Hello,

There are various ways of integrating MapX with Lotus Notes.  It really
depends on your desired application, but here are a few scenarios:

1)  You can drop an OCX onto a Lotus Notes form, in this case this would be
MapX.  You can have various form actions, written in LotusScript that can
make calls to manipulate MapX.  I haven't worked with this since Notes 4.0,
but there were some problems with Lotus Notes as a container that caused
them to behave erratically.


2)  You can use LotusScript to instantiate a MapX instance during the
loading of a form, or some other action.  It can be manipulated the same
way as described in 1, but it seemed to be more reliable then putting it
right on a form during design phase.

3)  You can write a VB app, or C++, whatever you want to use, which uses
MapX to display points on the fly from a Lotus Notes database.  I've
written a MapXtreme application (the MapInfo International Reseller Locator
found at
http://www.mapinfo.com/partners_and_alliances/reseller_locator/index.html),
which pulls information dynamically from Lotus and displays a map.

I've done development in Lotus Notes before, and I have to warn you that
their developer support and the complexity and instability of their
environment has been very problematic.

If you want to get at an old MapX/Lotus Notes sample, you can find one at
http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/mapx.  Click on the MapX samples, and the
category for Lotus Notes.

I hope this helps,
Kim Gerg
MapX Product Manager


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