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NDL is a link file which is used by Lotus Notes known by its business productivity and collaborative application suite. It contains a reference to Lotus Notes Document saved in XML format which is used to share links to documents over emails and in webpages.
The Default Location of Lotus Notes .ndl file is: C:/Program files/IBM/Notes/Data
This NDL file contains all the doc links send in Notes. These links can be directly open in Web pages. It can be any form link URLs, Notes link and attachments.
If you want to start Notes Client in web browser and sending Notes Document links to non-Notes users, you will have to first create NDL file. The created .ndl file may allow user to open Notes Links only if you associate Notes client with MIME file type in a browser. You may also add .ndl as MIME type to the server's httpd.cnf file. You will have to add following text in your httpd.cnf file which is located in the server's data directory:
AddType.ndl application/vnd.lotus-notes binary 1.0 # Notes Data Link
You can modify the browser application associated with NDL files. Go to Edit and select Preferences and then application. Using Windows Internet Explorer, chose view and select Options to select the tab switch to the Programs and selecting File Type.
This created .ndl file can be attached with a web page which can be opened through a Web browser or it can be attached to a Lotus Notes email message which is to be sent to other non-Notes user. You can launch the Notes Client and can open the View Link by opening the Windows Explorer and double-click the NDL file.
Follow the given steps to create a link in a mail of IBM Notes/Domino pointing to a non-Notes file which means on a shared server.
Reason:
Root cause of the problem, a registry key is wrong
Solution:
After the installation of registry key “[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notes.link\Shell\Open\command]”
It will have the value “C:\Program Files(x86)\Notes\notes.exe-defini %1” and it is wrong.
The correct value should be “C:\Program Files(x86)\Notes\notes.exe” -defini “%1”
This article is all about Lotus notes Document Link i.e NDL file. We have discussed here what actually Notes Document Link works and how does it creates different links. Links created for a different document get stored in with a .ndl file extension. If in case this NDL file gets deleted then you can use a third party tool to recover the Notes Document link.
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