iNotes issue running 851FP2

Update: Francie Tanner was good enough to point out the error in my title.  Of course I am on about 851FP2, NOT 852FP2 that doesn’t exist yet.

While troubleshooting iNotes performance issues with Domino 8.5.1FP2 server code, I noticed a new interm fix released yeseterday on IBM fix central

Abstract There is a co-requisite if you are running iNotes on your Lotus Domino Server 8.5.1 Fix Pack 2 (851FP2) as the 851FP2 code relies on the later dwabho.dll file for iNotes users running Internet Explorer. If you do not use iNotes, or if your use iNotes on a different browser other than Internet Explorer, this does not apply.

Beginning with 8.5.1FP2, there is a supplemental file for iNotes users – dwabho.dll. This file (dwabho.dll) is installed on every Domino Server Platform as W32 dll in <DataDirectory>/domino/html. When a Windows Internet Explorer web browser using iNotes accesses the Domino server (any
platform), this DLL will be copied from the Domino server into the browser.

The supplemental file fixes the issue reported under the following two SPR’s:

1. SPR #PPET84CN87 – Domino 8.5.1FP2 Browser Cache Management prompts do not stop.
The following are the errors that you may encounter:

“There is an updated version of Browser Cache Management. It is strongly recommended that you update Browser Cache Management.”

“Browser Cache Management is now updated. Close all browser windows for Browser Cache Management to take effect.”

2. SPR# NBJC7WU7WY – Error “The installation of Lotus iNotes 8.5 Control has been blocked or declined by the user” was displayed after choosing to install the ActiveX control and then simple HTML attachment control is used. Currently, ActiveX file attachment utility components are dynamically linked to Microsoft standard C/C++ libraries. This fix statically links with C/C++ standard libraries. This way components no longer have dependencies to the MS runtime libraries and works without them.

To Fix this issue, install the supplemental file to your Domino server.

This will become part of IF3 in the near future, but for the moment if you are an early adopter, you will need to follow these instructions.