Create Notes 8 environment

If you have installed all the necessary software from the previous session, you're ready for setting up the Lotus Notes development environment.

Abstract

• Install and configure Notes 8 VM JRE
• Install and configure Expeditor Toolkit
  

Start Eclipse Callisto

• Make a new workspace lotus-notes-dev
  (ex. ..\workspace\lotus-notes-dev)
• Close the welcome page
  (only shows the first time you open the workspace)

Configure the Lotus Notes 8 JRE

• Choose Window – Preferences – Java – Installed JREs.
• Click Add.
• In the Add JRE dialog:
  
  • Set JRE Type to Standard VM
  • Enter JRE Name as Notes 8 VM
  • Click Browse
  • Select the jre directory located at
    NOTES_INSTALL\framework\rcp\eclipse\plugins\
    com.ibm.rcp.j2se.win32.x86_1.5.0..\jre
  • Click Ok, to close the browse dialog
    

• Set the VM Arguments to -Xmx256M
  You do this to get more available memory, and thereby avoid Out of memory errors
  
• Click Ok, to close the Add JRE dialog
• Click Ok, to close the preference dialog

You are now ready to install and configure the Expeditor Toolkit.

Install and configure the Expeditor Toolkit

• Go to Help - Software Updates - Find and Install
• Select Search for new features to install
• Click Next
• Click New Local Site
• Select Expeditor Toolkit Install folder
  (ex. C:/lotus-dev/expeditor/Expeditor_Toolkit_install)
• Click Ok, to close the browse file dialog
  

• Click Ok, to close the Edit Local Site dialog
  
• Note: Check to see if the new entry expeditor/Expeditor_Toolkit_install is checked.
• Click Finish

Now that you have created the local update site you have to select the features that are needed for Lotus Notes.

• Expand desktop
  
• Select and Check Lotus Expeditor Toolkit 6.1.x_xxxxx feature
  
• Click Next
• Accept the license terms
• Click Next and verify the installation
• Click Finish
• If prompted for Feature Verification, just click Install All
• Select Yes to Restart
  

After restart, if this was the first time you restarted, you will be prompted with Test Environment Configuration Dialog. You will now have to make it look like this below.

If you're NOT prompted with this dialog, you can reach it via the preference page Client Services that Expeditor installed

• Set Test Environment to Lotus Notes 8
• Set Target Location to NOTES_INSTALL\framework\eclipse
  (If not already set)
• Set VM Name to Notes 8 VM
• Set Compiler Compliance Level to 1.5
  
• Click Ok

Conclusion
You're done. Congratulation you are now ready to test your installation with some samples.

What's Next?
Next you will complete task:

• Test Notes 8 Samples

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