Track 3 Session 5. IBM Notes Browser Plug-in:Leverage your IBM Notes Application investment in a Browser. Stefan Neth

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1 Track 3 Session 5 IBM Notes Browser Plug-in:Leverage your IBM Notes Application investment in a Browser Stefan Neth stefan.neth@de.ibm.com IBM Collaboration Solutions Client Technical Specialist 1

2 Please Note IBM s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon many factors, including considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user s job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve results similar to those stated here. 2

3 Agenda Why IBM Notes Browser Plug-in? Goals of IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Packaging & Installation Customizing Notes Browser Plug-in What we are working on Future Possibilities 3

4 Why IBM Notes Browser Plug-in? 4

5 What majority of Notes/Domino customers have Notes Client (Basic or Std) Large number of Custom Notes/Domino applications Domino based mail Custom Applications Notes Client LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF NSF Storage Local or Remote 5

6 Where the customers would like to move to Browser Based environment 6

7 What Customers have been using to work around Use IBM inotes or IBM Notes web (SmartCloud) for Mail Migrate critical applications to Xpages Install Notes Client for remaining Notes/Domino Applications * requires a context switch between mail & applications 7

8 8 IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Helping migrate your Notes environment to browser based.

9 Goals : IBM Notes Browser Plug-in 9

10 Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser What is it? Supported Platforms & Components Easier installation & upgrade 10

11 Benefits of Notes Browser Plug-in Extends the availability of Notes/Domino application from a browser. Leverage IBM inotes for accessing your mail Integration with IBM inotes from IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Continue to leverage your investment in Domino applications No modifications required to use your existing applications inside a Web Browser Continuation of the same user interface & workflow Support for workflow involving mail No context switching between browser & Notes Client. Enables standardization of web browser as primary access point for all business applications 11

12 Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser What is it? Supported Platforms & Components Easier installation & upgrade 12

13 Functionality Supported Welcome page supporting Links to Most recently used applications for easy access Link to access Notes workspace Notes Workspace Notes Replicator Notes Bookmarks migrated to Browser's favorites Toolbar, Statusbar, Infobox Entire application logic lotusscript, formula language All the design elements Forms, views, 13

14 IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Homepage Tips Links to most recently used applications 14

15 Notes application in the browser Notes Menus Notes Toolbar inotes Access Notes Application Area Notes Statusbar 15

16 16 DEMO

17 Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser What is it? Supported Platforms & Components Easier installation & upgrade 17

18 What is it? Components of the Notes Browser Plug-in: Small subset of Notes Components (only what s required to run custom app) Encapsulated in the browser using plug-in components IPC mechanism for communication between these 2 components Your application logic Encapsulated in browser plug-in Standard installer or managed deployment options. NO support for Notes Mail (recommend using inotes or Notes web) Workflow applications using back-end mail functionality will continue to work Access to applications via browser bookmarks (migration of existing Notes bookmarks) document/view/application link in documents Support for Notes URL's in the browser. 18

19 Summary of functionality Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7, 8 Citrix Supported Browsers Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 & 11 Firefox 24 ESR, 19

20 Summary of functionality Base Level Functionality Unless otherwise explicitly stated, only features available in Basic Client will be available Existing Customer's Notes Application to work unchanged User interface components like Frameset, Views, document, action bar within the application, and the scripts (DB/view/document) will work as in Notes. Application (Notes content) is shown in it's own browser tab Notes Toolbar (continue to support customer toolbar icons) Top-level menus & Context Menus (right-click) Notes Status Bar 20

21 Summary of functionality Additional Functionality Migration of Notes bookmarks to Browser Favorite bookmarks Leverage browser s bookmarking feature Access to Local or Server Replica and databases Support for Roaming Users Desktop Policies Replication Operations to be passed to inotes Co-existence with Notes Standard Client Plug-in Installed as part of standard client install Cannot be run at the same time Continued availability of NSD for serviceability 21

22 Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser Smaller package size Easier installation & upgrade 22

23 Notes Browser Plug-in : Installation & Setup Goals Keep the Installation Package to a minimum Keep the installation as simple as possible Minimum number of options Multi-user Ensure we handle existing installation & data Data migration MUMA (Multi-user migration Agent integration) Setup to be simple 23

24 Summary of functionality Browser Plug-in stand-alone Install Package - use this if you only want NBP with inotes or Notes web - removes any other Notes client from the system. Min Package ~ 65MB Max Package ~ 125MB (includes JVM & Viewers) OR Can also be installed as part of Notes Standard Client install Plug-in is installed & registered for both Firefox & Internet Explorer. Bookmarks migration/synchronization upon 1 st user launch 24

25 Customizing IBM Notes Browser Plug-in 25

26 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Browser Extension Extending the web browser's functionality Browser Extension allows to add functionality to web browser and enhance the user interface in web browser. Add toolbar buttons & custom search bar in web browser Modify html content in a specific web page Add custom URL protocol like notes://, skype: etc. Browser Extension is browser dependant. For Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Extension. For MSIE, Browser Helper Object (BHO) You can modify Notes Browser Plug-in UI by creating your own Browser Extension. 26

