03 Troubleshooting
Client, Designer
OLE issues
The following items are known issues when using OLE (object linking and embedding) in the Notes client and Domino Designer client.
- Deactivating an embedded OLE object causes the history currently associated with the Notes back arrow to be erased. Backward navigation is not possible with the back arrow until a new history is established.
- Pressing the ESC key after entering data in a new OLE object may prevent data from appearing in the OLE object, because some OLE objects, such as 1-2-3, WordPro, Word Pad, and Excel, interpret the ESC keystroke as data.
- Setting the "Size object to window" property of an embedded Lotus 1-2-3 workbook is not supported by Lotus 1-2-3 97. Activating the workbook object in edit mode causes the object to zoom in and any column or row headings are not displayed. Upgrade to Lotus 1-2-3 Release 9 (Millennium Edition), which supports this property.
- Two new R5 keyboard shortcut keys could conflict with OLE objects. In R5, you can now use Alt-W to access task buttons and Alt-B to access bookmarks. If you want to use a keyboard shortcut key for a Bitmap Image, press Alt-B-B. If you want to use a keyboard shortcut key for a Lotus 1-2-3 Workbook, press Alt-W-W.
- Saving a document with an embedded Adobe Acrobat 3.01 or 4.0 OLE object in it may cause Notes to crash. You can work around this issue by disabling NotesFX on your form. Open your form in the Notes Designer, choose Design->Form Properties, and then select Disable Field Exchange. Close and save your form. Adobe is aware of this issue and it has been addressed in Adobe Acrobat 4.05a.
- You may experience hanging when creating/editing OLE objects in Notes while using the Windows 2000 terminal server. There is a workaround to this issue, you need to disable Notes/FX on the actual form. Edit your form using Domino Designer, select Design, Form Properties, then deselect Disable Field Exchange under Options, then save and close the form. Since the Windows 2000 terminal server allows multiple Notes users to operate at once you end up with multiple notes.ini files which can cause some applications to hang during OLE because these applications may have difficulty finding the correct notes.ini during your terminal session. Disabling Notes/FX eliminates the need for these applications to find the correct notes.ini file.
- The Microsoft Music Control object is not supported by Notes/Domino and causes a crash when added to a form or document.