I have a program doc. that runs design once a week. The default design task is also enabled.Problem is that the mail file templates are not being updated. According to the log, the design task starts at the specified time in the program doc. but only updates design on databases and not mail files. Same result when design task runs at 1am daily.
If I try to manually update design of a mail file, the user then gets about average of 6 Execution security alert boxes.
Not sure why this is happening or what I’m doing wrong.
Anyone else had this experience?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Our mail files are a mixture of 6 and 7. I’m hesitant to do a load convert as I’m not sure if a 7 template will work with a 6.x mail file.
Thanks
Helen
Subject: Program doc. and design
What master template are your mail files inheriting from (on the fourth tab of the database properties infobox)? And are the mail templates on your mail server actually configured to be master templates ?
On your second point, opening a mail file based on an R7 template using an R6 client will throw up errors (certain functions are new in R7), or somes feature will not work - but if all your Notes clients are R7, then there is probably no reason not to upgrade them to an R7 mail template.
Subject: RE: Program doc. and design
Peter,Thanks for your response. What you mentioned above about the master templates was part of the problem. I finally got it to work (tested on a few mail files) by specifying the template name (dwa7.ntf) in the ‘inherit design from…’ field on the mail files itself.
Now my challenge is how do I set this for 500 mail files? If I select the mail files and go to properties, it is greyed out.
Is there an easy way to select multiple mail files and populate the ‘inherit design from’ field?
Thanks
Helen
Subject: RE: Program doc. and design
Helen,As far as I am aware, the only way to change the design inheritance of a group of mail files is with the convert utility. This not only changes the inheritance, it also upgrades them to the new design. I have read about potential issues if you try to convert too many files at a time, so I suggest you search this forum for any tips.
If you are moving from an older template eg. mail6.ntf, you might want to consider the -u parameter, which converts existing folders to the new Inbox design - otherwise your users will have “old” style folders in their mail file, which can throw up annoying script errors (Illegal circular use, etc.)
Rather than converting all your mail files at once, you might want to convert them in batches, by putting the file names in a text file: for example: load convert -u -f c:\upgrade.txt * dwa7.ntf