Develop a new "Account Type" in Lotus Notes

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Hi

Is there a way to develop a new type of Account for Lotus Notes ?

Let me explain. If you have Lotus Notes opened, and you got to “File - Preferences - Account”. You will see that under the “New Account” twistie that are several types of accounts that can be connected like POP3, Sametime, SMTP, Widget, etc.

What is required to create a new account type? For example if I want to develop an interface to connect there an MSN account so we can connect directly using Sametime Connect.

What tools should I use to create that?

Any hints, tips, links to documentation are welcome.

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Subject: Write a plugin…

Hello, I believe that you can use Eclipse with Lotus Expeditor Toolkit to develop a plugin which extends the com.ibm.rcp.accounts.Accounts extension point (more info on http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ledoc/v6r2/topic/com.ibm.rcp.doc.schemas/reference/extension-points/com_ibm_rcp_accounts_Accounts.html).

Hopefully it helps…

regards,

Jan

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Subject: Good pointer…

Excellent, thanks for the pointer, looks very interesting, I will Check it out.