How to write a dll for Lotus Notes with VB

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Hi, I want to write an Add In for Lotus Notes (5, 6, 6.5, 7)

Is there a way to create a dll that is loaded by Lotus Notes at startup (using Visual Basic 6)?

Thank you.

Christoph

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Subject: how to write a dll for Lotus Notes with VB

It’s quite well documented in the Lotus C API reference / user guide.

Reference is for C-style, but should be convertible to VB.

cheers,

Bram

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Subject: RE: how to write a dll for Lotus Notes with VB

Thanks for your answer!But…

where can I find that Lotus C API reference / user guide?

I have seen some docs, but not how to implement an add in in VB?

I can access Lotus Notes via the COM object, that’s no problem.

But I have no idea how to implement an add in. I have done an addin for Outlook and for the Palm Desktop in VB.

So is it possible to implement an addin in VB, and where can I find docs and examples about that.

Thanks for and more hints.

Christoph

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Subject: RE: how to write a dll for Lotus Notes with VB

You should check the C API documentation available on this site (see here).

The creation of a menu Add-in is detailed pretty well.

cheers,

Bram

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Subject: You can’t write the menu addin .dll in VB.

VB only allows you to create COM .dlls, but the .dll required for Notes is a “standard” .dll file (which VB cannot produce).