Notes.ini Entry


Name:
    iNotes_WA_DisableReuseChildWindows

Syntax
    iNotes_WA_DisableReuseChildWindows=0 / 1

Applies to:
    Servers - Domino Web Access clients

Add-on:

    First Release:
      6.5

    Obsolete since:
      8.5

    Category:
      DWA, iNotes, Obsolete

    Default:
      0

    UI equivalent:
      None to disable child windows globally. You can, however, enable this feature globally, which enforces it for all users.

    Description:
    By default, Domino Web Access users can set a preference to reuse child windows. If you do not want users to be able to set this preference, set this variable to 1. When set (enabled) the Reuse Child Windows user preference does not appear in the client preferences, and child windows are never reused.

    Valid Values are:

    0 - disabled - end users can set a preference to reuse child windows

    1 - enabled - the end user preference does not display

    Turn on the "Reuse child windows" functionality for Domino Web Access. When this feature is turned on, DWA caches and reuses parts of mail and calendar forms that don't change. The performance time is then improved for the most frequently used actions: reading and creating email messages and creating calendar entries.

    If you're still using an R6.x Domino server to host DWA, you can activate this function by adding this parameter to the server's Notes.ini:

    inotes_WA_ReuseChildWindows=1

    However, that parameter is now ignored by the Lotus Domino 7 server. By default, DWA users will be presented with a preference to turn the feature on.

    This can sometimes confuse people, since the wording is technical and probably not easily understood by the average user.

    Thank goodness, the functionality is now under the control of the Server Configuration Document, way down in the bottom right of the Domino Web Access section.

    Enabling this parameter in Server Configuration Documents forces all Domino Web Access 7 users to reuse child windows and get the performance gain. The only issue is that the option still appears in the DWA preferences section with the option grayed out so that the user can't change it, which might invite more help desk calls.

    To eliminate those pesky support calls about this option, add the following to the DWA7 server's Notes.ini:

    iNotes_WA_DisableReuseChildWindows=1

    When DWA users go to their preferences, the "Reuse child windows" option will be gone as shown below.

    The checkbox and the prompt are GONE! So are those callers, asking: "Hey, what's a child window? And how come I can't change that setting?"

    More importantly you'll be giving your users that promised performance boost.