Tips

Tips

• Modify the ACL even with no access to it

  There is a way to modify the ACL even if you don't have access to it.  Continue Reading

• Manage generic user accounts

  These steps will help you manage generic accounts.  Continue Reading

• Redirecting NSF requests from Apache to Domino

  Run both the Apache Web server and Domino on the same system  Continue Reading

• Automatically update users' Location Document settings

  Automatically update users' Location Document settings with these scripts.  Continue Reading

• Rename a database with Lotus Script API

  This Lotus Script code calls an undocumented function "NSFDbRename" in the nnotes.dll.  Continue Reading

• Dynamically set dialog box position/size w/WIN API

  Code to adjust the position and, if you need, the size of the dialogbox using WIN API.  Continue Reading

• Programmatically set "User Preferences" options

  You can set most user preference options by affecting a change to the "Preferences=" Notes.ini variable.  Continue Reading

• Getting CSS in forms to work

  A few simple rules to remember when you try to use Cascading Style Sheets in Notes Forms.  Continue Reading

• Read email without sending read receipt

  How to read an email without sending a read receipt.  Continue Reading

• Console_LogLevel

  Controls the level of information displayed on the status bar when you trace a connection.  Continue Reading

• Use db search for a document collection

  Use db search instead of looping through view for a document collection  Continue Reading

• Displaying multivalue field value in view column formula as single document

  If a multivalued field is used in a Notes view column formula , each value will be displayed as separate document.  Continue Reading

• Refresh all or just selected documents

  Rather than create two separate "refreshing" agents, I combine the two into a single agent which I call "Freshen".  Continue Reading

• Taking Advantage of S/MIME

  This tip gives a short introduction to S/MIME and why it might be useful to you for email security.  Continue Reading

• Export any view to Excel

  Exports all records of any view to Excel.  Continue Reading

• Create hashed password using LotusScript and API call

  Create hashed password using LotusScript and API call  Continue Reading

• Freetime (busytime.nsf) corruption fix for a single user

  If a user reports that a calender shows all busy time when it shouldn't, you can update a single user with the following.  Continue Reading

• ComputeWithForm clashes with @DBLookup formulas

  LotusScript ComputeWithForm method (NotesDocument class) causes @DbName formulas to fail  Continue Reading

• Selective replication

  Tips for a couple of different selective replication problems  Continue Reading

• Restore "missing" folders

  Find those missing folders  Continue Reading

• Add a doclink using @commands

  Add a doclink presenting any document within any view within any Notesdatabase into a document's rich text field.  Continue Reading

• Find out what version of Notes you are running

  Find out WHAT version of Notes you are running for upgrade tasks  Continue Reading

• Archiving - CopyToDatabase method with child documents

  Use this code in an agent and create a button in a view to actuate it.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript agent to send field values, sorted by field

  LotusScript agent to send field values, sorted by field  Continue Reading

• Last day of a month redux (any location)

  A new version of an older script that gathered the last day of a month. This one works anywhere.  Continue Reading

• Rich Text to plain text conversion with Formula

  Use Formula to convert Rich Text to plain text.  Continue Reading

• Using a bubble sort algorithm

  Step-by-step instructions for using a bubble sort algorithm.  Continue Reading

• Reader fields - - an oldie but goodie

  Reader fields are Domino's per-document security method.  Continue Reading

• Creating a random/unique number

  Get a 4-digit random number.  Continue Reading

• Set field value/type via smart icon

  Here's how to set the field values and types via use of the Smart Icon.  Continue Reading

• Date/Time of created documents is incorrect

  Date/Time of created documents is incorrect. Here's how to fix it.  Continue Reading

• Delete dead mail agent

  Here's how to delete a dead mail agent.  Continue Reading

• Restrict users from opening new Domino sessions

  Restrict users from opening new sessions with the Domino server.  Continue Reading

• Collect data with LotusScript and output to Excel

  Use LotusScript to collect data from a view or from a database and output it to MS Excel.  Continue Reading

• Alias email addresses

  How to set up email addresses.  Continue Reading

• Concatenating two arrays/strings with Trim and Unique option

  Concatenating two arrays/strings with Trim and Unique option  Continue Reading

• Accessing a Domino server via the Internet using the Notes Client

  Accessing a Domino server via the Internet using the Notes Client  Continue Reading

