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initializing Lotus Notes Session

i am ASP developer and this is the first time i deal with Lotus Notes.

I am trying to initialize an Lotus Notes Session.  however, i got an error "An exception of type 'NotesSession:Notes error: could not open the ID file' was not handled"

when i try to use InitializeUsingNotesUserName(), i got a different error message "'An invalid username/password' was not handled".

here's that section of the code:

Dim s
set s = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession")
Call s.Initialize("password")

'and then process documents.....


some environment info.:
i am running win2k, with lotus notes client installed.  Lotus Domino Server is not installed.

i have checked the notes.ini file, KeyFilename=user.id.  i've tried changing it to the full path, but didn't help.

what should i do????
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Thanks for replying the post!!!

as i explained in my orinial post, i don't have Domino Server installed, and the Lotus Notes Client is installed as an "island".  i've used InitializeUsingNotesUserName("UserName", "InternetPassword"), but i got "invalid username/password" error.  where should i go to check my username and password info for the Notes Client is Correct?

also, if i used Initialize("passwordOptional"), that's when i get the "Could not open ID file" error.  i have the full path in keyfilename (C:\Program Files\lotus\notes\data\user.id)

i could initialize with anonymous access, but then it can't open database or creat document since Anonymous User doesn't have those right.  I need to change my permission setting on the Anonymous user to have all access, and only then, i will have no problem at all.

regarding on the PDF link, I have that redbook, but it didn't really help me on this accessing issue.

any other suggestions?

thanks again!!