When a user is in Excel or Word and wants to save a document, we would like to have a facility that brings up a form . THis form would be used to indicate a Notes database where the document could be saved, with some pertinent header information. Something akin to Domino.Doc but we do not want the overkill of having to use Domino.Doc.
Has anyone considered this useful? Any solutions?
Subject: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
Have you ever using the Document library template? There is one just for MS office stuff.
It does not allow you to pick your database, but it does provide most of what you are describing.
HTH cheers.
Subject: RE: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
JoeThanks. So from a non Notes app like Excel, a user could save his document in a Notes database based on this template?
Subject: RE: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
You want to use a Lotus Notes database to store the document or not.
I was understanding that you wanted to store it on the Domino server. Am I correct?
Subject: RE: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
Yes…but I want an interface from the MS application to Notes without the user having to manually open the Notes database and attach the document. Otherwise , it’s too manual.
Subject: Its the other way around… they will live in Notes… and never open Excel
Try out the MS Office Library template that we ship free with Notes. It takes everything you have from Office documents… and ADDs… security, replication, agents, workflow, etc.
Subject: RE: Its the other way around… they will live in Notes… and never open Excel
Alan,You forgot to ADD notes printing 
Subject: RE: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
Yes…I want to have the doc stored in a Notes db but in a relatively seamless way i.e. without the user having to open the Notes db and attach the doc. Like Domino Doc but without the need to use Domino DOc which is overkill
Subject: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
You can create a Word macro (VBscript) which uses Notes COM classes and creates an attachment in a database.You can also use other solutions, like posting the document using HTTP to Domino webserver or saving to DNFS.
I think Word has some “QuerySave” event where you can put the macro. Or ask user to start the macro by clicking a button in Word.
Subject: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
There is software on the market that does this - BowTie, and/or Swing Software, if I recall correctly.
You can of course write this yourself, by writing macro’s/Office applications using the Lotus Notes classes (with COM, in Visual Basic).
cheers,
Tom
Subject: RE: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
Thanks very much to all of you. I recall trying DNFS but there were issues with it. I will check out BowTie and Swing Software.
We want to go from the MS to Notes directio.
Thanks again
Subject: Isn’t DNFS dropped in Notes 6?
Never used it myself, but I’m sure I read that in this forum somewhere.
Cheers,
Subject: A facile way to store non-Notes documents in Notes
Sounds like you might be looking for Domino Network File Store (DNFS).
You can find some info at