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12. Desktop Plugins

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Activity Reminder in Connections Plugin

We're currently using the Activities Application in Connections to follow our actions. We'd love to be able to get an alarm or a notification in Lotus (Plugin), to remember us of an activity that need to be completed soon (let's say a week before...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

External email address can't be added while sharing file from IBM Connections Desktop plugin

In IBM Connections Desktop plugin, when we are sharing file externally and trying to add external email address then there is only option to search that email address in directory. However since this is an external email address, it can't be searc...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 2 Under Consideration

Notes Plugin for Connections Activities needs Community awareness

The Connections plugin for Notes misses in the Activities integration a critical feature. It's not "Community aware". Plugin cannot: Create a new activity in the context of a community Tasks created in a community activitiy (that is available when...
about 3 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Provide better Error Messages for Infected Files when using Windows Plugins

When using ICAP for virus scanning and uploading an infected file via the Windows Plugins for Connections, the file gets scanned and blocked correctly. However, the users just get the response that they are not allowed to upload the file. This is ...
over 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Make Limit for first load in Windows Explorer Plug-Ins configurable (default is 500)

The current versions of the Windows Explorer Plug-Ins initially load a maximum of 500 files in case a community or a user has more than this limit. Users request to have different settings and not to use „Get All“ by a right mouse click everything...
almost 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 4 Under Consideration

Desktop Plugins - ability to include/exclude certain file types when automatically locking upon open

The Desktop Plugins provide the ability to set file locking preferences. The following preference results in files being locked when they are opened: Always lock Connections files when opening and unlock when publishing changes. While this may be ...
over 1 year ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Hierarchical Display of Communities and Sub-Communities in Desktop Plugins

In Windows Explorer, communities and sub-communities are displayed at the same level and with the same icon. To find the right way around it would be very helpful to have a hierarchical view of communities and sub-communities in the Windows Deskto...
almost 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Explorer Desktop Plugin (Windows) - Add Column to show "local draft" in views

You already provide a right mouse click option to publish local drafts from the Windows Explorer. Unfortunately there is no property which shows the user which files have a local draft within this view (only accessible vie the tray icon at the ver...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Way to disable Desktop Plugin blank popup

CUSTOMER REPORT: We have a problem with the desktop plugin, if the user is offline and starts the computer, a popup will open for the webform based login, with the info that the page can not be loaded.Can this popup be disabled? Or automatically c...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Desktop Plugins: automatically clean up the registry entries before installing the newest version if any older version is already existing.

CHANGE REQUEST: Build something into a new version of the installer which automatically cleans up the registry entries before installing the newest version if any older version is already existing. REASON FOR CHANGE:Customer has had problems get...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 2 Under Consideration