Tips

Tips

• Copy from one rich text to another

  This tip shows you how to copy from one rich text to another.  Continue Reading

• Using a Lotus Notes ID to validate a user to a Domino server

  Learn how Notes ID files work and how they're used to validate users to a Domino server.  Continue Reading

• Block external images from loading in HTML email

  External images are often used by spammers to determine if the recipient of a message actually opened it. You can block these external images from loading. This tip shows you how.  Continue Reading

• Increase Fault Recovery Notification capabilities

  It is highly important to be aware of a Domino fault/crash. It is very possible that your Domino server has faulted, automatically restarted itself and went totally undetected.  Continue Reading

• @Unique and @Elements for LotusScript

  The @Unique function in formula is a handy way of removing duplicates. This LotusScript function allows you perform the same function in LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• When resetting your unread count, save your unread marks

  The pesky "unread" count in the Notes client doesn't always work correctly, and sometimes you have to reset it. Here's one way to save your unread marks when you reset the count.  Continue Reading

• Anti-Spam Tool Kit book excerpt: Fighting spam defensively

  This Anti-Spam Tool Kit excerpt looks at address and mail server protection, as well as protecting network hosts and nodes from becoming zombie spam-spewers.  Continue Reading

• Copy attachments in LotusScript without detaching

  This procedure copies file attachments from the current Web document to an existing document.  Continue Reading

• Copy names.nsf data and manipulate views

  Create an agent to run in a custom target database with views based on names.nsf data.  Continue Reading

• Upload images into selected documents

  This tip shows you how to import multiple images into a set of selected documents from a folder.  Continue Reading

• Remove unnecessary bookmark icons

  This shows you how to remove unnecessary bookmark icons.  Continue Reading

• Get all email headers using LotusScript

  To prevent repeat spam, the service provider likes us to send the complete headers of the original email so they can analyze it and deal with it -- impossible in Lotus Notes R5.  Continue Reading

• WebSphere portal makes Web services practical

  There is a very real way to make practical use of Web services -- right in your WebSphere portal.  Continue Reading

• Extract attachments from e-mail

  This agent will help make extracting attachments easier. The agent removes all attachments from the selected e-mails and places them into a folder chosen by the user.  Continue Reading

• Know document changes since last save

  If you need to know if a document was changed since the last save you can use the following code.  Continue Reading

• Using DXL (Domino XML) to review/modify documents

  This tip shows you how to review/modify documents using DXL (Domino XML).  Continue Reading

• Notes licensing: Not so mysterious

  This article aims to demystify Notes/Domino licensing. I wrote it to help my readers, and also to help myself understand the options more thoroughly.  Continue Reading

• Return ASCII character

  This simple agent allows the user to enter that character, either by copy/paste or by typing, and then returns that ASCII value.  Continue Reading

• Reusable document modification agent

  This flexible and reusable agent template uses functions that allow you to select (3 different ways) and change (2 different ways) documents in one or more databases.  Continue Reading

• Compact code for field validation

  This piece of code helps reduce the number of lines of code that are usually written to validate fields on a form.  Continue Reading

• Dynamic field validations in LotusScript

  This tip shows you how to create a re-usable validation formula.  Continue Reading

• Return Web user to any element from an agent

  This tip shows you how to return a Web user to any element from an agent with a wait time.  Continue Reading

• Tracking session timeout

  This simple code will help you track the session time out. It can be done with the combination of formula language and this HTML code.  Continue Reading

• What are Notes ID files, and how are they different from regular computer accounts?

  One of the biggest differences between a Notes/Domino system and other software systems is the nature of user accounts  Continue Reading

• Good mail forwarding agent

  This agent copies a new e-mail, strips the CC and BCC fields), inserts the original "Send to" field and then sends the e-mail to any e-mail address specified.  Continue Reading

• Load delimited text file

  This script agent can be used as an alternative to COL files to parse and build Notes documents.  Continue Reading

• Avoid duplicate documents

  Have you ever wondered why the replication and save conflicts get converted to duplicates? Or why one of the duplicates has child documents and the other duplicates do not?  Continue Reading

• List group members from UI doc field

  You can retrieve a list of users in a group from the Domino directory based on a field value in an open document and present it in a message box to a user.  Continue Reading

• Understanding WebSphere Portlets

  If you plan to use WebSphere Portal to provide access to enterprise applications and data, you need to become familiar with the workings of portlets, the building blocks of portals  Continue Reading

• Formula debugger

  There is an undocumented function that is very handy for developers. It's a "formula debugger."  Continue Reading

• Simple solution to most Domino issues

  You can bypass the Domino engine with a LotusScript agent and get exactly what you want every time.  Continue Reading

• 'Select all' button

  This button allows a user to select all choices from a multi-select listbox or dialog list.  Continue Reading

• Fix client mail rules

  In forums discussing mail rules, a hot topic seems to be, "they just stopped working." This tips discusses how to fix this.  Continue Reading

