runtime support for COM-api, issue #695

[homebeaver]

find a documentation on https://forum.metasfresh.org/t/schnittstellt-zu-ms-com-excel-outlook-via-groovy/98

This will be the first part to support COM-api (microsoft outlook,excel,...) - the jars needed.
On runtime the swingUI needs also the jacob-1.18-x64.dll (or jacob-1.18-x86.dll respectively) in the PATH

[metas-ts]

Hi @homebeaver ,
like (as far as i know) talked between you and @metasnw on your last your fixe:
we don't think that addin a windows COM API to the swing-client is a common case, so we are looking for a solution that does not include such particular jars (and DDLs).
We think that the right way to go about this is to let the metasfresh client discover external libaries on startup and load them.

@homebeaver @metasnw please let me and/or @teosarca know if and when you need further advise, discussion or even the implementation of this approach.

[homebeaver]

Thank you for review @metas-ts,
yes @metasnw told us, that he is not willing to include the jacob/scriptom the mf-client classpath.

As our customer needs this api to outlook and excel, we need either this or another implemented alternative to satisfy the requirement.

[metas-ts]

Hi, @homebeaver @metasnw
FYI, i'm closing this PR in the context of what was written further up. As i already wrote,

please let me and/or @teosarca know if and when you need further advise, discussion or even the implementation of this approach.

of course the implementation would need further organisation and prioritization which you would need to do together with @metasnw and your customer..