Customizing client setup - no notes mail check, no client exit warning, no reopen tabs on restart

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Hi

I am in the process of creating a custom install for 8.0.2 and am now at the stage of trying to tie down the loose ends.

Can anyone tell me the notes.ini settings that will do the following, and if possible how to integrate them into the setup (I am using the installshield tuner).

1 - stop the dialog box popup asking if we want notes to be the email client.

2 - stop the dialog box warning us that we are shutting the client down

3 - change the setting that saves the state of the client and reopens tabs that were open when the client was shutdown (File → Preferences → Windows and Themes → the tick box at the top ‘on restart, reopen any tabs that were open when I closed the client’

Thanks

Paul

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Subject: SaveStateOnExit only works for basic client

I found this message:

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/nd8forum.nsf/5f27803bba85d8e285256bf10054620d/b0682d0a88a8aa91852575380033ee21?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,savestateonexit

And it suggest that savestateonexit only works for the basic client and not the standard client.

Has anyone found a workaround ?

Thanks

Paul

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Subject: no mail check is - DONTCHECKDEFAULTMAIL = 1

I have found this ini setting.

Still looking for the ‘are you sure you want to exit’ and the ‘dont save state on exit’ ini variables.

Thanks

Paul

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Subject: save state on exit is set using the eclipse settings RESTORE_TABS

After a lot of reading I found that this setting can’t be set in the notes.ini.

However it can be set in the plugin_customization.ini file.

This is stored in the deploy folder of the installation package.

I couldn’t find a way to make the changes using the installshield tuner but I did find that if I added these lines:

com.ibm.rcp.personality.framework/RESTORE_TABS=false

com.ibm.rcp.personality.framework/DEFAULT_RESTORE_TABS_PREFERENCE=false

com.ibm.rcp.personality.framework/DEFAULT_RESTORE_TABS=false

to the bottom of the plugin_customization file then the client booted up without the tick in the box.

I’m not sure if all three lines are working because the ‘restore defaults’ button still puts the tick in the box.

As an addendum I think that these lines change for 8.5 or 8.5.1 to this:

com.ibm.rcp.personality.framework.prefs/RESTORE_TABS=false

com.ibm.rcp.personality.framework.prefs/DEFAULT_RESTORE_TABS_PREFERENCE=false

com.ibm.rcp.personality.framework.prefs/DEFAULT_RESTORE_TABS=false

but obviously I haven’t tested this out.

Anyway I have achieved my aim, having the tickbox unticked on client startup, so I am happy and I will pass the baton on to anyone who feels they would like to tidy up the issue of the defaults button putting the tick in the box and confirming the 8.5 (.1) settings.

Cheers

Paul

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Subject: no exit warning is EXITNOTESPROMPT

Found this one and thought that i’d found the one for the save state : SaveStateOnExit but it isn’t working !!