Administration Manual

Using the Windows Notes Client Plug-In
A plug-in can be installed on Windows clients to automatically retrieve tombstoned messages. The plug-in
can be installed on its own or, for users traveling with a laptop, installed with Local Cache.
Users have i
nstant access to their archived messages when the computer is online. When they select a
message, its content ap p ears automatically.
The process works in a somewhat different way when the plug-in is installed together with Local Cache.
For more information, see “Using the Windows Notes Client Plug-In with Local Cache” on page 123.
NOTE:
MessagesthataresentusingthePhoneMessageforminNotescanbearchivedandtombstoned.When
users view
a tombstoned phone message via the plug-in, the message content appears twice. This is
due to the w
ay the plug-in merges data retrieved from the IAP with data stored in the tombstone. The
message does not consume twice the storage space in IAP.
Configuring the plug-in installer
The plug-in is a DLL file that plugs into Windows Lotus Notes clients via standard API interfaces. It
examines requests that the client makes to retrieve messages from the Dom ino ser ver and redirects those
requests to the IAP if the message has been archived.
The plug-in installer is an MSI file that installs the DLL on Windows client systems. It must be configu red
foryourcompany’sEAsDominoenvironment.
NOTE:
Building the MSI installer with the EAs configuration tool requires that the Microsoft .NET 2.0 (or later)
framework is installed on your system. The .NET framework is not required on clients using the MSI
to install the plug-in.
To configure the installer:
1. Copy the MakeHpClientMSI directory from the installation CD to your local hard drive.
The directory contains the following items:
• BinMa
keMsi (folder)
• NhpClientMSI (folder)
• NhpClientSourceMSI (folder)
• Make
nHpClientMSI.bat (batch file)
2. Navigate to the NhpClientSourceMSI folder in the installation directory you created.
3. Open variableInstallation.ini.
4. Mod
ify the following variables in the variableInstallation.ini file.
The
se changes are incorporated into the client’s notes.ini file when the installer is run.
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