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    How to turn on the File - Application - Install menu item in Notes

    Mary Beth Raven  January 29 2010 09:21:31 AM
    If you want your users to be able to install Eclipse-based plug-ins, you have several ways to allow them to do this.
    1. Turn on the "Install" menu item
    2. Use a widget Catalog to deploy the plug-ins.

    Today's post is about how to turn on the "Install" menu item.
    To enable File > Application > Install, add com.ibm.notes.branding/enable.update.ui=true  into the plugin_customization.ini in the Notes folder\framework\rcp      
    This tip applies to Notes 8 and any version above.

    This screenshot shows where the menu item appears in the Notes client:
    Image:How to turn on the File - Application - Install menu item in Notes

    This menu item launches the Eclipse set of dialogs for adding plug-ins. The UI is a little on the geeky side (we're using the same set of dialogs that the Applications devs who use Eclipse use, )