I am trying to add a new top level menu item in lotus notes. For example, like create menu, actions menu etc I want to add a new top level menu, say MyMenu to lotus notes.
Is this possible in Lotus notes? If so can you please suggest me a way of implementing this programatically either using lotus script or using C/C++ APIs
Thank You very much in advance.
Bye
Hema
Subject: Difficult - but possible
I have made a product named Notes Menu Launcher and it uses a special trick with “Import Access Tables”, to manipulate the menus of the Notes client. By using the same technique, you could also add your own top level menus.
Bob
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Subject: RE: Difficult - but possible
can you just give me few more details about how we can achieve it. Will C/C++ APIs help out in any way for adding them. If so, just give the details about those API calls.
Thank you, waiting for ur reply
bye
Subject: It doesn’t have so much to do with Notes C/C++ dev. It’s more trad. Windows development
If you search the web for topics on “Import AddressTable” you should get some hints. Basically the trick is to redirect an app’s call for a function - to your function. You will thus effectly hook into the system.
Sorry, but I can’t be more specific due to leaving for x-mas holiday vacation about right now.
Subject: RE: Difficult - but possible
Be careful, because my understanding from IBM is that this explicitly violates the license agreement for the C API.
Subject: How can it do that ?
Subject: RE: How can it do that ?
It has been a long time since I looked, but they make edxplicit reference to not changing the look and feel and standard UI including menus, except in the prescribed manner of using a menu addin. Now, the last time I read this stuff carefully was in R3, so I could be out of date, but I have had it mentioned to me by an IBMer a couple of years ago.
Subject: RE: How can it do that ?
Is this (adding a new top level menu like create, action) possible in the lotus notes v 6.5 or 7.0?
Subject: *It is not supported in the product, not even with C/C++ APIs.
Subject: RE: *It is not supported in the product, not even with C/C++ APIs.
thank you very buch ben.bye