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Loading your own plug-ins into Notes 8

Notes 8 is build using Lotus Expeditor which is an Eclipse RCP application. So theoretically you should be able to load your own plug-ins (which might not even be Notes related). Of course this is utterly not supported <g>. The functionality to point to an Eclipse Updates site is by default switched off. To switch it on locate this file:
<notes install dir>\framework\rcp\plugin_customization.ini

Add one line:
com.ibm.notes.branding/enable.update.ui=true

and restart the Notes client. You will get access to the standard Eclipse Update site dialog here:



It would be interesting to hear what plug-ins work (Azureus anyone)

Posted by Stephan H Wissel On 29/03/2007, Category Show-N-Tell Thursday | Permalink |      

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1 - It's not *supported*? But the Domino server is specifically architected to permit provisioning of plug-ins from Domino itself. So clearly there's SOMETHING supported there.

Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 04:01:31 On 03/30/2007 | - Website - |

2 - @Nathan: Not in the Beta. And "not supported" doesn't mean "does not work". It's just that you do that on your own risk.

Posted by Stephan H. Wissel At 13:50:56 On 03/30/2007 | - Website - |

3 - Thank you so much Stephan. Half an hour ago I thought if this might be possible, but didn't find any valuable information. Until now. Keep the good work up. Thanks again!

Posted by Markus Thielmann At 09:04:02 On 04/01/2007 | - Website - |

4 - IBM has posted several articles on how to do it. They show exactly how to get your new/existing plug-ins to work in Notes8 including how to setup Notes8 as the target platform for the Eclipse IDE. I think non Notes related apps are one of the killer features of the Notes8 client whether they integrate as composite apps or not.

Posted by Dan Sickles At 06:46:27 On 04/01/2007 | - Website - |

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