Extension Manager / Installer

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Hi,I’ve got the following problem: I need to ship a plugin, which I have created with

the extension manager C API. I want to ship the plugin including an installer for

the convenience of the user.

In order to install the extension, I need to find and change the notes.ini file, where

I have to add the DLL.

I know that some other plugins come as nsf-file, which provides an convenient installation

mechnism inside notes.

I have two questions:

  1. Can the changes in the ini-file be done by such an nsf-file?

  2. If the anstwer to the first question is yes, could you give me some starting points

for further reading?

  1. Do you recommend some other Windows installer? (Windows = deploment platform)

Thanks alot!

bye

Chris

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Subject: If it’s only for Windows, consider the MSI Installer

If you develop with VS.Net, it comes with an MSI install project editor. You’d have to write a “custom action” though to insert your “Extmgr_Addins=” line into the notes.ini. Check the MSI documention inside the VS.Net help system for details.

Shipping an .NSF file with some @function of even Lotusscript code inside it which configures the notes.ini of the server is rather cumbersome for customers, as they’d have to open the database and/or run an agent just for configuring the line in notes.ini…

Thomas - IBM