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12. Desktop Plugins

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Allow direct download of desktop plug-in (not via Flexnet)

Nowadays users can download desktop plug-ins only via HCL Flexnet - which nobody manages to do so. Even many adminisrators have troubles to download files from Flexnet and update download links in Connections (My Drive page) regularly. Therefore u...
over 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

From the connections desktop plugin save file directly in shared folder

Now it's only possible to save file in you own folders or communities. Our users wanted also save files in shared folders from colleagues.
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

Windows Desktop Plugin should be able to search through every Connections folder with the search function

Currently it is only possible to search within the currently opened folder. The users expect that the search function checks the entire hierarchy instead of one folder. This is the way Windows is doing it so the users expect the same behavior from...
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Access multiple accounts in the Connections Notes Plugin

I'm requesting the ability to connect to more than one account within the Connections Notes plugin, for example, an on-prem account and a Cloud account. This is already available in the Connections Desktop plugin.
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

Enable "Edit on Desktop" for all file types and not only for these with the ability to be edited in Docs

Please extend the option given by the option "enable round trip edit in the highway service /connections/config/connections/config/highway.main.settings.tiles" to chose to edit a file on the local device by launching it trough the Desktop PlugIns ...
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files / 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

The Desktop Plugin login page pops up when Microsoft Office Application is oppened, even though user don't have an intention to use plugin ATM

When user opens one of Microsoft Office Applications the Desktop Plugin login page pops up even though user don't have an intention to use plugin ATM and does not have a session - so user must login, otherwise the login page keeps popping up. Woul...
about 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 2 Under Consideration

Windows Desktop plugin file search option

When using the desktop plugin integration from Windows File explorer and try to search for a file in Connections files you can only use this form of search sentence : PartOfFilename* and not *artOfFilename* to find files. When you use the search i...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

Connections Desktop Plug-In for Microsoft Windows - allow viewing Community Files from Excel, Powerpoint, Word - "Open"

Using the Connections Desktop Plug-In for Microsoft Windows allows working with Files, e.g. from the File Component as well as Files within a Community. When the user has opened Excel, Powerpoint or Word and he will open a new file from the File -...
about 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Support for folder structures in IBM Notes/Connections "Files" sidebar plug-in

In IBM Notes, there is a Connections integration. In the Notes client, there is a sidebar plug-in for Connections "Files". The files that are being synced is just a flat list of files. We would like to get support for folder structures in the "Fil...
over 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Already Exists

Ability to configure default view in Connections Desktop Plug-in

When going to My files in the Connectons desktop plugin, we default to the Tiles view. You can change to the list, details, content etc. views. However, this is not presevered ... so you have to change the view everytime. In Windows Explorer, you ...
over 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration