Tips

Tips

• Using names.nsf undocumented features

  Have you ever wanted to use the "Select Names" Web dialog, as seen in names.nsf and webadmin.nsf in R6.x, in your own R6 Web applications? This tip shows you how to do it.  Continue Reading

• LDAP, Domino and Windows: Making it work

  In this Q&A, Michael Lazar, SearchDomino.com's resident Domino administration expert, answers questions about using LDAP in a mixed Domino and Windows environment.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 11: Load-testing to find and fix scalability problems

  Learn how to use two open-source tools, JUnit and JMeter, to load-test Java server applications and find and fix scalability issues in your applications.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript error handling

  This tip provides some details about how to write proper error handling routines. It starts with an overview of theory and then presents an example that puts theory into practice.  Continue Reading

• Monitoring WebSphere performance

  Learn about the resources available in WebSphere to monitor performance and how to use them to avoid bottlenecks.  Continue Reading

• Expand and collapse text within a view column

  This technique breaks up a large quantity of data, displays a small piece of the text & a clickable graphic that opens up the remainder of it.  Continue Reading

• Validating a Notes formula from LotusScript

  This code can be used to validate a Notes formula before using it in an Evaluate() statement or in a call to db.Search(). It will also tell you the offset of any error.  Continue Reading

• More protection against e-mail address harvesters

  Check out these tricks for fooling spammers who visit your Web sites to harvest e-mail addresses.  Continue Reading

• Get database by title

  Get a handle to any database anywhere in your Notes environment. This code works by getting the database details from the Catalog, which should be the root and will not move.  Continue Reading

• Test your formulas

  Need to test your formula quickly? Here is a quick keyboard trick that does it in a jiff.  Continue Reading

• Open a database to a specific frameset

  Learn how to use formulas to open a database to a specified frameset by setting an environment variable and using computed frames.  Continue Reading

• Modify a rich text field in the UI without having to save and re-open

  With this LotusScript code, you can modify any rich text fields and reflect those changes in the UI without being forced to save the document.  Continue Reading

• Check those LotusScript errors!

  A lesson in proper LotusScript coding.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 14: Writing Java applets and Java Web Start applications

  Learn how to create Java applets and Java Web Start applications, how to use them on the Web and maximize their performance.  Continue Reading

• Cool tricks for password recovery

  Here are a few valuable tricks you can use to collect and recover passwords.  Continue Reading

• Building Domino portlets for WebSphere

  Learn about the three different options available for creating Domino portlets for WebSphere.  Continue Reading

• Optimize performance of your LotusScript code

  Ever wondered where the bottleneck is that makes you code so darn slow? With the lsTimer class below, you can easily pinpoint any time-consuming method piece of Lotus script code.  Continue Reading

• The dangers of 'dummy' email accounts

  This tip discusses a few security concerns related to the use of generic e-mail accounts, like sales@company.com, and explains why a mail-in database is a safer alternative.  Continue Reading

• Developer tool: Read/set document fields from view

  This handy tip makes testing and debugging applications easier by letting you reassign a field without editing the document.  Continue Reading

• Policies and archive bug

  Exercise caution when creating a Policy with Archive Setting -- it could cause a server crash.  Continue Reading

• Create your own drag/drop area

  Learn how to drag/drop any "bookmarkable" items into your own work area within a portal.  Continue Reading

• Stop that WebQueryOpen!

  If certain fields have not been filled in, you can use this code to stop a form from being maintained in the browser.  Continue Reading

• An easier way to use Validate

  Ever have to use Validate to ensure that all fields in a form are filled in before it can be submitted? Here's an easy way to do it.  Continue Reading

• Change view design or scheduled agent runtimes

  This LSX lets you use LotusScript to set a parameter doc (NotesDocument) with view criteria (formulas, settings, columns, etc) and then build it.  Continue Reading

• Customize 'no search results found' message

  If a search is submitted and zero docs are returned, follow this procedure to provide your own custom display message.  Continue Reading

• Let users filter any view

  Here's a great little Action (or Agent) that lets a user filter any categorized view based on whichever category they choose.  Continue Reading

• An easier way to find values for Microsoft constants

  Many people write code in Excel to get a message box to reveal the constant's value, but there is an easier way.  Continue Reading

• How to fake a relational database within Notes

  Save new values in the QueryClose event to a new doc, and then you can use an agent to fetch and update appropriate "dependent" docs, like you would in a relations database.  Continue Reading

• Quickly parse URL parameters

  Tired of cutting out ParentUNID and Count Start when submitting a page from browsers? This function makes a list of parameters and their corresponding values, if any.  Continue Reading

• Who's sending the spam?

