Working with Office Web Discussions Client
You use the Microsoft Office Web Discussions Client object library to work with discussion servers or discussions on a page programmatically. The Office Web Discussions Client object library contains objects, methods, and properties you can use to create and work with discussions on a page.
In This Section
- The Office Web Discussions Client Object Model
- The object model is simple and straightforward, and the methods and properties of the objects map directly to the objects and settings available from the Discussions toolbar.
- Enabling Discussions
- When you install Microsoft® Office XP, the Discuss command is added to the Explorer Bar submenu of the View menu in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5 or later.
- Understanding the Global Object
- The Global object is the top-level object in the Office Web Discussions Client object model, and, therefore, it is not necessary to reference the Global object explicitly when you are using its methods or properties.
- Understanding Discussion Servers
- The DiscussionServers collection contains all the DiscussionServer objects that represent each discussion server registered on your computer.
- Understanding Discussions
- The Discussions collection contains all the Discussion objects associated with each level of discussion on a page.
- Understanding Subscriptions
- You use subscriptions to specify the time and type of notification to send when changes occur to the discussions in a document or to any document within a specified folder.
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