USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION
Assigning a NOTES.INi variable and value to push to users
Do the following to push a notes.ini variable and value pair to a Notes user. The user's local NOTES.INI file is updated when policy refresh occurs.
1. Using the Notes or Administrator client, open the Domino Directory (names.nsf) on the Domino server.
2. Click the People & Groups tab and open the Settings view.
3. Click Add Settings, open the Desktop Settings dialog and open the Custom Settings tab.
4. Click Notes.ini.
5. Click Edit List to open a panel that enables you to create a NOTES.INI variable name and value pair.
7. In the Value field, specify the NOTES.INI value to associate with the variable name.
8. Click Add/Modify Value.
9. Click OK and Save & Exit.
Assigning a location variable and value to push to users
Use the following procedure to push a new or existing location name and value pair to a Notes client user using desktop policy. The user's local location document is updated when policy refresh occurs.
Note You cannot create or remove actual locations but you can set name/value pairs that apply to all locations.
4. Click Locations.
5. Click Edit List to open a panel that enables you to create a Locations name and value pair.
6. In the Item field, specify a location name.
7. In the Value field, specify the location value to associate with the location name.
Alternative: Creating a NOTES.INI setting or Location document setting using Domino Designer
Alternatively, you can use IBM® Lotus® Domino® Designer to add a new field to the desktop policy settings document to assign a NOTES.INI value. The new field must be named $PrefVariableName, where VariableName is the name of the NOTES.INI variable you want to set. In the new field on the desktop policy settings document, enter the value you want assigned to that NOTES.INI variable. That is the value that is set in the NOTES.INI for the assigned Notes users.
Note You can use the procedure described here to assign NOTES.INI settings and Location settings to Notes client users and groups or you can use the desktop policy settings document - Custom Settings - Notes.ini or Locations tab.
For example, assume that you want to use a policy settings document to add a font size setting of 5 to your NOTES.INI file. To change the font setting, do the following:
1. From the Domino Designer, open the desktop policy settings document form.
2. Create a new field named $PrefDisplay_font_adjustment.
3. Assign a value of 5 to the field $PrefDisplay_font_adjustment.
4. Save and exit.
To set a Location document setting using a policy document, add a new field to the desktop policy settings document. The new field must be named LocAllVariableName, where VariableName is the name of the fields you are setting in the Location documents. In the new field on the policy settings document, enter the value you want assigned to that Location document field. That is the value that is then assigned to all of the users' Location documents.
These new values are set on the assigned users' clients the next time they authenticate with their home server.
Note Some settings require that the Notes client be restarted in order for the settings to take affect.
For related information, see Domino Designer documentation.
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