Setup guide

IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 Release Notes About this release
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A click-to-dial feature embedded in the chat window, when a Telephony extension is installed with
the Sametime server
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Print from the chat window
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See a message when a chat partner leaves a chat
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Instant image screen capture
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Send images and text combined in the same Send line
Chat history
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Users have the option to automatically, manually, or not save a chat
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Chat history is saved locally, and chat transcripts can be retrieved from a new "Inbox"-style UI
Extensibility
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Please see the available Lotus Sametime 7.5 Software Development Kit for additional information
about client extensibility
Contact list overview
The format of the contact list is new for Sametime7.5, and the list is stored in a location on the server
seperate from the previous version of the contact list used by older clients. The first time a user logs into
a Sametime server with Sametime 7.5, if the user has a "classic" contact list from an older client, it is
retrieved and converted into the Sametime 7.5 format. From this point forward, the user can re-import the
classic contact list at any time, by using the 'Import Contact List From Server' option located in the "File"
menu; this always imports the classic contact list, not the Sametime 7.5 contact list. Note that the
Sametime 7.5 contact list need not be imported since it is pulled from the server automatically each time
the user logs in.
Remote and local contact list
The contact list is stored in an XML format both locally on the client machine and remotely on the server;
the two copies are kept in synch with each other. When the client is launched, the local contact list is
parsed. After the user logs in, the remote contact list is retrieved and the timestamps of the local and
remote lists are compared. If the server list is found to be more recent than the local list, a dialog allows
the user to keep the local list, replace the local list with the remote copy, or merge the two together.
The local contact list is located in a file in the user workspace. A typical location of the file on a Windows
machine is:
<user.home>/Application
Data/Sametime/.metadata/.plugins/com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.imhub/buddylist.xml
Saving and exporting the contact list
The contact list is saved automatically in response to contact list activity. Creation, deletion, and update
events performed on users or groups in the contact list trigger a save of the contact list, both locally and
remotely.
The contact list can be exported manually to a file in the Sametime 7.5 format by selecting the File menu
option 'Export Contact List To Sametime 7.5 file'.
The contact list can also be exported into the classic contact list format by selecting the File menu option
'Export Contact List to Community File'. The export processes only users and public groups that pertain
to the selected community, since previous version of the contact list support only a single community.
The exported ".dat" file can then be imported by previous Sametime clients.
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