Lotus notes will not launch with xls, xlsx, doc or docx attachments.
<p>I have a ruby application that allows me to select documents for emailing. The app creates a batch file and downloads it. Clicking on the .bat file launches a notes email window with the attachments populated. When I try this it works fine for PDF, Jpg, and POTX files . However, doc, docx xls and xls give me an error of 'file does not exist'. </p>

<p>the string I am passing via a bat file looks like </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe"
  "Mailto:?Attach=\wwwroot\apps\technical_library\public\images\18\Presentation_template.potx?Attach=\wwwroot\apps\technical_library\public\images\31\FAX.doc?Attach=\wwwroot\apps\technical_library\public\images\32\FAX.docx"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>If I try to send a bunch of images and pdfs, it creates the email with no problem.</p>

<p>I'm assuming that lotus is blocking the attachments because of 'active content'. How do I get lotus to accept the command line string with doc/xls attachments. ?</p>