  Regardless of how many blocks you've got for spam, some still gets through. This agent and view will let you see where it's coming from, so you can block the IPs at the server.  Continue Reading

• Speed up exports to Excel

  Use this code to speed up exports to Excel by using the clipboard and pasting the results to Excel, rather than dealing with each cell.  Continue Reading

• Monitoring cluster replication

  Domino server clusters are an excellent way to provide for failover in the event of server outage. But they provide little benefit if the data on the servers is not kept in sync.  Continue Reading

• @Word in Java

  This is a simple class that emulates the @Word function in Lotus Notes.  Continue Reading

• Password expiration for Notes IDs

  You should strongly consider enabling password expiration for Notes IDs. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to do it.  Continue Reading

• Open attachments on Web forms in a new window

  This code allows you to open all attachments on Web forms in a new window; it works in both read and edit modes.  Continue Reading

• A better way to track field changes

  If you really to ensure fields have changed, and in an easy way, don't use computed fields to display -- just use LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• Print all attachments using shellExecute in Windows

  This script prints all attachments on a Notes doc's Body field. You do not need to know the attachment names ahead of time, or the app that needs to be invoked to print them.  Continue Reading

• Calculate U.S. holidays for any given year

  Add U.S. holidays to your server's holiday list with this code.  Continue Reading

• JavaScript Library in a Notes database

  Do you need the same JavaScript code in many Notes forms? This tip will shows you how you can maintain JavaScript code in only one place.  Continue Reading

• @Word in LotusScript

  This function in LotusScript is equivalent to @Word function.  Continue Reading

• Creating replica stubs

  Creating replica stubs is a good way to distribute small files via your mail system. Here's how to do it.  Continue Reading

• Import from Excel

  This code allows you to import data from an Excel sheet directly (without saving it first as a Lotus 1-2-3 file).  Continue Reading

• The four levels of WebSphere Application Server

  To help you get a handle on the key differences of each, here's a look at the four levels of WAS.  Continue Reading

• Six ways to handle a dysfunctional team

  Personality clashes can drive a team into the ground. To stop your team from heading in that direction, try following these six steps.  Continue Reading

• Jens Bruntt on Java vs. LotusScript

  We asked SearchDomino.com Web development expert Jens Bruntt, "What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing a Java agent over a LotusScript agent?"  Continue Reading

• Send HTML email with embedded images

  This tip describes how to send an e-mail with HTML and embedded images.  Continue Reading

• Highlight search keywords inside a document

  The JavaScript code in this tip will highlight the keywords of a search inside a document returned by the search.  Continue Reading

• Repair local databases on desktop

  This tip explains how to use nfixup and ncompact to repair local DBs on a desktop such as PAB and a local archive.  Continue Reading

• Finding and disabling hidden return receipts

  This tip explains how to find and disable hidden return receipts.  Continue Reading

• Delete current viewing document over the Web

  This tip explains to use @Formulas and @Commands instead of LotusScript to delete a current document on the Web.  Continue Reading

• Andre Guirard on Java vs. LotusScript

  We asked SearchDomino.com expert and IBM Lotus developer Andre Guirard which was better -- LotusScript or Java. His response -- "They're each better than the other one."  Continue Reading

• Efficient use of deny lists

  This month's security tip presents some ideas for using deny lists efficiently.  Continue Reading

• Brian Mahoney on Java vs. LotusScript

  Brian Mahoney offers his advice on the advantages and disadvantages of writing a Java agent over an LS agent in the first installment of our developer tip series on Java vs. LS.  Continue Reading

• Easy steps for monitoring application size

  Karen Fishwick, author of Exam Cram 2: Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator, offers methods and tools to help you control, minimize and monitor the size of your DB.  Continue Reading

• Domino Web traffic analyzers

  Chuck Connell offers his product comparisons and recommendations on Web log traffic analyzers for Domino.  Continue Reading

• Recycle the right way

  Find out the right way to recycle Java objects.  Continue Reading

• The best $$ReturnGeneralError

  How to make integrated error handling look nice in a Domino Web application.  Continue Reading

• iNotes warning message

  One member's suggested fix for the "unable to process request" iNotes warning message.  Continue Reading

• Getting mail.box database

  A warning on which DB to look for when sending mails using LotusScript and making the doc directly in mail.box.  Continue Reading

• Programmatically create HTML e-mails

  Learn how to create HTML email in Lotus Notes programmatically.  Continue Reading

• Document list of your Domino.doc library

  How to put a list of all documents of a chosen cabinet in the Domino.doc library into an MS Excel workbook.  Continue Reading

• Sequence numbering on a single server

  How to create sequence numbers that don't duplicate, even when run off a server or local client.  Continue Reading

• Domino clusters for Internet traffic

  Chuck Connell describes how to use the Internet Cluster Manager to bring clustered Domino servers to Web users.  Continue Reading

• Partial hide design

  How to hide scripting in forms and views when altering design elements.  Continue Reading

• Categorizing views based on related multi-valued fields

  How to show related multi-valued fields sorted in a view.  Continue Reading

• Linux on the mainframe -- is it right for you?

