Application Adapters Documentation

General Overview

Adapter Requirements

The Application Adapters require the following third-party apps versions:

  • Microsoft Office - Microsoft Office 2010 or above.
  • Bloomberg - a licensed Bloomberg Terminal installed and a valid user logged in.
  • Salesforce - a Salesforce Lightning edition installed.

How the Application Adapters Work

io.Connect Desktop uses io.Connect messaging to connect apps with each other. io.Connect Desktop installs an Application Adapter for each of the supported apps (Microsoft Office, Bloomberg, Salesforce), which transparently handles the real-time messaging.

Developers can then interop-enable web apps to interoperate in real time with the supported third-party apps by using the respective io.Connect library and writing only a few lines of code. The Adapters provide all the necessary tools to make this possible.

End users are able to work in whichever UI they prefer and use the supported apps on the desktop as a workspace for various tasks, such as copying, editing and data manipulation. All data is shared between the desktop and web apps in real-time, synchronized in both directions and validated so that a user can click in one app to instantly load data in another. If users want to work in desktop apps but need to store data in web apps, they can do so without having to copy and paste anything between windows.

Benefits

Developers

As a developer, you no longer need to waste time and effort struggling to understand and implement grid components and text editors that clients neither like, nor want to use. You can focus on implementing the things that add value to your business.

  • Download the io.Connect Desktop trial version.

  • See the Getting Started section, explore the io.Connect Capabilities and take a look at the Adapter Development Guides in this section to start working programmatically with io.Connect Desktop.

End Users

As an end user, you will continue working with a familiar environment and won't need to learn how to use new and incompatible app UIs. Enjoy the comfort of using all these familiar apps whenever and however you need to.