As you dig deeper into XPages, sometimes you find strange behaviour. My approach (once I can reproduce it) is the same as with any complex problem I encounter in support. First I strip it down to the bare minimum and see if it still happens. Then I add, one by one, anything that’s extra or more complex […]
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So today was my debut as a speaker at a LUG, at BLUG at the IBM Forum in Brussels. My session title was “XPages from a Different ‘View’-point”, basically getting the most from View Controls, Data Tables and most of all Repeat Controls. Basically I was showcasing various techniques to help widen horizons for displaying,
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Some time ago Jo Grant posted an article on the Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development wiki with a tip about how to reference the view icon images installed with the Domino server or Notes Client. This involved using server-side javascript to manipulate the XSPUrl class, removing parameters and creating a new URL. This is a
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Next week I’ll be speaking at BLUG. I’ve got quite a bit of learning that has come out of my presentation which I will be disseminating in due course, including another article in the Dojox Charting Tutorial that will take charts to the next level and help produce a powerful, drillable dashboard. But there are
Expression Language and Combining Languages Read More »
After using XPages for some time, I am currently coding an interface for 7.0.x Notes Client to allow users to review and update multiple documents at once. Not surprisingly, I’m getting a bit frustrated at how easy it would be in XPages. Just add a repeat control, define the data, add one set of controls,
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Here’s a nice little tip if you want to check the output from an @Formula. I don’t think it’s documented anywhere, but I’ve been using it since R5 (I think) and it’s come in quite useful. I’m sure that when I tried it in the new Eclipse client in R8, it didn’t work. But I happened
The Lotus Notes In-Built Formula Tester Read More »
Hot on the heels of attending a very interesting presentation skills seminar, I got notification over the weekend that I had been accepted to speak at BLUG (Belux Lotus User Group) on 30th March. My session is entitled XPages From A Different “View”-point and here’s the abstract: With repeat controls and data tables you can
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At the moment I’m reviewing some older databases to look for performance improvements. Some leap from the screen, like changing GetNthDocument for GetFirstDocument and GetNextDocument in script, removing unnecessary sorting, removing private views that had been created for support purposes. Much of what I’ve been looking at is based on the whitepaper article by Andre
View Optimisation – A Cautionary Tale or When Children Can Help You Read More »
Earlier this month Tim Clark invited me to take part in The X Cast with himself, David Leedy of Notes in 9, and Stephan Wissel. The podcast is now available here. It was an enjoyable experience – more of a chat with friends because I’ve met Tim on a few occasions during my time at Intec, not least
Intec, The X Cast and The XPages Blog Read More »
One of my standard interview questions is to pose a challenging real-life scenario I encountered a few years ago. The scenario posed is of a suite a databases developed for use on Notes Clients minimum release of 6.5.x and maximum release of 7.0.2. The requirement is for users to open a document in database A
Embedded View from a Different Database – A Scalable Alternative Read More »