How can I paste a URL (e.g. http://www.slashdot.org) in Lotus Notes
email so that it becomes active/clickable (clicking it should launch a
browser with the given URL)?
How can I paste a UNC (e.g. File:\\aMachine\aSharedFolder\aSharedDoc)
in Lotus Notes email so that it is active (clicking the link should
open up the folder in Windows Explorer or open correspoding
application)

If Lotus Notes does not have buint-in support to do these, I need a
script that can be launched from menu (e.g. a special command 'Paste
URL') that will paste clickable, active link in the email.

Both of these work in Microsoft Outlook...

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Request for Question Clarification by maniac-ga on 13 Oct 2004 15:53 PDT

Hello Aunko,

The first is certainly possible since I see that every day with my
preferences in Notes. I can answer that part in about 14 hours (when I
get back to a machine w/ the Notes client installed).

The second may be possible but not sure. Will check that at the same
time and see if a script can be written to do that.

Which version of the Notes client are you using / should the answer cover?

  --Maniac

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Clarification of Question by aunko-ga on 13 Oct 2004 17:12 PDT

Notes 6.5, but the solution should preferably work in at least the
previous version too

Hello Aunko,

What you describe is also possible in Lotus Notes in the following ways:

[1] Perhaps the easiest is to set the User Preferences as follows:

Use the menu
  File -> Preferences -> User Preferences
at this point, a window should appear with a scrolling list in the
middle. The third preference (on the system I tried) is titled
  "Make Internet URLs (http://...) into Hotspots"
Click on that line until a checkmark appears and save the preferences.

At this point when you are in "edit mode", both URL
  http://www.slashdot.org
and UNC
  file:\\d:
references will show up as hotspots (something you can click on) when
you go back to "read mode".

For example, I tested this with the following steps:
 a. confirm the preferences were set properly
 b. in the mail window, created a message (to myself) and pasted the
two examples (above) along with some other text and sent it.
 c. soon (after I refreshed the display), I had a message and both
references were underlined. Both would bring up the browser I had
configured to access those references.

There are sites on line that describe this including:
http://unlisnotes.unl.edu/help/help6_client.nsf/f4b82fbb75e942a6852566ac0037f284/747b3cc876a24a8585256c1c00381969?OpenDocument
a site that has the Notes version 6 client help file online. This
reference also describes the differences with the Mac client.

[2] You can also generate a hotspot using any anchor text, picture, or
button using the Create -> hotspot menu selection. There is a good
site at
  http://minerva.stkate.edu/ithelpguides.nsf/dir/URLlinkinaLotusNotesdocument
that describes this quite well. For both URL and UNC's, I would go
ahead and indicate they are a "URL Link Object" as described at that
site - I found that worked with both URL and UNC formatted references.

[3] Since you also asked about Notes functions / scripts, I also found
an interesting suggestion at
  http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=903951
Scroll down to find the use of @Command as a hotspot command. This may
allow you to basically run a separate application as a result of
clicking on the link.

There is however a note I found that may limit your ability to use
UNC's freely. See
http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci986489,00.html
for a technical description of a problem reported by a user w/ answer
explaining how you may need the server share mapped for this to work
properly. I thought the quote:
  "a good rule of thumb is that if you can get a directory listing
from an operating-system command prompt, the directory can be accessed
by Domino 6"
was particularly helpful.

With respect to Notes 5 client compatibility, I confirmed the steps
described in [1] and [2] both work in the Notes 5 client.

Search phrases included:
  lotus notes hotspot
  lotus notes hotspot unc
  lotus notes edit mode
  lotus notes read mode

If any part of this answer is unclear or you want some part described
more fully, please make a clarification request. I would be glad to
expand on the answer as needed.

  --Maniac