Tips

Tips

• What is Notes 8.5's DAOS (Domino Attachment and Object Storage) feature?

  Get an introduction to DAOS (Domino Attachment Object Storage), a new feature in Lotus Notes 8.5 that preserves disk space by transferring attachments to a file system in your server, leaving you with tickets that reference the attachments, making ...  Continue Reading

• LotusScript button updates email addresses in Lotus Notes PAB

  Send Lotus Notes users an email message that contains this LotusScript-coded button. This button will allow them to easily update an email in the location document of their Personal Address Books (PABs). The button automatically notifies the ...  Continue Reading

• Open a Lotus Notes database from Microsoft SharePoint 2007

  If you're using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007) and Lotus Notes, you can't create a link from your client to a Lotus Notes database. This workaround can help. Get the steps to use the proper syntax to open a Notes database in your ...  Continue Reading

• Code exports Lotus Notes data to an OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet

  The ability to transfer Lotus Notes data from a database to an Excel spreadsheet has been available for some time. If you're using OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets, however, you'll need to use this LotusScript code instead.  Continue Reading

• Domino server setting and email policy tricks admins must know

  Are you constantly un-doing a mistake one of your Lotus Notes Domino users made? Here are two quick server settings and policy changes to help protect Notes users from themselves and relieve some administrator stress.  Continue Reading

• Coding a stack trace into LotusScript libraries eases error handling

  You may be familiar with Java's stack trace information. Did you know you can also code a stack trace into your LotusScript libraries and agents? Use this quick code in your Lotus Notes environment.  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

• JavaScript creates a jump box on a Lotus Notes Web form

  If you want to give Lotus Notes/Domino users an easy method to jump to other pages on a website, follow these steps using JavaScript code to create a jump box in a Lotus Notes Web form.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript code pluralizes singular nouns automatically

  Use this LotusScript code to automatically pluralize a singular English-language noun. One benefit of the code is that Lotus Notes/Domino users will receive an alternative to generic messages like, "You have # something(s)."  Continue Reading

• Provide rich-text formatting via the Profile document and Formula

  This tip explains a method for providing content to a separate Lotus Notes form while allowing rich-text formatting using the Profile document. Not only will Lotus Notes users be able to edit the form, but using this Formula language code will also ...  Continue Reading

• LotusScript button saves time searching large Lotus Notes databases

  Searching large Lotus Notes databases is time consuming. This LotusScript code can be placed in a button to quickly perform a search of your Lotus Notes database by replacing the view selection criteria per the search query. Use this method to ...  Continue Reading

• How to clear a Lotus Notes local cache with LotusScript

  If you tend to update the design of your Lotus Notes database frequently, embed this LotusScript code in a button, which lets users clean their local caches without deleting the cache.ndk file. This tip works with Lotus Notes versions 6.x, 7.x and 8...  Continue Reading

• How to upgrade to Lotus Notes 8 and retain Lotus Notes 7

  If you have a Lotus Notes 7 client on your computer and install Lotus Notes 8 on the same machine, the Notes 8 installation will upgrade your existing Notes client automatically. However, it's also possible to deploy Lotus Notes 8 and retain a ...  Continue Reading

• Create a non-specified date picker with LotusScript code

  Have you been searching for a way in your Domino environment to use an embedded datepicker in a dialog box that isn't associated with a specific field? Here's a solution that uses Domino's current datepicker and dialog box, some LotusScript code and...  Continue Reading