Do you get frustrated by having to click through endless "Previous" or "Next" buttons to find a buried Lotus Notes document that is, for example, on the tenth page.
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:
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Step 2: Copy the following code into the form:
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Step 3: Add this pagination bar:
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Step 4: Add this computed value below the table displaying documents (showing 51-100 Records of 361 ):
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Step 5: Add these JavaScript functions in the JavaScript header; they are used in the combobox onChange event:
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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.
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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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