• Add Admin client without install

  This tip shows you how to add the Admin client to your ND6 Notes client without installing it.  Continue Reading

• Compare field values

  You can use this class to compare field values between two documents.  Continue Reading

• Expand mail folders by default

  This tip show you how to have mail folders expanded when you open your mail database.  Continue Reading

• Use Domino objects in VB to retrieve lists

  This tip gives you code for a form (.frm - VB 6.0) that retrieves a list of Lotus Notes servers and Lotus Notes databases using Domino objects in Visual Basic.  Continue Reading

• Fill dependant select lists without reloading

  In order to avoid reloading, or using activeXobject, you can store all choices and items in JavaScript array.  Continue Reading

• Inside Domino Certificate Authority in R6

  Even though Domino and Notes can be configured for high security, the power in the certifier ID file has been a problem.  Continue Reading

• Create dynamic keyword fields

  Make keyword fields dynamic so the list can change based on the values selected in other documents.  Continue Reading

• Domino SSO timer

  This agent and JavaScript code will automatically create a pop-under window that waits x number of seconds before your SSO expiration time occurs.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 22: JavaScript security

  JavaScript continues to find adherents. But this scripting language can be used by malicious hacks to eat up memory .. and worse. Learn about Java script security now.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript Floor and Ceiling function

  Since LotusScript does not contain a Floor and Ceiling function, as most languages do, we had to come up with our own.  Continue Reading

• Retrieve the number of people in a group

  This code will help you retrieve the number of people in a group. It will even work if a group is nested within multiple groups.  Continue Reading

• Calculate business days between two dates using Domino directory

  This tip primarily uses LotusScript to calculate business days between two dates using your Domino directory.  Continue Reading

• Multiple quarantine databases

  I've created multiple quarantine databases and then set up my server rules so that the rules put certain mail in different quarantine databases.  Continue Reading

• Run a Web agent on a JavaScript event using any browser

  This article is a "counterpoint" to Luke Leonhard's tip, Run a Web agent on any JavaScript event.  Continue Reading

• Aligning a radio button

  This simple trick will help in aligning the radio buttons by removing the unwanted break Domino generates.  Continue Reading

• Beware of using Notes e-mail for data transfers

  My tip is the same except that from here onwards the agent isn't scheduled, it is an "After Mail Arrives" agent.  Continue Reading

• Formatting Excel data in rich text tables

  This code picks up data from a selected Excel spreadsheet and writes it into a Notes document. In the Notes document it will generate a table dynamically and put the data into it.  Continue Reading

• Getting started with the WebSphere Portal Toolkit

  Learn how to accomplish the challenging task of setting up the WebSphere Studio and Portal Toolkit for creating, testing and interactively debugging portlets for WebSphere Portal.  Continue Reading

• Reading a PowerPoint file

  This code will extract all the text from a PowerPoint file into a Notes database and automatically organize it into a standard template.  Continue Reading

• Preventing save conflicts

  If all you need is to set field values of the parent document, then you can try this code below. It uses the @SetDocField formula with the evaluate statement.  Continue Reading

• JavaScript version of @DBLookup and @DBColumn

  The objective of this tip is to avoid page refreshes while looking up data from the browser.  Continue Reading

• Get all group member names

  This undocumented feature will get all of the names of group members.  Continue Reading

• Check if user is part of a specific group

  Often it is useful to check if the current user is a member of a specific group. The following subroutine allows you to do this.  Continue Reading

• Record live view index size information

  This tip records the index size of all views in a given database by issuing a console command and parsing the response.  Continue Reading

• Passing the 65k limit

  I needed to do a search on a large amount of data and came across the 65k limit. I have developed a workaround using LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript library to generate Notes docs in Excel

  I wanted to share a LotusScript library I developed with an OO class description that makes it very easy to use Excel to generate Excel documents.  Continue Reading

• Domino cluster tuning

  Cluster performance tuning will allow you to set the point where a server considers itself "too busy."  Continue Reading

• How to use Lotus Notes email for data transfers

  Many systems can generate e-mail but lack the capability for other types of data transfer. You can use the system's e-mail capability for data transfer.  Continue Reading

• Meet the Extended ACL

  The dialog box for configuring it is arguably the least intuitive and most complex of any that has ever come out of Cambridge and that is really saying something.  Continue Reading

• Hide parts of forms based on group membership

  Are you tired of writing complicated Hide/When formulas? Try this instead.  Continue Reading

• Retrieve selected documents

  This piece of code helps in retrieving selected documents on the view or the currently opened document.  Continue Reading

• Run a Web agent on any JavaScript event

  Have you ever wanted to run an agent on the Web without having the screen reload? Here is a great solution.  Continue Reading

• Optimize Notes startup for different screen resolutions

  I created a new corporate homepage and found it difficult to optimize it for all screen resolutions.  Continue Reading

• Rich text field workarounds

  Here are two Rich text field workarounds.  Continue Reading

• Create a dynamic table row

  This tip shows you how to create a dynamic table row creation with the help of formula at run time.  Continue Reading