27 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Mozilla Extension - Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Extension Mozilla version of Browser Extension. Allows to add new functionality to Mozilla applications such as Firefox, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird. Script based. XUL (XML UI Language) and JavaScript supported. Dev Environment can be one of the followings: Your text editor Add-on Builder (online) Add-on SDK (for desktop)

28 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Browser Helper Object - Browser Extension for Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object (BHO) Microsoft version of Browser Extension Allows to add new functionality to Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. C++ / ATL / COM based Dev Environment: Microsoft Visual Studio (or Microsot Visual C++)

29 Inside Notes Browser Plug-in Notes Browser Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox Notes Browser Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox NotesContent.html embeds Notes native control in browser Notes Browser Plug-in (Mozilla Extension) C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\mozilla 29

30 Inside Notes Browser Plug-in Notes Browser Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox Notes Browser Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox Built as a Mozilla Extension. Location: C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\mozilla NotesContent.html npntapi.dll Embeds Notes NPAPI Plug-in and shows Notes UI in the html. Notes NPAPI plug-in. reparents Notes native control. * NPAPI plug-in displays native controls in <embed> or <object> element in html. Adobe Flash Plug-in displays Flash control in html Java Applet viewer Plug-in displays Java Applet in html 30

31 Inside Notes Browser Plug-in Notes Browser Plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer Notes Browser Plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer NotesContent.html embeds Notes native control in browser Notes Browser Plug-in (MSIE version) C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\msie 31

32 Inside Notes Browser Plug-in Notes Browser Plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer Notes Browser Plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer Built as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) Location: C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\msie NotesContent.html npntapi.dll nnpapirt.dll nnotebho.dll Embeds Notes NPAPI Plug-in and shows Notes UI in the html. Notes NPAPI plug-in. reparents Notes native control. NPAPI Runtime engine. runs Notes NPAPI plug-in on Internet Explorer. Notes BHO. implements notes: url, activate tab, and save confirmation dialog so on. 32

33 Inside Notes Browser Plug-in NotesContent.html 33 NotesContent.html embeds Notes native control using <embed> or <object> element. MSIE version: C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\msie\NotesContent.html Mozilla Firefox version: C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\mozilla\chrome\content\NotesContent.html <!doctype html> <html>... <body id="body" style="margin:0;" onload="javascript:create()"> <embed style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;bottom:0;width:100%;" id="plugin" type="application/x-notes-control"/>... <embed> element embeds Notes NAPI Plug-in, and displays Notes native control.

34 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Customizing Notes Browser Plug-in How can we customize Notes Browser Plug-in UI? Don't modify / Edit NotesContent.html Do create your own Browser Extension 34

35 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Example - Banner Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox Banner Browser Extension Mozilla Extension based adds Banner in Notes Browser Plug-in UI without modifying Notes Browser Plug-in. Banner area Notes control 35

36 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Sample - Banner Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox How Banner Browser Extension works internally: 1) Banner Browser Extension tracks every web page's open event. 2) When Notes URL is opened, Banner Browser Extension accesses to the web page and inserts <img> element in Notes Browser Plugin's NotesContent.html dynamically. Inserts Banner area in NotesContent.html using DOM API Banner Browser Extension Creates NotesContent.html Notes Browser Plug-in 36

37 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Sample - Banner Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox Banner Browser Extension File Structure: banner directory chrome.manifest describes a package and maps its location on disk to a chrome URL. install.rdf is used for Firefox to load Banner Browser Extension

38 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Sample - Banner Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox Banner Browser Extension File Structure: banner/chrome/content directory images dir stores banner.png browseroverlay.js tracks every page's document open event. browseroverlay.xul inserts browseroverlay.js in every browser's tab. 38

39 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Example - Banner Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox Banner Browser Extension File Structure: browseroverlay.js onpageload : function(event) { if (event.originaltarget instanceof HTMLDocument) { var doc = event.originaltarget; var win = doc.defaultview; var url = win.location.href.tolowercase(); BrowserOverlay.js inserts banner image in the opened Notes page } if (url.indexof("notes:") == 0) { var img = createbannerimage(); var embed = doc.getelementsbytagname("embed")[0]; resize_embed_element(embed); doc.body.insertbefore(img, embed); } } 39

40 Notes Browser Plug-in: Customization Example - Banner Browser Extension for Mozilla Firefox Installing Banner Browser Extension On Firefox, Installing the browser extension is easy. 1) Zip banner directory 2) Rename to banner.xpi 3) DnD to Firefox to install banner.xpi 40

41 What we are working on & Future possibilities 41

42 A companion for Notes web Leverage Notes Browser Plug-in for rapidly provide functionality not available in Notes web Local Archiving Notes Client provides extensive archiving functionality missing from Notes web Leverage Notes Browser Plug-in & it's integration with Notes web to provide this missing functionality to Notes web Offline Mail Access Leverage MMR Managed Mail Replica User can work on local replica with changes getting replicated with the help of Notes Browser Plug-in 42

43 Additional things we are investigating Other Platform Support Supporting more browsers More integration with IBM inotes, IBM Notes web 43

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