Help? ND 6.5 mail template design opening on web... only iNotes?
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Hopefully someone can educate me, as it was a very stressful afternoon... :)
I have a mail-in database based on the old R5 mail template that has some custom forms and such. Part of the group uses the Notes client to manage the emails and suggestion forms that come in, and the people who submit suggestions use the browser. The application is set up on the web to launch a frameset with a single frame showing a custom form. Basic information is collected, the submit is clicked, the form is saved, and the browser window closes. The rest of the mail file is never accessed via the web.
Now they want to update the design of the template to the ND6.5 look and feel. I applied the ND6.5 mail template, figured out the custom forms and such, and everything looked OK via the Notes client. And basically that's the only way I ever use it. What we *forgot* to test (I overlooked it as I have never done much with it) is how it launches on the browser. When we applied the update, the app now tries to launch the iNotes template stuff...
Not good, and we backed out to the original...
I have the Web launch options set to launch the same frameset containing the custom form, but everything I do seems to have no effect. It still wants to head off to iNotes-land...
What am I missing?
Is it impossible to have an ND6.5 mail template-based database launch to anything other than the iNotes stuff on the web?
I keep thinking "This is a freaking MAIL template! Why can't I get it to launch as required?"
help!
Hopefully someone can educate me, as it was a very stressful afternoon... :)
I have a mail-in database based on the old R5 mail template that has some custom forms and such. Part of the group uses the Notes client to manage the emails and suggestion forms that come in, and the people who submit suggestions use the browser. The application is set up on the web to launch a frameset with a single frame showing a custom form. Basic information is collected, the submit is clicked, the form is saved, and the browser window closes. The rest of the mail file is never accessed via the web.
Now they want to update the design of the template to the ND6.5 look and feel. I applied the ND6.5 mail template, figured out the custom forms and such, and everything looked OK via the Notes client. And basically that's the only way I ever use it. What we *forgot* to test (I overlooked it as I have never done much with it) is how it launches on the browser. When we applied the update, the app now tries to launch the iNotes template stuff...
Not good, and we backed out to the original...
I have the Web launch options set to launch the same frameset containing the custom form, but everything I do seems to have no effect. It still wants to head off to iNotes-land...
What am I missing?
Is it impossible to have an ND6.5 mail template-based database launch to anything other than the iNotes stuff on the web?
I keep thinking "This is a freaking MAIL template! Why can't I get it to launch as required?"
help!
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Posted by Duffbert At 07:57:56 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |
Posted by Ted At 11:47:09 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |
Just change the end of the url to include the above.
Posted by Declan Lynch At 17:55:07 On 27/09/2005 | - Website - |
And Bruce? I'll make sure the "pimp" gets some sort of recognition...
Posted by Duffbert At 09:56:07 On 30/09/2005 | - Website - |
Posted by Vince Schuurman At 12:19:28 On 29/09/2005 | - Website - |
Posted by Duffbert At 12:13:33 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |
Make sure you first talk to his pimp
Posted by Bruce Elgort At 21:19:52 On 29/09/2005 | - Website - |
You need to break the spell that iNotes intercepts otherwise you are stuck with the &ui= as long as it is a iNotes enabled template. You might get away by removing the iNotes stuff from the design and tell the database (in properties) that it is not a mail file (doesn't harm the mail-in function). I remember (but I couldn't find it) a technote on support.lotus.com that explains what makes a database iNotes aware.
Hth
Posted by Stephan H. Wissel At 00:45:55 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |
I bet one of these is responsible for the iNotes UI.
Think I'll look into that one (if I can find the time)
Posted by Vince Schuurman At 11:18:10 On 29/09/2005 | - Website - |
Posted by Duffbert At 13:03:43 On 29/09/2005 | - Website - |
Right now, http://server/dir/app.nsf launches the custom form in the frameset (single frame). The user fills in their employee number, and the form refreshes with their employee info. They then put in their question/suggestion, and the submit button saves the doc in the database and closes the window. The user on the web side never knows it's a mail-in database (nor do they care)...
Am I stuck with a ui= parameter on a Notes mail template?
Posted by Duffbert At 18:08:00 On 27/09/2005 | - Website - |
$WebHybridDb
http://blog.vinceschuurman.com/home/ndt4.nsf/(lublogcontent)/200509292015
Posted by Vince Schuurman At 04:14:58 On 30/09/2005 | - Website - |
Posted by Bas At 07:17:45 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |
Interesting...
Posted by Duffbert At 11:58:36 On 29/09/2005 | - Website - |
Bruce
Posted by Bruce Elgort At 17:10:49 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |
Posted by Richard Schwartz At 22:00:56 On 28/09/2005 | - Website - |