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Saritha
Level 3
18 years ago
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Extract Data From DVS file

How to extract data from DVS files using  API or EV component
Enterprise Vault
Information Governance
  • MichelZ's avatar
    MichelZ
    18 years ago
    Hi

    Dodo, In my opinion, you won't break any laws with this.
    In a real Enterprise Vault Environment, you will be able to restore any item, even WITHOUT proper licensing. A License is only required to ARCHIVE content, but never to RETRIEVE. And as this is a retrieval... you know :)

    Anyway.

    You can Download the Service Pack, which should Include the Client from:
    http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/295551

    The file you are looking for would be:
    EnterpriseVault 2007 SP2\Outlook Add-Ins\Outlook Add-In\English\EVClient_en.msi

    /Michel

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  • Saritha's avatar
    Saritha
    Level 3
    18 years ago
     
    We have a client who sends us DVS files and we need to extract all the text in that DVS file . we dont have the EV software,can we open the DVS files with any other application other than EV.
  • Michael_Bilsbor's avatar
    Michael_Bilsbor
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    Hi,
     
    When you say client do you mean a seperate company?  Technically you can't do what you want and to be honest I'm really not sure even if there was an API you would be allowed to call if it if didn't have a licence for EV.
     
     
  • Saritha's avatar
    Saritha
    Level 3
    18 years ago
    Can we extract the text with the API if we have the license.
  • MichelZ's avatar
    MichelZ
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    Hi
    I'm pretty sure you should be able to open the DVS files if you install only the EV Client Component. Maybe you could ask your customer to send you the client, or you can download it via an SP from the Symantec site. You should be able to open the DVS files then...

    Cheers
    Michel
  • Saritha's avatar
    Saritha
    Level 3
    18 years ago
    Thanks Michel, can you give me the URL where i can find this EV client or the SP.
    We need to open DVS files and convert them to tiff files, this should be done pragmatically using .net not manually . I am new to EV and could not find any thing on web.
    what i wanted to know is can we open the DVS file and extract the text in it or convert to tiff file using the EV API and .net. If yes, how can we do it(any examples).
  • Michael_Bilsbor's avatar
    Michael_Bilsbor
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    Hi,
     
    So you have an EV licence then?  Otherwise you are breaking laws at this point I expect.
  • Saritha's avatar
    Saritha
    Level 3
    18 years ago
    My question here is, can we achieve what ever i want if we buy the license.There is no use if we buy the license and i cannot do any thing with that API.Right now i dont have any API,all I am trying to do is gather some information about this.
  • MichelZ's avatar
    MichelZ
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    Hi

    Dodo, In my opinion, you won't break any laws with this.
    In a real Enterprise Vault Environment, you will be able to restore any item, even WITHOUT proper licensing. A License is only required to ARCHIVE content, but never to RETRIEVE. And as this is a retrieval... you know :)

    Anyway.

    You can Download the Service Pack, which should Include the Client from:
    http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/295551

    The file you are looking for would be:
    EnterpriseVault 2007 SP2\Outlook Add-Ins\Outlook Add-In\English\EVClient_en.msi

    /Michel