I am looking for a step by step on how to accomplish the roll out of a widget with the upgrade from notes 7.0.4 to 8.x. But it is a more general question in reality.
How do i deploy a widget with every notes client install without using the domino policies, so with installation…
Did anybody already do this and can share a how to ?
I understood you need to do something in the plugin_customization.ini but haven’t got a clue on how to do it.
Subject: Using preferences to push widgets
In order to deploy a widget automatically to every installation, you will need a widget catalog from which the widget will be installed.
Here are the steps to accomplish this:
Setup a widgets catalog with the widget you want to deploy (i.e. My Widget which is in the Everyone category in the catalog). See the following for more info: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc/H_CREATING_A_TOOLBOX_CATALOG_OVER.html
In your installation kit you need to add settings to the plugin_customization.ini file. This file is in the deploy directory of the kit. See this documentation for info adding widgets settings to plugin_customization.ini: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc/H_SETTING_CATALOG_PREFERENCES_USING_A_CUSTOMIZATION_FILE_OVER.html
The minimal settings you will need to deploy a widget are:
com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.admin/toolboxCatalogServer=<server_name>.myserver.mycompany.com
com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.admin/toolboxCatalogDBName=toolbox.nsf
com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.admin/toolboxCatalogLocalDBName=toolbox.nsf
com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.admin/catalogCategoriesToInstall=Everyone
There are many other settings that allow you to control what widget functions/UI a user can do/use. You can read the documentation to find out more about these.
What will this do-> When the user launches the client, a local replica of the catalog will be created and the widgets in the Everyone category will be installed.
Subject: thanks, just what i needed! e.o.m.