Best practices for iNotes (DWA) ActiveX deployment?

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I’m trying to find the best method for deploying the activex component for IE as part of inotes. We prefer not to give users power user or administrator privileges. After upgrading my domino servers from 6.5.3 to 6.5.5 I noticed that users had to install a new component (inotes6w.cab).

Right now I just have an administrator log in and then browse to the page and install the package. Is there an easier method, possibly involving msi and group policy?

I found this on microsoft’s site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280579/EN-US/

but their instructions aren’t exactly clear

It would be nice if IBM would make an msi that can be deployed.

I really would like a better solution before upgrading my domino servers to 7

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Subject: best practices for iNotes (DWA) ActiveX deployment?

same problem… did you find an msi pkg?

thx

G

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Subject: RE: best practices for iNotes (DWA) ActiveX deployment?

I had the same issue.

Practise to deploy (if you know how - it’s simple):

  • create a .msi witch contain the following actions:

  • Copy the iNotes6W.dll to %windir%\system32 (e.g. C:\WINDOWS\system32) → This dll you can found on every Domino Server as a component of “iNotes6W.cab”)

  • Run “regsvr32.exe iNotes6W.dll” (–> regsvr32.exe is needed for the registration of the activeX-componente. You can Run regsvr32.exe e.g. over a .bat-File. regsvr32.exe is in %windir%\system32)

That’s all!

The Noldy

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Subject: RE: best practices for iNotes (DWA) ActiveX deployment?

You need to copy the files inotes6W.dll AND inotes6W.inf to “c:\windows\Downloaded Program Files”, then use the regsvr32 on the inotes6W.dll - then it will appear in Internet explorer as a r4egistered ActiveX component.

Here’s my batch files, which works at least on XP Sp2

copy “inotes6W.dll” “c:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\inotes6W.dll”

copy “inotes6W.inf” “c:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\inotes6W.inf”

regsvr32 /s “c:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\inotes6W.dll”