Open scanEZ by URL

The ability to open documents in scanEZ via a special scanEZ:// URL was introduced in the version 10.5 update. When this option is enabled, you can open Notes documents and designs in scanEZ directly from Web browsers or other external applications.

Enabling URL Launching

The Tools menu in scanEZ includes an "Allow scanEZ to be launched using 'scanEZ://'-type URLs" option.

NOTE	Windows 7 and Windows Vista users must run scanEZ as an administrator to initially enable the 'Allow scanEZ to be launched using 'scanEZ://'-type URLs' option. Once this option has been enabled initially, there is no need to run scanEZ as an administrator if you need to disable it (or re-enable it) in the future.

Accepted URL Formats

The scanEZ:// URL is quite flexible in terms of acceptable formatting. As a rule of thumb, if the formatting works for a "notes://"-type URL, it should also work for opening a document (or design element) in scanEZ.

Format for opening documents:

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scanEZ://server/database/view or folder/document

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scanEZ://www.acmecorp.net/MyDatabase.nsf/MyView/My+Document+Key?OpenDocument

	URL	/Server	/Database	/View or Folder	/Document
Valid entries	scanEZ://	Server name Host name IP Address	Database path Replica ID	0 (zero) View or Folder Name View or Folder Alias UNID (32 characters) NoteID (either hexadecimal or decimal format)	View Key UNID (32 characters) NoteID (either hexadecimal or decimal format)
Examples	scanEZ://	MyServer www.acmecorp.net 172.16.254.1	MyDatabase.nsf MyDirectory/MyOtherDatabase.nsf 85256F8D005C2365 __85256F8D005C2365.nsf	0 MyView 3BD1E5A918B74DD38525750E0079B475 12C2	My+Document 6C190F71E359B78C8525742D004C70FB 19CE
Notes		Note: The server name used must be recognizable by the 'Open Application' dialog in your Lotus Notes client (or the Open Database dialog in scanEZ).	Note 1: Replica IDs must not include colon (:) symbols. Note 2: Replica IDs can either be the hexadecimal string or two underscores (__) followed by the hexadecimal string and the database extension (e.g. ".nsf").	Note 1: Use "0" (zero) to open up a document without specifying a view.	Note 1: If "0" is used rather than a view or folder name, a document UNID or NoteID is required (i.e. the View Key will not work). Note 2: scanEZ will ignore any actions following the "?" symbol at the end of a URL.

Format for opening design elements:

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scanEZ://server/database/design

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scanEZ://www.acmecorp.net/MyDatabase.nsf/MyForm

	URL	/Server	/Database	/Design Element
Valid entries	scanEZ://	Server name host name IP Address	Database path Replica ID	Name Alias UNID (32 characters) NoteID (either hexadecimal or decimal format)
Examples	scanEZ://	MyServer www.acme.net 172.16.254.1	MyDatabase.nsf MyDirectory/MyOtherDatabase.nsf 85256F8D005C2365 __85256F8D005C2365.nsf	MyView 3BD1E5A918B74DD38525750E0079B475 12C2
Notes		Note: The server name used must be recognizable by the 'Open Application' dialog in your Lotus Notes client (or the Open Database dialog in scanEZ)..	Note 1: Replica IDs must not include colon (:) symbols. Note 2: Replica IDs can either be the hexadecimal string or two underscores (__) followed by the hexadecimal string and database extension.