Update Notes 5 --> 6.5x: two problems

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Hallo all,

soon we start upgrading Notes to 6.5 for about 1000 users

Now there are two bigger problems:

  1. Unfortunatelly, lots of users are working with a mail database based on a template

with locked design elements (some forms, views and folders).

For folders and views our Notes designer has developed a agent, with unlock this design

elements.

For forms is seems that no solution does exist.

Do you have any ideas?

Either there is a possibility to unlock form, or you can combine a policy (upgrading the mail

database with the new template after upgrading the client) with an agent deleting the old forms

before upgrading the mail database).

  1. Lots of users are working with the old Notes workspace (Notes 4.6 and earlier).

But after upgrading there is a standard welcome page.

Is there a way for autmatically add the workspace symbol (former known as smart icons) to the

standard smarticon list on top of Notes? So the user just click to the symbol, drag&drop it to

bookmark bar and set this one as homepage.

Thank you in advance for you help

Manfred

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Subject: Update Notes 5 → 6.5x: two problems

The 'Do not allow design / refresh ’ flag is set in a field in a document which is not accessible using the NotesForm object. However, it is accessible using a NotesItem object, if you access the design element as a NotesDocument.There is a technique you can use to create a Notes view which will display Design elements as documents. Chech Notes.NET sandbox and you will find code to do this. Once you create a view displaying design documents as NotesDocuments, you can easily change / modify item values and set the form to allow design / refresh to do its work.

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Subject: Update Notes 5 → 6.5x: two problems

I don’t know the answer to number 1.

For number 2 see this technote:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=7003219&uid=swg27003219

HTH

Julie