  Moving to Linux can make a lot of sense, not to mention save a few dollars, provided you meet a few criteria.  Continue Reading

• Setting mail quotas

  This is the first in a series of admin tips by Domino book author Karen Fishwick, including her latest Exam Cram 2: Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator.  Continue Reading

• Time management in a crazed IT department

  Long hours and constant crisis are the hallmarks of IT work. Yet those who have logged many an hour on the job have found some techniques to make it easier.  Continue Reading

• Build list of views, and open selected view via LotusScript

  How to build a list of all views in the current DB and then open the selected view in the specified frame within a frameset.  Continue Reading

• Sorting search results

  How to sort search results in ways other than the three options given: relevancy, oldest or newest.  Continue Reading

• Drive away the incorrect unread mail count problems

  How to fix the occasional problem of incorrect unread mail count on the database icon in Notes' workspace.  Continue Reading

• Printing message tracking results

  How to print the results of a message track.  Continue Reading

• Delete a collection of documents

  How to exclude documents in a collection that will cause an error when a user tries to delete the collection.  Continue Reading

• Sort collection like a view

  How to sort a collection the same way a view is sorted.  Continue Reading

• Attach any file in Designer resource's images section

  How to attach formats other than gif, jpeg and bmp to a Designer resource.  Continue Reading

• DateTime problem solved in agents

  How to solve problems with dateTime in LotusScript agents running on the server with different dateTime settings.  Continue Reading

• Creating sequence numbers

  How to create numbers in sequence in a workflow application.  Continue Reading

• Partial replace design

  How to replace any design element in ND6.  Continue Reading

• A primer on Domino clustering

  SearchDomino.com security and administration expert Chuck Connell overviews points to consider when creating a Domino cluster.  Continue Reading

• Check public key for Notes IDs

  This tip illustrates the importance of the Check public key feature, especially in conjunction with Check password.  Continue Reading

• Using the open DB dialogue box to get DB paths and RepID

  This tip describes how to link DBs together without hard coding the DB paths.  Continue Reading

• Treating multiple fields with the same name

  This tip describes how to access multiple instances of the same item individually.  Continue Reading

• Run agent from a Web page

  This tip provides one way to run an agent from a Web page and access field values from the backend doc behind every page.  Continue Reading

• Close all open windows at once

  A hidden Notes feature can quickly close all open windows.  Continue Reading

• Using DXL classes to create version control

  Design your own version control tool with the new LotusScript classes added in ND6.  Continue Reading

• Deleting 'Private on first use' views/folders

  This tip describes how to get around the GetView/NotesDB class/POFU view bug in ND6.  Continue Reading

• Parse query from URL

  This tip describes how to parse a query string from the URL in a form using a CGI server variable.  Continue Reading

• Counting unique elements in a text list

  This tip's formula will count the number of elements that are the same in a text list.  Continue Reading

• Looping through @Implode and @Explode

  Learn how to perform multiple lookups in one shot.  Continue Reading

• Year and quarter -- the Formula language way

  How to show when a doc was created in the format Year, Qx -- using formula.  Continue Reading

• Remove 'No documents found' -- W3C standards-compliant

  There have been several tips how to remove 'No documents found' messages in Web views. Here is a more W3C standards-compliant version, which should run in all DOM-capable browsers.  Continue Reading

• Warning on trimming strings with @Trim and Trim

  A warning about trimming functions in LotusScript and Formula.  Continue Reading

• Use ALT key to quickly perform options

  The ALT key is your shortcut to hotkeys when any Notes database is open.  Continue Reading

• Year and quarter -- the LotusScript way

  How to show when a doc was created in the format Year, Qx -- using LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• @Member in reverse

  How to find the last position in a text list up to 99 elements.  Continue Reading

• Reduce the size of your database

  Resident administration expert Michael Lazar offers his tips on reducing the size of your databases.  Continue Reading

• Server-side password checking

  Resident security expert Chuck Connell explains the proper uses and importance of the "check password" feature, which he refers to as "server-side password checking."  Continue Reading

• Smart icon to set field value/type, version 2

  Version one of this tip, "Set field value/type via smart icon" by Janet Rogers, was submitted on Sept. 4, 2001.  Continue Reading

• Leverage the progress bar within Notes

  How to utilize a progress bar that displays percentage progress within a message box display.  Continue Reading

• Trim returns and line feeds

  This tip is a LotusScript function that trims the returns and line feeds from a string.  Continue Reading