Troubleshoot and Solve Lotus Notes Domino Agents Problems

LotusScript agent moves new mail to folder

Use this LotusScript agent in a Lotus Notes mail-in database to move new mail to a specified folder. Continue Reading

Quickly scan all databases on a Lotus Domino server

Use this agent to quickly scan all the databases on your Lotus Domino server. You'll find out which databases you don't have access to, which aren't included in the directory catalog and more. Continue Reading

Run or restart Notes/Domino agents via text messages

Discover how one Notes/Domino developer at a small company set up his mail database to send him a text message when an agent terminates abruptly. You'll also get the code that you can text back to the database to run or restart the agent. Continue Reading

Calculating results for a column in a Lotus Notes view

Find out what types of calculations can be computed for a column in a Lotus Notes view and the best way to go about it with this expert response. Continue Reading

Approve Lotus Notes documents using a BlackBerry mobile device

Use this agent to match your BlackBerry email to the address specified in a Lotus Notes admin document. Then, message recipients can easily approve Notes documents using a BlackBerry mobile device. Continue Reading

LotusScript agent indexes Lotus Notes/Domino databases

Are you looking for a simpler way to search for information in your Lotus Notes/Domino databases? Use this LotusScript agent to automatically index databases according to specified keywords.Continue Reading

Open documents in Lotus Notes from the Web without a UNID

You can use the "Notes://" URL and the UNID to open documents in the Lotus Notes client from a link on the Web. But what do you do if you only have the view and key? This tip offers a solution.Continue Reading

Fix and update Lotus Notes documents with limited access

When updating or fixing a document in a Lotus Notes database, there are a few things to consider. First, ensure that you have the proper system access. Then, run this agent to easily update or fix the document.Continue Reading

Verify scheduled agent status with Domino Extensible Language (DXL)

Discover how to use Domino Extensible Language (DXL) to check the status of active scheduled agents on Lotus Domino servers and in Notes databases.Continue Reading

How to export data from a Lotus Notes database to a CSV file

Discover an agent that will export data from a Lotus Notes Domino database into a CSV file that can then be imported into almost any other application.Continue Reading

Enable or disable scheduled agents without opening the Lotus Notes database design

Get instructions and LotusScript code that will enable or disable scheduled agents from the Lotus Notes UI without having to open the database design.Continue Reading

Creating custom views in Lotus Notes databases

Get code and instructions to set up a Domino agent that lets users easily create custom views in Lotus Notes databases.Continue Reading

Editing fields in a Lotus Notes view with Ajax

Instead of opening a Lotus Notes view in a pop-up window, editing it and then saving it again, you can modify fields directly using Ajax. SearchDomino.com member Jinoy George explains how.Continue Reading

Troubleshooting a scheduled agent not running on a Global Notes Architecture (GNA) server

SearchDomino.com LotusScript expert Cregg Hardwick provides extensive troubleshooting guidelines to a Lotus Notes developer trying to run a scheduled agent on the Global Notes Architecture (GNA) server.Continue Reading

Can I stop Lotus Domino Server from transforming embedded images into attachments?

When using a Lotus Notes agent to send HTML email with embedded images, is it possible to stop Lotus Domino Server from transforming the embedded images into attachments? SearchDomino.com LotusScript expert Cregg Hardwick weighs in.Continue Reading

How to automatically create a backup copy of your Domino Directory

SearchDomino.com member Jari Riihimaki provides a Lotus Notes agent that automatically creates a backup copy of your Domino Directory. After implementing this agent, you'll never again need to restore documents back to your Domino Directory or check...Continue Reading

Export Lotus Notes documents to Microsoft Word via Internet Explorer

Use this shared agent to automatically open a Lotus Notes document in Internet Explorer and then copy and paste it into Microsoft Word using the user32.dll Windows system file.Continue Reading

Best practices for using the Lotus Notes WebQuerySave agent

SearchDomino.com member Sameer Thakur explains common pitfalls associated with using WebQuerySave agent and how to avoid them when validating data on a Lotus Notes form.Continue Reading

A flexible data export agent for Lotus Notes

SearchDomino.com contributor Chuck Connell provides a LotusScript data export agent that allows Lotus Notes users to define any number of their own export configurations (field lists and output files) -- without programming.Continue Reading

Slow Domino server performance and failure on agent managers

Lotus Notes and Domino Server administration expert Mike Lazar explains how to resolve Lotus Domino Server performance problems and agent manager failures.Continue Reading

A single form to view and edit any Lotus Notes document

SearchDomino.com member Leonard Volovets explains how you can build a dynamic HTML form to view and edit Lotus Notes documents using a Web browser.Continue Reading

Archiving Lotus Notes documents to a specified folder

Archiving Lotus Notes documents is typically a laborious task -- but not anymore. SearchDomino.com member Bob Gouin has created an agent that simplifies the process.Continue Reading

A Lotus Notes approval reminder agent

Automatically notify coworkers that a Lotus Notes document is past due for approval with this Lotus Notes agent from SearchDomino.com member Stevenson Campbell.Continue Reading

Enhanced Lotus Notes agent logging

When multiple employees are using a Lotus Notes agent, it can be difficult to gather debugging information. This agent from SearchDomino.com member Dennis Lowe assigns each user session a random ID to simplify analysis of your Lotus Notes agent log ...Continue Reading

Can I stamp the "From" field with a LotusScript encryption agent without affecting the sender name?