• Solving the decimal separator problem

  Reading a decimal number from a string can bring you a lot of trouble if you support clients with different decimal separators. Here is a simple code to avoid this problem.  Continue Reading

• Closing all objects (WINWORD.EXE)

  How do you shutdown all instances of the WINWORD.EXE without going into the task manager? The answer is very simple -- use the GetObject method to retrieve the object.  Continue Reading

• Dialog list and combo box size limitations

  If your data comes from Domino you can overcome size limitations for the dialog list or the combo box.  Continue Reading

• Link Notes fields with Excel cells

  This is an incredibly easy way to link fields in your Notes document to cells in an Excel spreadsheet  Continue Reading

• Chapter 6: Crawling the Web with Java

  Learn how to use Java to implement a customized Web crawler.  Continue Reading

• Zip files with Java LS2J script library

  You can also zip all files in a directory with a similar Java LS2J script library. This code shows you how.  Continue Reading

• A tour of WebSphere Portal

  Portals are emerging as the next-generation desktop, providing employees, partners and customers with the specific information and tools they need.  Continue Reading

• Activating the view property "Do not display empty categories" with LotusScript

  This tip shows you how to activate the view property "Do not display empty categories" without using Domino Designer.  Continue Reading

• Creating a Notes form dynamically

  How to create a Notes form dynamically -- create a form with labels and fields, using LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• Domino and user authentication

  This tip details method used to prevent users from being prompted to enter their name/password several times when attempting to access a database that they do not have permission.  Continue Reading

• All about AdminP Part 1

  AdminP is a program that automates many routine administrative tasks for a Domino environment. This article describes all the components of AdminP.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 5: Blocking spammers with DNS blacklists

  This chapter from the book The Anti-Spam Tool Kit explains what DNS blacklists are, how they work and how to implement them on a mail server.  Continue Reading

• Capture mailbox database size and export to Excel

  Do you have a cap limit on mailbox database size? Have you ever wondered how you could quickly find out the size of all the databases, and then put the data into Excel?  Continue Reading

• Dynamically change background color of a Notes doc

  This tip allows you to change background color on the fly by the user choosing the color on the form itself.  Continue Reading

• Five special characters in DXL

  In XML, there are five predefined entity references used in place of specific characters that would otherwise be interpreted as part of the XML itself.  Continue Reading

• Document unique ID from lookup

  In R6, it's easy to retrieve the document unique ID from a view. @DbLookup has an extra keyword that will return the lookup document unique ID.  Continue Reading

• Build an extended directory catalog

  An easy way to give developers (and admins) all the customized views they want to access Domino directory data, but without adding/changing a single view to your production NAB.  Continue Reading

• Create a doclink between two unrelated Notes docs

  How to create a doclink between two unrelated Notes documents using LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• Simulating dynamic fields and labels

  Often, one must dynamically create labels and fields on the Notes client. This code simulates dynamic fields and labels creation on the Notes Client.  Continue Reading

• Change views selection criteria on the fly

  I was asked to provide a calendar view to users, where they were able to select on the fly what documents were included in the calendar view based on a designated category.  Continue Reading

• Auto checking the server for DECS activity

  This is the code I put in the agent that checks the server tasks and checks whether the DECS activity is running and if not, sends an e-mail to the required people.  Continue Reading

• Zip from LotusScript in Notes/Domino 6

  LotusScript does not have a native class for compressing files to .zip format -- in this tip, I'll show you how to change that.  Continue Reading

• More control of message formatting

  This application contains a script library that can easily be added to any application to give you more control over the format of your outgoing Lotus Notes/Domino mail messages.  Continue Reading

• Find and manage all agents

  This application scans all databases on nominated server(s) and creates reports of all agents found -- including private agents which are normally hidden.  Continue Reading

• Synchronizing your contacts

  This Lotus Notes/Domino utility synchronizes contacts located in your Lotus Notes personal address book with the contacts located in your Domino server based mailfile.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 18: JavaScript and embedded objects

  Get an introduction to what is possible with embedded objects when using JavaScript.  Continue Reading

• View applet printing

  This application contains everything you need to add advanced view printing capabilities to your Notes applications. Lotus ND release 5.x or higher is required to run the code.  Continue Reading

• Using different colors throughout your Web calendar

  You can change the color of any row or column in a Webview or entry in a Web calendar, based on the information in your document and the CSS styles you create.  Continue Reading

• Open a Notes database from Word

  This tip shows you step by step how to open a Notes database in Notes client from Microsoft Word.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 13: Eavesdropping techniques

  This chapter presents several techniques that can be employed to eavesdrop on the conversation between distributed tiers.  Continue Reading

• Firefox shortcut to get HTML page info

  Here's a shortcut you can use in Firefox to quickly access HTML page information without having to view source.  Continue Reading

• Create hotspot buttons on the fly using DXL

  Using DXL, learn how to create a hotspot button dynamically and add it to a rich text field on the fly.  Continue Reading