How to access value(s) from a different vault

Question

I have two an object named Employee in VaultA, When working in VaultB I want to access Employee values (say Employee's name and end of cantract date) from VaultB. how do I do that using VBscript?

Joonas Linkola · Answer

Usually the recommended way would be to replicate the objects between vaults so that the Employee objects are available in both vaults. This way you don't need any special tricks to access the values and the built-in replication framework keeps the objects in sync.

Ne0Tr0n · Answer

Hi, 
 This is because there must be a Desktop Client installed on the server and at least 1 connection configured on it. 
 The advantage of the client connection is that there is no need to put a password explicitly in the script. 
 The disadvantage is that it still has to be configured in the client. 
 The script below illustrates how to make both a client-mode connection and a server-mode connection. 
 In the second option, the disadvantage is that the user's password must be exposed in the script, and this user should have sys admin rights to be able to access the other vault without restrictions. 
 This in itself is a security risk. So consider carefully which approach is more suitable for your task. 
 
 'At Least M-Files Server Tools must be installed 
MFVault = "MFVault" ' Name of Vault in M-Files Desktop Client Settings. Require for Client Connection
VaultGUID = "VaultGUID" ' VaultGUID Required for Server Connection
MFilesAdmin = "MFilesAdmin" ' At Least "Manage User Accounts" must be checked
MFilesAdminPass = "MFilesAdminPass" ' Password
MFilesBase = "MFilesBase" ' Hostname for local Windows User or Domain for AD User
MFProtocol = "MFProtocol" ' Default TCP/IP Protocol
MFServerAddress = "MFServerAddress" ' Hostname or IP address of M-Files Server
MFServerPort = "MFServerPort" ' Default RPC Port 2266

ClientMode = False ' Enable Client Mode)


'--------------------------------------------------------
'Create oVault Connection
'--------------------------------------------------------

If ClientMode Then
	Dim oClientApp: Set oClientApp = CreateObject("MFilesAPI.MFilesClientApplication")
	Set oVault = oClientApp.BindToVault(MFVault, 0, true, false)
Else 
	Dim oServerApp: set oServerApp = CreateObject("MFilesAPI.MFilesServerApplication")
	oServerApp.Connect MFAuthTypeSpecificWindowsUser, MFilesAdmin, MFilesAdminPass, MFilesBase, MFProtocol , MFServerAddress , MFServerPort
	Set oVault = oServerApp.LogInToVault(VaultGUID)	
End If

How to access value(s) from a different vault

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