I know this one must be as old as the hills but I can’t find a posting which is relevant to what we want to do. Yet I’m sure many have already done this.
The following article explains how to create a corporate welcome page by modifying a database created from the bookmark.ntf template.
Where we differ is that we want to use a database not created with this template and then enforce its use by means of a desktop policy. However because we did not use the bookmark.ntf template it does not appear in the list of Default Welcome Pages of the desktop policy document.
So the question is, is what we’re trying to do possible and if so how? I’m pretty sure its a notes.ini setting, but which one and how to implement?
From a template perspective, the drop-down list in the Desktop Policy is looking for a notes.ini variable called CurrentLayout. If you create a welcome page in bookmark.nsf that is preceded by a “$” sign, it will enter value(s) into this ini variable. It look something like this:
Where $Wecome Test is the name of the welcome page, followed by %% as a delimiter, and then the UNID of the welcome page itself.
That tells the Desktop Policy code which document(s) to copy into the user’s bookmark.nsf file. Not sure if the desktop policy code also requires the presence of the view(s) from bookmark template (such as “(Downloads)” or “(HomePagesAndLinks)”. If so, you would need to copy those into your deployment database as well.