Just letting everyone know that a problem has been discovered when upgrading Domino Servers to 8.5 from previous 6.5x or 7x versions. The dwa7.ntf file located in /data and the DWA7 cab files located in /data/domino/html get removed during the upgrade. The corresponding inotes6 files may also be affected. This problem may have resulted from the code change introduced in SPR BCOE7JDNN6 where new installs of 8.5 Domino server do not install older inotes6 or DWA7 files.
This affects DWA7 and inotes6 users on the 8.5 Domino server (meaning the mail databases are based on the DWA7 and inotes6 templates,and we load the Forms6 or Forms7 GUIs). The user will be prompted repeatedly to download the Active X control. The user will not be able to do this due to the absence of the CAB files. New users will not be registered as DWA7 or iNotes6 users, and design refreshes for existing users will not happen because of the missing templates.
SPR WTON7NGHUB has been written to Lotus Development and a fix to prevent existing inotes6 or DWA7 templates and CAB files from being deleted during an upgrade will be researched.
The only known workaround is to back up the following:
DWA7.ntf and inotes6.ntf located in /data
The following files located in /domino/data/domino/html:
dwa7.cab
dwa7w.cab
dwa7res_en.dll
After the upgrade, place these files back into the /domino/data/domino/html folder, then launch Domino. If the server was upgraded before backing up these files, they can be taken from another Domino server install. NOTE: the Forms 7 and Forms6 databases so far have not been affected by the upgrades.
This information is documented in Technote 1366909 which will become public shortly.