APPLICATION DESIGN


Enabling a column for instant messaging
You can enable a column in a view of an IBM® Lotus® Notes® application so that the names of Lotus Sametime users listed in the column display their online status and are available to the user for chats. For an example of this, see the Inbox folder of the Notes mail template.

This feature is not supported in Web applications.

1. Create a column and assign it the Names style on the Advanced Format tab of the Column Properties box.

2. Check the options for "Column contains a name" and "Show online status."

3. Enter a column formula that evaluates to a name in the abbreviated form of the full hierarchical name -- for example, Jill Patton/ACME/US. This name is required as a look-up value to retrieve a user's instant messaging status.

Note Online status only displays for a single name displayed in a column. You can define a field to accept multiple values, but if more than one name displays in a column, status icons do not display.

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