Hello everybody,

I am getting some trouble around SharePoint Object model. I was intended to write a console or windows application that will connect two SharePoint site (One is SharePoint 2003 and the other is SharePoint 2007) and will move/copy documents from one to another. I have tried to connect to the SharePoint 2007 first and it was connecting fine. (I was running my application into the same machine where the SharePoint 2007 is installed). The application was retrieving the Document from the SharePoint 2007 as expected but the trouble raised when it was trying to connect with the SharePoint 2003.

The error was

The Web Application at could not be found. Verify that you have typed the URL correctly. If the URL should be serving existing content, the system administrator may need to add a new request URL mapping to the intended application.

>> Is it possible to connect to a SharePoint site and retrieve a document from a machine where the SharePoint is not installed by using the SharePoint object model?

It looks like it's not possible.

I need to do a similar thing (connect via OM on Sharepoint from a machine where Sharepoint is not installed) and after my researchs, it appears that it's not possible: you need to use the Web Services.

HTH

Bye