Quick Tip: Finding the version number for embedded Sametime and other Plug-ins

Anthony Holmes  7 June 2010 11:25:46 AM

Here's a quick tip on how to work out which release of the Embedded Sametime client you are using (or any other Notes Feature/Plug-in).

Two minutes before I attended a meeting this morning, I noticed that the organiser had announced the meeting was being held with Sametime 8.5, and he suggested that we have the embedded Sametime 8.5.1 client installed with Notes. I have four different Notes installations that I use regularly, and I couldn't remember whether I had upgraded Sametime on the machine I was using. It didn't really matter, because I could attend the meeting via a browser, but nevertheless I tried to find out what version I was running.

First I looked for a version number by clicking on the Sametime logo and the "Open in new Window" etc. control. But there was no version number.

Then I went into Sametime's Preferences screen (which is integrated with Notes' Preferences). But there was no version number.

Finally, I clicked on Help; About Lotus Notes (in Windows) (Lotus Notes; About IBM Lotus Notes in Macintosh):


Then I clicked on Feature Details, which showed me Sametime 8.5.1 (actually 8.5.1.2010527-1830, which tells me that the person who compiled this build was probably working a little bit late that night.):


If I click on Plug-in Details, I get a different list of items and version numbers:


Features are a collection of Plug-ins that are packaged together, so they are generally more elaborate than Plug-ins. See this article for a description.

One final point: if you are running the Domino Administrator, you don't see the Feature/Plug-in/Configuration details buttons when you look at About. You need to do it from the Notes client.

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