The awt4j Technical Details

The awt4j provides the following services to plugins:

• An Sforce Partner v5.0 connection to Salesforce
• A Jetty 5.1 Web Server
• A System Tray Icon from JDIC

Each of these services are provided using abstracted interfaces, making plugin code more robust and testable.

Developers click here to see javadoc for the plugin environment Hopefully it will make it clear how much work is already done for you by this infrastructure. You might also realise that this can easily be used as a platform for integration to desktop applications e.g. SME Accounting software etc

It's possible to run the awt4j in debug mode. In order to see debug output, you will need to enable the Java Console. You can do this by running "javaws" from a command prompt and enabling the Console in the preferences. Click here to start using Skypeforce in debug mode

SkypeForce Technical Details

SkypeForce uses the awt4j services above and also connects to the Skype windows client. It does this by using the NJawin COM Bridge for Java. NJawin supports direct API calls as well as callbacks so it is suitable for any windows program that provides a COM interface. e.g. iTunes

The awt4j & SkypeForce are built separate from the Salesforce development organization so it is provided for free and withot warranty under the GPL.

Open Source Code Access

The awt4j and Skypeforce source trees are freely available as a part of Sforce Sourceforge Project

Futures

• More plugins!
• Phone number cleanup for outbound dialing of Salesforce phone numbers. Skype requires a perfect international format but your data may not be perfect.
• Multi-language support. A text is rendered using a java ResourceBundle. If you would like to use another language, contact me and I will send you the file to be translated.
• Contact sync. The JSkype API provides full access to the Skype API, which supports read/write of the Skype Address book. This would allow address book sync to be added.

Happy Skyping.