Opening applications

Open applications from an IBM® Notes® link or button in an email message. Or, open them directly from IBM Client Application Access (ICAA).

About this task

Note:

You can open existing local mail archives in ICAA, but cannot create new archives.

Procedure

Open applications in the following ways:
  • Click a Notes link or button in an email message that you receive:
    • Document link: Notes document link icon
    • View link: Notes view link icon
    • Application link: Notes application link icon
  • From the ICAA home page, go to Recent Applications and click a link to an application you recently opened:
    An example of Recent Applications links
  • From the ICAA Workspace, double-click an application icon to open the application.
    An example of an application icon on the Workspace
    .
  • (Windows™ only) From ICAA, select File > Application > Open. Enter a server name (or keep local selected) and select an application to open.

Results

  • If you open a link or button from an email message and you use Chrome, you see the following message:
    Chrome External Protocol Request dialog
    To prevent this message in the future, select Remember my choice for all links of this type, and click Launch Application.
  • If IBM Notes or ICAA are not already running, you are prompted to log on to ICAA. After you log on, the application opens in ICAA.