Java code to write to text file

• Michael Marcavage
• Published: 28 Oct 2005

This Java code will walk a Lotus Notes view, grab data from each document and write it to a text file, then send an e-mail to the appropriate contact stating whether the code was successful or if it failed.

import lotus.domino.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Vector;

public class WriteTextFile extends AgentBase {
    private MIMEEntity mime;
    private int byteNumber;
    private int count;
    private byte byteArray[];
    
 public void NotesMain() {  
  try {
     Session session = getSession();
     AgentContext agentContext = 
session.getAgentContext();
     Database db = 
agentContext.getCurrentDatabase();
                          View view = 
db.getView("LKAddressLength");
                          Document doc = 
view.getFirstDocument();
                 
FileOutputStream fout;
fout = new FileOutputStream
 ("\\Server Name>\<Folder 1>
\<Folder 2>\DOCTOR.txt");
                 
                 while (doc != null) 
                            {        
String strDRPracticeName =
 doc.getItemValueString("drPracticeName");
String strDRPhone1 =
 doc.getItemValueString("drPhone1_N");
String strDRFax =
 doc.getItemValueString("drFax_N");
String strDRAdd1 =
 doc.getItemValueString("drAdd1");
String strDRAdd2 =
 doc.getItemValueString("drAdd2");
String strDRCity =
 doc.getItemValueString("drCity");
String strDRState1 =
 doc.getItemValueString("State1");
String strDRZip =
 doc.getItemValueString("drZip");
String strDRRepNo =
 doc.getItemValueString("RepNo");
String strDRUPIN =
 doc.getItemValueString("drUPIN");
String strDRFullName =
 doc.getItemValueString("drFName")
 + " " +  doc.getItemValueString("drLName");
String strDRSequence = "000";
String strDRCreateDate =
 doc.getItemValueString("createDate");
                              
String strTextToWrite = """ +
 strDRPracticeName + """ + "," + """ +
 strDRPhone1 + """ + "," + """ +
 strDRFax + """ + "," + """ +
 strDRAdd1 + """ + "," + """ + strDRAdd2
 + """ + "," + """ + strDRCity + """ + "," + """
 + strDRState1 + """ + "," + """ + strDRZip
 + """ + "," + """ + strDRRepNo + """ + ",
" + """ + strDRUPIN + """ + "," + """ +
 strDRFullName + """ + "," + """ +
 strDRSequence + """ + "," + """ +
 strDRCreateDate + """;

new PrintStream(fout).println (strTextToWrite);
                             
doc = view.getNextDocument(doc);
                            }              
    fout.close();
    sendMail("<Send To>", "", "", 
"Insurance DR Export Notice", 
"Insurance DR Export has been completed!!!!");
    
  } 
            catch(Exception e) 
                     {
sendMail("<Send To>", "", "", "Insurance 
DR Export Error Notice", "Insurance 
DR Export failed!!!!" + " " + e.getMessage());
           e.printStackTrace();
            }
 } 
 
public void sendMail(String strTo, 
String strCC, String strBCC, String 
strSubject, String strGetBody)
     {
          String mailBody;
          
      try {
Session curSession = getSession();
 AgentContext agentContext =
 curSession.getAgentContext();
Database curDb =
 agentContext.getCurrentDatabase();   
Document contextDoc =
 agentContext.getDocumentContext();                 
                
String mailSendTo = strTo;
String mailSubject = strSubject;        
                 
                 String mailBody1 
= "***********************************
*********************************************";
                 String mailBody2 =
 "<BR><BR>" + strGetBody;
                 String mailBody3 =
 "<BR><BR>" 
+ "***********************************
*********************************************";
                                  
mailBody = mailBody1 + " "
 + mailBody2 + " " + mailBody3;

Document mailDoc =
 curDb.createDocument();
mailDoc.replaceItemValue("Form", "Memo");
       
curSession.setConvertMIME(false); // Block conversion
Stream multiStream = curSession.createStream();
multiStream.writeText("Dit is een multipart bericht");
MIMEEntity mimeRoot = mailDoc.createMIMEEntity();
MIMEHeader header =
 mimeRoot.createHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding");
                 
//mailinfo
header = mimeRoot.createHeader("Subject");
header.setHeaderVal(mailSubject);
header = mimeRoot.createHeader("To");
header.setHeaderVal(mailSendTo);
mimeRoot.setContentFromText(multiStream
,"multipart/related",MIMEEntity.ENC_NONE);
multiStream.close();  
   
//html toevoegen
Stream htmlStream = curSession.createStream();
mime = mimeRoot.createChildEntity();
htmlStream.writeText(mailBody);
mime.setContentFromText(htmlStream, 
"text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1", MIMEEntity.ENC_NONE);
htmlStream.close();
 
//email verzenden
mailDoc.send(false);
curSession.setConvertMIME(true); // Restore conversion
        } 
catch(Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();                 
                 }
     }

}

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