Anyone seen this before
You open a database, typically a mail file, and then drag the tab to the bookmark bar.
Then next time you open the database from the bookmark icon you get a display with the following characteristics:
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Two tabbbed windows for the database
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First tab is on top and the navigator is an old Folder list format
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If you close the first tabbed window, the proper navigator/outline returns but the right hand pane has nothing in it, its just grey
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Clicking on the inbox link will populate the right hand frame.
Client is 6.0.1CF1 on WinXP server is 6.0 on Win2K.
Thanks
Mike
Subject: Infuriating bookmark behaviour
We get the same behavior - on either 6.0 or 6.0.1 client (also remember it from R5!). A call to Lotus support just tells us to delete the bookmark.nsf file locally and open the client back to recreate it.
This works for a while, but the issue returns. NOT a good fix IMHO.
Chris
Subject: RE: Infuriating bookmark behaviour
We have found an interesting pattern to all of this and it happens with the bookmark on the bookmark bar.
We dragged and dropped a shortcut to our application onto the bookmark bar. When it was selected, we got 2 windows (same as you had experienced). I removed the shortcut on the bookmark bar and just used the one on the workspace but the same issue occurred. Once I removed bookmark.nsf everything was fine. Tried the workspace one again and it was fine.
In summary, just use the workspace! The bookmark bar really causes headaches in this one (6.01).
Subject: RE: Infuriating bookmark behaviour
I have found this exact situation (same environment as the original post) but it is unrelated to the bookmark bar. Replacing the bookmark.nsf database and working from FILE/DATABASE/OPEN… still produces the same problem with multiple instances and empty framesets.
Finally, the database in question is a mail db with a current design (iNotes6.ntf) and correct launch attributes. Not everyone who accesses the db experiences trouble.
Regards,
Michael