done via the command line can also
be done via D-Bus.
So, this EPlugin is similar to any other Enterprise plugin
(Groupwise/Exchange OWA/Exchange MAPI), which when a evolution mail
account is created would create a corresponding calendar/contact
configuration. Here for EAS, instead of creating a direct ESource, I'd
create a SyncEvolution cfg to sync calendar & contacts.
>
> Will there be a 1:1 match between an ActiveSync database and a local EDS
> database? Note that currently listing the existing ActiveSync databases
> is not supported; can be added.
I probably didn;t understand it well. But I haven't looked any deep in
to the ActiveSync, so can't really say. I'll dig more.
Your question above answers it: yes, for each ActiveSync database there
will be a corresponding one locally using the EDS file backend. Your
plugin will have to manage that local database (creation, removal, ...).
--
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly
The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although
I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way
represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak
on behalf of Intel on this matter.
8:24 p.m.
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 10:27 +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote:
Will there be a 1:1 match between an ActiveSync database and a local EDS
database? Note that currently listing the existing ActiveSync databases
is not supported; can be added.
Evolution can do that for itself; it does a get_folders call as part of
the provisioning process I think. It can then create a local
calendar/addressbook for each one it finds on the server, and set up
synchronisation of each.
--
dwmw2
9:31 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 15:04 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
> > On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 12:39 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm writing a Evolution EPlugin for an Active Sync backend. Currently
> >> it does only mail and for calendar & contacts it needs to depend on
> >> syncevolution. Any doc/sample code on how I could create this
> >> configuration externally? gconf/xml/configuration need to be setup?
> >
> > The "right" way of doing it is via the D-Bus API:
> > http://api.syncevolution.org/
> >
> > As a short-term hack it would also be possible to invoke the command
> > line tool for manipulating the configuration. But that will make it
> > harder to handle errors.
> >
>
> I'll check both the options. If the DBus approach is complete &
> possible, I could try to do it that way.
It is complete. Anything that can be done via the command line can also
be done via D-Bus.
> So, this EPlugin is similar to any other Enterprise plugin
> (Groupwise/Exchange OWA/Exchange MAPI), which when a evolution mail
> account is created would create a corresponding calendar/contact
> configuration. Here for EAS, instead of creating a direct ESource, I'd
> create a SyncEvolution cfg to sync calendar & contacts.
>
> >
> > Will there be a 1:1 match between an ActiveSync database and a local EDS
> > database? Note that currently listing the existing ActiveSync databases
> > is not supported; can be added.
>
> I probably didn;t understand it well. But I haven't looked any deep in
> to the ActiveSync, so can't really say. I'll dig more.
Your question above answers it: yes, for each ActiveSync database there
will be a corresponding one locally using the EDS file backend. Your
plugin will have to manage that local database (creation, removal, ...).
Yes you are right
-Srini.
11:04 p.m.
On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 15:04 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Patrick Ohly
<patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
> The "right" way of doing it is via the D-Bus API:
> http://api.syncevolution.org/
>
> As a short-term hack it would also be possible to invoke the command
> line tool for manipulating the configuration. But that will make it
> harder to handle errors.
>
I'll check both the options. If the DBus approach is complete &
possible, I could try to do it that way.
Let me add that Jussi wrote client-side wrapper library for the GTK UI
which simplifies using the D-Bus API with glib. See src/dbus/glib/ in
the SyncEvolution source code.
--
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly
The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although
I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way
represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak
on behalf of Intel on this matter.
2:38 a.m.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
On Mo, 2011-09-05 at 15:04 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly(a)intel.com> wrote:
> > The "right" way of doing it is via the D-Bus API:
> > http://api.syncevolution.org/
> >
> > As a short-term hack it would also be possible to invoke the command
> > line tool for manipulating the configuration. But that will make it
> > harder to handle errors.
> >
>
> I'll check both the options. If the DBus approach is complete &
> possible, I could try to do it that way.
Let me add that Jussi wrote client-side wrapper library for the GTK UI
which simplifies using the D-Bus API with glib. See src/dbus/glib/ in
the SyncEvolution source code.
Sure, I'll see that.
-Srini
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