A simpler pagination view for Lotus Notes documents on the Web

Since a Web browser may take a long time, Notes/Domino developers like to keep to a minimum of 50 documents per page and provide the normal Previous/Next buttons, using the Lotus Domino @DbCommand("Domino"; "ViewPreviousPage") and @DbCommand("Domino"; "ViewNextPage").

Below you'll find code and instructions that will allow you to insert a computed value in your $$ViewtemplateDefault template. Once implemented, your Lotus Notes users will find it much easier to navigate through multiple pages on the Web.

Along with this, you will have the Previous/Next button, First/Last, GoTo page, and Documents per page features.

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Step 1: Create three "computed for display" fields on your $$ViewtemplateDefault template, and label them as follows:

ViewName  :@Subset(@ViewTitle;-1)
ParamCount :@UrlQueryString("count")
ParamStart :@UrlQueryString("start")

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Step 2: Copy the following code into the form:

<table border=0 width=50% align=center>
<tr><td colspan=2 align=center class=
viewheader><b>
Configuration</b></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Documents 
Per Page :</b></td>
<td>
<select name='Pages' 
onChange='DocsPerPage()'> <option>
--Select--</option> <
option value='5'>5</option> 
<option value='10'>10</option> 
<option value='15'>15
</option> <option value='20'>
20</option> 
<option value='25'>25</option> 
<option value='30'>30</option> 
<option value='35'>35</option> <
/select><span>Goto page :
<select name='GotoPage' 
onChange='GotoPg(this)'> 
<<<<<<<COMPUTED 
VALUE 1 >>>>>>>> 
</select> </span></td> </tr>
</td> </table>

<<<COMPUTED VALUE 1>>>>: contains:


Total:=@Count(@DbColumn
("";"";@Subset(@ViewTitle;-1);1));
Viewname:=@Subset(@ViewTitle;-1);
cnt:=@ToNumber(@UrlQueryString("count"));
@If(cnt=0;@Return("");"");
Start:=@ToNumber(@UrlQueryString("start"));
Limit:=@Text(Total/cnt);

LastPagelimit:=@If(@Contains(Limit;".");
@Integer(@ToNumber(Limit))+1;
@Integer(@ToNumber(Limit)));
HTML:="<option value=''>
--Select--</option>"; 
@For(i:=1;i<=LastPagelimit;i:=i+1;
HTML:=HTML+"<option value='"+
@Text(i)+"'>"+@Text(i)+"</option>") ; HTML

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Step 3: Add this pagination bar:

<div id='pagination' align='center'>
<<<< COMPUTED VALUE 2>>>>
</div>


<<<< COMPUTED VALUE 2>>>> 

should contain this:


Total:=@Count(@DbColumn
("";"";@Subset(@ViewTitle;-1);1));
Viewname:=@Subset(@ViewTitle;-1);
cnt:=@ToNumber(@UrlQueryString("count"));
@If(cnt=0;@Return("");"");
Start:=@ToNumber(@UrlQueryString("start"));
Limit:=@Text(Total/cnt);

LastPagelimit:=@If(@Contains(Limit;".");
@Integer(@ToNumber(Limit))+1;@Integer
(@ToNumber(Limit)));
Maxlimit:=@If(@Contains(Limit;".");@Integer
(@ToNumber(Limit))+1;
@Integer(@ToNumber(Limit)));
MaxLimit:=@ToNumber(@If(@ToNumber
(maxLimit) >10;10;Maxlimit));

pageNumber:= @Integer(((Start-1)/cnt) / Maxlimit);

FirstPage:=@Repeat(" ";0)
+"<a href='./"+Viewname+
"?openview&start=1&count="+@Text(cnt)+"
'>First </a>  "; 
LastPage:="<a href='./"+
Viewname+"?openview&start="
+@Text(((LastPagelimit-1)*cnt)+1)
+"&count="+@Text(cnt)+"
'>  Last </a>";

Fromcnt:=pageNumber*Maxlimit+1;
ToCnt:=Fromcnt+Maxlimit-1;

ToCnt:=@If( (Fromcnt+Maxlimit-1)*cnt >= 
Total;LastpageLimit;Fromcnt+Maxlimit-1);

@For(i:=Fromcnt;i<=Tocnt; i:=i+1;
@Do(
Newstart:=@Text(((i-1)*cnt)+1);
FrontAHref:="<a href='./"+Viewname+"
?openview&start="+Newstart+"&count="+
@Text(cnt)+"'>";
RearAHref:="</a> ";
@If((start-1)/cnt =i-1 ;
 h:=h+"<font color='red'><b>"+@Text(i) 
+" <b></font>";  
h:=h+FrontAHref +@Text(i) + RearAHref)
)
);

NextDisplay:=@If(start+cnt >
@ToNumber(lastpagelimit)*cnt;"none";"");
NextPage:="<a  style='display:"+ nextDisplay +" 
' href='./"+Viewname +"?openview&start=" +
@Text( ((start)+cnt)) +
"&count="+@Text(cnt)+"'><img 

src='rightArrow.jpg' align='bottom' 
style='border:0px' alt='Next'></img></a>";

PrevDisplay:=@If(start<=1;"none";"");
PrevPage:="<a style='display:"+ PrevDisplay +" 
' href='./"+Viewname +"?openview&start=" + 
@Text( ((start)-cnt))
+"&count="+@Text(cnt)+"'>
<img src='leftArrow.jpg' align='bottom' 
+style='border:0px' alt=
'Previous'></img></a>";

FirstPage +PrevPage +"  " +
h + +"  " + NextPage + LastPage

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Step 4: Add this computed value below the table displaying documents (showing 51-100 Records of 361 ):

<div align='center' id='ShowRecs' 
style="display:none1"
><br> <<<<<COMPUTED 
VALUE 3 >>>>> </div>

<<<<<COMPUTED VALUE 3 
>>>>> should contain this:

Total:=@Count(@DbColumn
("";"";@Subset(@ViewTitle;-1);1));
Start:=@UrlQueryString("start");
cnt:=@UrlQueryString("count");
cnt:=@ToNumber(cnt)+@ToNumber(Start)-1;
cnt:=@Text(@If(cnt>Total;Total;cnt));

var1:="Showing " + start +" - " + 
cnt   +" of " + @Text(Total) + " Records.";
var2:="Showing " + start +" of " +
 @Text(Total) + " Records.";
@If(cnt=start;var2;var1)

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Step 5: Add these JavaScript functions in the JavaScript header; they are used in the combobox onChange event:

function DocsPerPage()
{

location.href='./'+document.forms[0].
ViewName.value+'?openview&start=1&count='
+document.forms[0].Pages.value
}

function GotoPg(obj)
{

PageNumber=obj.options[
obj.selectedIndex].value-1
start=PageNumber * 
document.forms[0].ParamCount.value+1
url='./' +document.forms[0].ViewName.value
+'?openview&start='+start + '&count=' 
+document.forms[0].ParamCount.value
location.href=url
}

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Step 6: This is the most important step, as it will go into an infinite loop for the computation and you'll get a "memory out of space" error.

Add this "Onload" event of the form:

if(location.href.indexOf("count")<0)
location.href='./'+document.forms[0]
.ViewName.value+'?openview&start=1&count=5'

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Note: Your view must be opened using the URL parameters: start=1 and count=X. For example:http://server:port/Demo.nsf/All?openview&start=1&count=5

You can also place the <<<<<computed value 2 >>> above and below the table containing the documents.

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