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IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 8 Release Notes
Lotus Notes
Mail Letterheads and upgrading from previous releases of Notes
In Lotus Notes 8 Beta, the Mail Memo (and Reply) forms have a new 'look and feel'. There are also a
number of new and redesigned letterheads. In the next release, there will be more redesigned
letterheads and some new ones as well.
There are a few caveats pertaining to letterheads:
1. Your old letterhead graphic is still part of the template; it will still display in the redesigned forms. The
old letterhead design is wider than the new designs, however, and the picture may appear truncated in
the Memo header. The only workaround at this time is to choose a different letterhead via Preferences.
2. If you save Preferences for any reason and had previously chosen a letterhead that is not included on
the redesigned list above, the letterhead image that displays in the Memo form will change to the
"Envelope" image. You will not be able to use your previously-chosen letterhead until a future release,
and then only if it is on the list of those to be redesigned.
3. If you choose to use one of the new letterheads, if the recipient of your e-mail is still using a mail
template from a previous release, the letterhead area will appear blank.
Lotus Notes, Domino Designer, Domino Server
Notes/Domino 8 upgrade to JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.5
IMPORTANT: The JavaCompilerTarget=1.5 INI setting is required to take advantage of new language
features in JDK 1.5, but may reduce the backwards compatibility of agents .
Syntax: JavaCompilerTarget=1.5
Example: JavaCompilerTarget=1.5
Description:
This release note refers to the Notes/Domino 8 upgrade to JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.5. This
upgrade enhances the Java language with new features, described below. (Note: In the following
text, we refer to JDK 1.5, which is also known as JDK 1.5.0 and JDK 5.0.)
By default, Notes/Domino 8 utilizes JDK 1.5 to compile and run agents, but it limits language features
to maintain backwards compatibility through JDK 1.2.
Developers who wish to use JDK 1.5-specific features within their agents must override the default
behavior. To override the default behavior, developers must specify the JavaCompilerTarget=1.5 INI
setting. It is important to note that enabling 1.5-specific language features via this setting prevents
compiled agents from running on Notes/Domino installations prior to 8.0 (and, more generally, JVMs
prior to 1.5), regardless of whether the new language features are actually used in the agent's code.
Enabling the JDK 1.5 language features via this INI setting therefore introduces the possibility of
having an agent recompiled, replicated to a non-JDK-1.5 server, and then fail to run. Additionally,
problems can arise editing and saving agents compiled with JavaCompilerTarget=1.5 in
Notes/Domino installations without the INI.
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