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Platform Specific Naming Conventions

Chapter 15-2
Platform-Specific Naming Conventions

Application components that Domino or Notes must load must follow platform-specific naming conventions to allow Domino or Notes to locate and identify them. These components are:

  • Server add-in tasks
  • Executable program libraries (DLLs for Windows, shared object libraries for UNIX systems)
  • Import and export libraries
  • External database driver libraries
  • Extension manager libraries



Platform Prefix Characters

Each PC-based platform that supports Domino or Notes has a unique platform prefix character, which must appear as the first character in the file name of a server add-in task executable or a dynamic link library loaded by Domino or Notes. These characters are:

Windows 32-bit: prefix: "n"

For example, the extension manager sample program SAMPLES\MISC\EXTPWD has the name "nextpwd.dll" on 32-bit Windows.