I have some lotusscript code that reads and sets preferences from/to a file on the local user’s machine. My code modifies the user’s mail database to integrate with another web application and I need to store some user preferences for access and offline use. I used a local file because of a client requirement to not store user preferences in the db on the server. I have been able to implement all of my features EXCEPT the ability to hide a few menu items (actions) on a view.
Does anyone know a way to access a local file on a user’s machine via formula language? Does anyone have any other ideas on how to act on these “values” from the file?
I had an idea to write the values to the CalendarProfile, so that I can access them from the Hide/When formulas. This is not a clean approach and leaves me with redundant data and maintaining two sets of fields. I found a library someone wrote that could utilize lotusscript from formula language, but I am hesitant to use an unsupported product. Any other ideas?
Thank you in advance.
Jeff