#Lotus notes client setup local folder update#

This is out of the scope of this article, but we may explore this is a future post.

#Lotus notes client setup local folder update#

There are techniques to allow you to update private folders (provides these are server private) such as those used in the mail template.

Private-on-first-use folders are a different matter altogether, as getting a user to delete and re-generate their private folders would mean losing all folder contents. In order to get an updated version of a private-on-first-use view, the user would need to delete their private version of the design and open the private-on-first use view again. So if you add a new column to a view of this sort, current users wonвЂ™t obtain the changes. ItвЂ™s important to be aware that, after a user saves a private-on-first-use view or folder, the userвЂ™s copy of the design no longer inherits design changes. Aside from workarounds with embedded views, these private-on-first-use designs offer the only methods for getting a view or folder to display personalized information (e.g. These designs will typically make use of the command to customize the display for users. These designs can be a handy way to distribute personalized views and folders to multiple users. вЂPrivate on first useвЂ™ views or folders are initially вЂsharedвЂ™ but become вЂprivateвЂ™ as soon as a user accesses and saves them. Private views and folders are not available on the Web. TheyвЂ™re designed to allow users to organize documents in a way that suits their own specific needs. вЂPrivateвЂ™ views or folders are either created in the database itself (server private) or a userвЂ™s desktop (desktop private).

Views and folders can be either shared (public), private, or something call вЂprivate on first use.вЂ™