Assigning NOTES.INI or location document settings using a desktop policy

Assign custom NOTES.INI settings or Locations settings using the Custom Settings tab of the Desktop Settings document.

About this task

You can use a desktop policy settings document to add or set NOTES.INI variables for Notes® client users. You can also use desktop policy settings documents to set field values in location documents for individual clients; this assigning is also called "pushing" values down to clients.

Location documents contain communication and location-specific settings for use with the Domino® administrator. Six Location documents are created by default when you install the Notes® client. You can edit any of these documents at any time in order to add or modify server names, phone numbers, and other connection information that may vary by location.

Assigning a NOTES.INI variable and value to push to users

About this task

Do the following to push NOTES.INI variable and value pair to a Notes® user. The user's local NOTES.INI file is updated when policy refresh occurs.

Procedure

  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.
    Note: Use this method to create and define a new NOTES.INI variable or to specify the value of an existing NOTES.INI variable.
  6. In the Item field, specify a NOTES.INI variable name.
  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.
    Note: To remove a known NOTES.INI variable name/value pair, specify the applicable name pair in the Item and Value fields and click Remove.

Results

The value pair is pushed to overwrite any other previously set value for the named Item (NOTES.INI setting variable) value.

What to do next

If you use hierarchical policy structures (parent and child), also enable the Enforce option.

Assigning a location variable and value to push to users

About this task

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.

Procedure

  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 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.
  8. Click Add/Modify Value.
  9. Click OK and Save & Exit.
    Note: To remove a known location name/value pair, specify the applicable name pair in the Item and Value fields and click Remove.

Results

The value pair is pushed to overwrite any other previously set value for the named Item (NOTES.INI setting variable) value.

What to do next

If you use hierarchical policy structures (parent and child), also enable the Enforce option.