Set up browser plugins for desktop integration

This section describes how to integrate desktop applications with Document Manager, which provides users the ability to create and edit documents using editing applications installed on their computer. To enable desktop integration, a broswer plugin must be configured and enabled.

 

Before you begin

Ensure that you meet the following criteria:

  • The browser plugin must be enabled for users to use desktop applications.

  • The browser must be configured for ActiveX and scripting in order to use desktop applications.

  • On Linux, a Java Applet is used to communicate with the client file system. This applet gives you the ability to edit files using your native editors, as well as to import multiple files and directories from the client file system. In order to run the applet, have a supported Java Runtime Environment installed on your browser. For installation instructions on Mozilla, visit...

    http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Java

    ...and follow the instructions to install the Java Runtime Environment.

    Once the Java Runtime Environment is recognized in the browser, be prompted to accept an IBM certificate when you first visit the edit or administrative import pages. You should choose to always accept this certificate for the applet to be able to read and copy files from your local machine. After you accept the certificate, you might need to refresh the page. The plugin attempts to read and write the files you are editing to the temporary directory defined in the java.io.tmpdir system property. Users need to have authority to create directories and files in that path (usually /tmp).

    Lastly, the plugin requires that KDE be installed and that the kfmclient be in the path. The kfmclient exec command is used to open files with the editors registered in KDE.

  • have authority to install applications on your desktop.

 

Set up the browser plugin

You can configure Document Manager to use editing applications other than Productivity Components as the default editors. Enabling the browser plugin allows a user to create and edit documents using applications installed on the desktop. The user can then download documents from Document Manager and work on them while logged out. After users have finished editing, they can log back in and upload the documents to the working document library. If you decide to disable Productivity Components as your the default editors, instruct users how to configure their browsers to automatically launch an editing program. If these configurations are not set on the user's machine, the browser prompts the user to save the file locally.

For step-by-step information about performing tasks related to the browser plugin, see the online help that is available from the portlet title bar.

Perform the following steps to configure the browser to automatically open an editor:

  1. Open <Java directory>/jre/lib/content-type.properties in a text editor.

  2. Add your editor's information using the following format: 

    application/vnd.editorname: \
      description=Your Editing Program's Name;\
      file_extensions=.fileextension

    For example, an entry for Lotus WordPro would look like the following: 

    application/vnd.lotus-wordpro: \
      description=Lotus WordPro Document; \
      file_extensions=.lwp

  3. Save your changes.

 

Related tasks

 

See also

Lotus Documentation | Trademarks |

 

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