A Lotus Notes administrator/developer is running incoming email through a LotusScript encryption agent, but can't get the signer of the agent to stop showing up in the "From" field after the agent finishes processing the email. SearchDomino.com ...Continue Reading

Creating and saving a $Links field in the back end

SearchDomino.com expert Cregg Hardwick offers advice to a Lotus Notes developer trying to create and save a $Links field, and explains potential reasons for doclink failures.Continue Reading

How to convert Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel documents to HTML

This Web Query Save agent from SearchDomino.com member T. Wynn takes a Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel file and converts it to HTML. It then creates a new Lotus Notes document and attaches the converted HTML files and original Microsoft Office ...Continue Reading

Calling a LotusScript agent

SearchDomino.com expert Cregg Hardwick provides code that will call a LotusScript agent.Continue Reading

How to create a dynamic SVG graph using a Lotus Notes agent

Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics and graphical applications in XML. In this tip, SearchDomino.com member William Beh explains how to use a Lotus Notes agent to generate a dynamic SVG for a Web site.Continue Reading

Automatically scan Lotus Notes database document attachments for viruses

SearchDomino.com member Darren Wright provides a Java agent that will automatically scan document attachments in a Lotus Notes database to check for viruses. If it finds an infected file, it will detach it, clean it and then reattach the ...Continue Reading

Rebuilding views using a scheduled Lotus Domino agent

This code from SearchDomino.com member Huzefa Amar Haider will rebuild views using a scheduled Lotus Domino agent, which is helpful when using @TextToNumber(today) in a view's column formula.Continue Reading

Setting the field value of a table

SearchDomino.com expert Brian Mahoney explains how to set and calculate the field value of a table.Continue Reading

Exporting email from Lotus Notes to .EML messages

Have you ever wanted to store your Lotus Notes email in a file system, but still be able to keep the whole context of the email together? SearchDomino.com member Arthur Turner explains how to extract individual email items and store them in a file ...Continue Reading

Converting XML files into Lotus Notes documents

This LotusScript agent from SearchDomino.com member Genesio Zomparelli parses XML into a standard DOM (Document Object Model) tree using the NotesDOMParser class.Continue Reading

Move folders from one Notes database to another using a LotusScript agent

SearchDomino.com member Marko Bonaci provides a LotusScript agent that will move folders from your current Notes/Domino database to another that you specify.Continue Reading

A LotusScript agent that works around the Ajax cross-domain limitation

SearchDomino.com member Sean Burgess explains how to create a simple LotusScript agent that can retrieve Ajax data from other domains.Continue Reading

How to refresh all Lotus Notes documents via a background agent

SearchDomino.com expert Brian Mahoney helps a Notes/Domino programmer select a method to refresh all documents in a Lotus Notes database via a background agent.Continue Reading

Sending specific agent errors to a mailbox instead of debugging

In order to get a better handle on application errors, SearchDomino.com member Yonit David built a script library that sends an e-mail to a specific mail database with the error information that can then be categorized by database. In this tip, he ...Continue Reading

Creating an 'After new mail is delivered' agent

SearchDomino.com expert Cregg Hardwick explains how to develop and maintain an "After new mail is delivered" Lotus Notes agent.Continue Reading

Importing data from files

When processing files from other sources, sometimes you have fixed length files and sometimes you have delimited files. This tip shows two generic subroutines -- SetVariableValueByLen and SetVariableValue -- that simplify the process and unclutter ...Continue Reading

Error creating product object

A Lotus Domino developer is receiving the error, "Error creating product object" when trying to connect to a DB2 table using an LCLSX agent. SearchDomino.com expert Brad Balassaitis explains how to track down the source of the error.Continue Reading

Monitoring scheduled agents by email

SearchDomino.com member Andrew Broxholme provides some basic code that will e-mail you if important agents do not run within a given amount of time.Continue Reading

Dynamically changing the content of a form without refreshing the page

Use this JavaScript code to change the content of a form dynamically -- without having to refresh the page. It doesn't even need an ActiveX Control to be executed on the client; instead, the execution is made on the server.Continue Reading

What does Domino require to run scheduled agent that sends mail?

Notes developer wants to know what is required on Domino to run a scheduled agent that sends mail.Continue Reading

Database performance slowing down

This developer wants to know why the performance database on his Domino server slows down every three days, forcing Domino to be re-started.Continue Reading

Determine if a scheduled agent really ran during the night

This agent checks to make sure that critical agents scheduled to run overnight did, in fact, run.Continue Reading

How to make Notes view icons run code

In Notes/Domino 6 the InViewEdit method allows developers to programmatically make columns in views editable. This tip brings that functionality a step further and makes icons in views active.Continue Reading

Debugging Web agents

This developer wants to know if there is a way to debug Web agents.Continue Reading

Verbalizer: Updated code using MSAgent to read e-mail aloud

In this tip, a reader revises previously submitted code that uses a MS agent to read and string of text fed to it.Continue Reading