Lotus Notes Designer on Mac OS X - CrossOver Office Mac Beta
Following on from Ed's blog entry about running the beta version of the Lotus Notes Client today, I saw on SlashDot that CodeWeavers had released a beta version of their CrossOver Office Mac product.
I couldn't resist trying to get Notes R7 running under it, so here's what I've got so far.
1) CrossOver Installation
First, go to CodeWeavers, and download the dmg image.
Copy the CrossOver application folder to your Application folder, and launch the program.
The first thing it will do is ask you to insert you Mac OS X Install Disc 1. This is so that it can install the quartz-wm package. This is so that CrossOver can make the Windows apps look like OS X apps.
Once this is complete, you're ready to install the application!
2) Notes Client Installation
From the CrossOver application menu, select install software.
Click the Install Unsupported Software
Ignore the warning about your computer spontaneously exploding.
Select the Choose Installer File... option, and click Install...
Watch in amazement as the Notes install launches. On my MacBook 2.0Ghz (2GB RAM) it launched in less than 20 seconds.
Go through the normal Notes install process.
Once the Notes Client has finished installing, CrossOver will simulate a Windows reboot to finalise the configuration.
Moment of truth!
You'll now be presented with a folder, with all your Notes icons in.
3) First Launch
Now, I have to say at this point that trying to go through the normal client setup crashed. So, I copied my existing files (notes.ini, user.id, desktop*.nsf) to
~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/win2000/drive_c/Program Files/Lotus/Notes/data
When I relaunched Notes, it prompted me for my password, straight away!
Can you spot the problem?
There may be a fix, but I haven't look yet.
Of course, the real reason for trying this was to bring the Notes Development client to the Mac. Here's what I got.
Yep, that's the form designer, showing the Account Form of the Personal Address Book!
I still spend most of day in LotusScript, so I was more interested in how the agent code would appear.
Even the InfoBox works!
All in all, a very impressive first step!
SnTT | show-n-tell thursday | Lotus Domino | Lotus Notes |
I couldn't resist trying to get Notes R7 running under it, so here's what I've got so far.
1) CrossOver Installation
First, go to CodeWeavers, and download the dmg image.
Copy the CrossOver application folder to your Application folder, and launch the program.
The first thing it will do is ask you to insert you Mac OS X Install Disc 1. This is so that it can install the quartz-wm package. This is so that CrossOver can make the Windows apps look like OS X apps.
Once this is complete, you're ready to install the application!
2) Notes Client Installation
From the CrossOver application menu, select install software.
Click the Install Unsupported Software
Ignore the warning about your computer spontaneously exploding.
Select the Choose Installer File... option, and click Install...
Watch in amazement as the Notes install launches. On my MacBook 2.0Ghz (2GB RAM) it launched in less than 20 seconds.
Go through the normal Notes install process.
Once the Notes Client has finished installing, CrossOver will simulate a Windows reboot to finalise the configuration.
Moment of truth!
You'll now be presented with a folder, with all your Notes icons in.
3) First Launch
Now, I have to say at this point that trying to go through the normal client setup crashed. So, I copied my existing files (notes.ini, user.id, desktop*.nsf) to
~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/win2000/drive_c/Program Files/Lotus/Notes/data
When I relaunched Notes, it prompted me for my password, straight away!
Can you spot the problem?
There may be a fix, but I haven't look yet.
Of course, the real reason for trying this was to bring the Notes Development client to the Mac. Here's what I got.
Yep, that's the form designer, showing the Account Form of the Personal Address Book!
I still spend most of day in LotusScript, so I was more interested in how the agent code would appear.
Even the InfoBox works!
All in all, a very impressive first step!
SnTT | show-n-tell thursday | Lotus Domino | Lotus Notes |
posted by Steve A at 7:44 AM
1 Comments:
Love it. That's fucking fantastic.
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