How to use a custom forms file for iNotes

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How can i configure a mailfile to use an other forms file than forms85.nsf?

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Subject: Use an agent to set the forms file name in the icon note

The Forms file name is set in the icon note of the mail template. Unfortunately, you can’t edit the icon note of a database using Designer. But you could run an agent to update it. Something like this:

Sub Initialize

Dim sess As New NotesSession

Dim db As NotesDatabase

Dim doc As NotesDocument

Dim item As NotesItem

Dim newFF As String

Dim itemFF As NotesItem



Set db = sess.CurrentDatabase

Dim session As New NotesSession



Dim n As String

Set db = session.CurrentDatabase

n = "FFFF0010"

Set doc = db.GetDocumentByID (n)

Set itemFF = doc.GetFirstItem("$FormsTemplateFile")

newFF = Inputbox("Enter new Forms File name", "Change Forms File", itemFF.values(0))

Set item = doc.ReplaceItemValue("$FormsTemplateFile", newFF)

Call doc.save(True,True)

End Sub

The new Forms file name should be relative to the data directory. Example: iNotes/Forms85.nsf.

Then, you need to set the following NOTES.INI variable. Only a hard coded list of Forms Template File values are supported on the server. The INI setting provides a means to override:

iNotes_WA_FormsFiles=iNotes/Custom85.nsf,iNotes/Forms85.nsf,iNotes/Forms8.nsf,iNotes/Forms7.nsf,iNotes/Forms6.nsf