General mailto: links working with iNotes?

My client has a mixed Notes client / iNotes environment and I am ‘web-enabling’ a corporate phone directory which contains employee mail addresses.

I know how to configure a desktop for Notes to create a mail memo when a mailto: link is clicked in a browser, BUT…

…how to get the same functionality for iNotes users?

I do have total flexibility with the way the mailto: links are created. This phone directory will be in a separate browser window.

Is there a way for one browser window to know anything about another browser window (i.e. can I determine in the directory if the user has iNotes open already)? Can I ‘query’ all other windows for info?

I may be able to require that the directory be opened from a link in the Contacts pull-down within iNotes, so I could pass user info in the query string, but I’d like a more generalized solution.

I did see some sort of server or client-based DLL that would make iNotes react to the mailto: but it required dependence on registry settings and that can’t be guaranteed.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Dave Campbell

Louisville, KY

Subject: iNotes Mailto: Solutions

Have a look in the Sandbox.

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/sandbox.nsf/ecc552f1ab6e46e4852568a90055c4cd/3b3dc8abd05352eb85256c4b0044fb09?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,mailto

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/sandbox.nsf/ECC552F1AB6E46E4852568A90055C4CD?SearchView&Query=iNotes&Start=11&Count=10&SearchOrder=1&SearchWV=FALSE&SearchFuzzy=FALSE&SearchMax=1000

Subject: general mailto: links working with iNotes?

In general the mailto: opens a new memo in the default email client for the PC. From LotuSphere I understand that this is going to be available for IWA either with the 6.0.2 codestream or the 6.5 codestream.Chris