• Javascript alternative to @ReplaceSubstring

  When pushing values in and out of the Query_String I often have to replace spaces with "+" symbols.  Continue Reading

• Print attachments with OLE Automation or a WindowsAPI

  Print attachments with OLE Automation or WindowsAPI  Continue Reading

• Removing document encryption

  Here's the method to remove the encription from a NotesDocument object through LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• Set the Window title of Notes client

  Set the Window title of Notes client  Continue Reading

• Simple freetime (busytime.nsf) corruption fix

  Simple freetime (busytime.nsf) corruption fix  Continue Reading

• Scrollable checkboxes

  Using HTML Style sheets, checkbox fields can now have scrollbars.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript agent to send all field values to email recipient

  LotusScript agent to send all field values to email recipient  Continue Reading

• Get current location doc with LotusScript

  Get the current location doc with LotusScript.  Continue Reading

• Moving a database to another server

  How to move a database to another server  Continue Reading

• Export to Word Script

  A short routine to export to Word script  Continue Reading

• View and open documents from another database

  View and open documents from another database.  Continue Reading

• Easy way to change HTTP password

  Here's an action to a mail template which automates the HTTP passwords.  Continue Reading

• Passing Parameter from LotusScript Agent to Java Agent

  Passing Parameter from LotusScript Agent to Java Agent and writing the data in Oracle using JDBC Oracle Thin Driver  Continue Reading

• Print a greeting in the status bar

  Code to print a greeting in the status bar  Continue Reading

• Separate the "STG" graphics from the real attachments in @AttachmentNames

  This quick formula filters out all the associated Icon graphics and leaves you with just the "FilesNames".  Continue Reading

• Handling errors in @DbColumn/@DbLookup

  Entry not found in index or view index not built (or) Server Error: Entry not found in index! - Sounds familiar?  Continue Reading

• Recovering a Deleted Workspace Tab

  If you accidentally delete a Workspace tab, what can you do? Here's the answer!  Continue Reading

• Get server environment variables from a script running on a workstation

  This tip is for getting the full directory path on which Domino is installed.  Continue Reading

• Hide File-Edit-View menu in Notes applications

  There is a way in Lotus Notes 4+ to completely hide the Windows-standard menus at the top of the screen.  Continue Reading

• View all hidden views

  There is an undocumented feature built into the Notes client that allows users to view all hidden views in a database.  Continue Reading

• Export To Excel

  You can create an export to Excel agent that uses OLE to export contents of a Notes view directly into Excel.  Continue Reading

• Script version to find last date of month

  This script finds the last date of the month whether or not the month has 28, 29, 30 or 31 days.  Continue Reading

• Configuring Notes/Domino with Crystal Reports

  Crystal Reports 8.0 is a great tool for creating professional reports with Notes/Domino data.  Continue Reading

• Execute code when a radio button or checkbox is selected

  At times it can be useful to execute some code when a radio button or checkbox is selected.  Continue Reading

• View your local application on the web without a server

  You can watch your local web enabled applications. You don't even have to open your client.  Continue Reading

• Remove quotes from a string in a field

  Use this code to remove quotes from a string in a field.  Continue Reading

• @Command({ViewRefreshFields}) functionality in Javascript

  During web application development it would be great to have something like "@Command([ViewRefreshFields])"  Continue Reading

• Show who last edited document in view

  I used the following formula to easily show the Common Name of the person who last edited.  Continue Reading

• Notes URL tricks

  People often overlooked capabilities of so-named Notes URLs.  Continue Reading

• Combining LotusScript, JavaScript and Formula language

  To create hidden hotspot buttons on a form. You can call these buttons with JavaScript in both the client and the web.  Continue Reading

• File upload validation for file type with JavaScript

  It is essential for security and very helpful for ensuring that files are of the correct format.  Continue Reading

• Excel import into Lotus Notes

  This imports data from Excel into Lotus Notes, skipping blank lines and column headers.  Continue Reading

• Peer-to-Peer

  Groove: peer-to-peer instant messaging and collaboration tool  Continue Reading

• Document has not been saved yet

  Notes sometimes will prompt a dialog box saying that the document is not saved yet.  Continue Reading

• Input validation for file attachments using JavaScript

  A solution is to validate the value of the HTML input element instead.  Continue Reading

• Calculate the number of working days between two dates

  There are times when you require to work out the number of working days between two given dates.  Continue Reading

• