Converting Lotus Notes Domino Web pages to PDF files with a Java agent

Called via a JavaScript button on a Web form, this agent parses the URL used to call the agent and returns the key that it is looking for. It then copies the document to a Lotus Notes Domino database that is wide open and calls the document via a URL. Finally, it converts it to a PDF file.

You will need to create a shareable Web folder so that the PDF file has somewhere to land. From there, you just need to call the PDF document to present it to the Lotus Notes user.

You also need to buy a Jar file from http://pd4ml.com/ and add it to your Java agent to make this work.

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er methods to accomplish this task, but this is a quick-and-dirty technique I successfully implemented in a rush situation.

Here is the code that resides in the Javascript Button:

Here is the code for the Java agent:

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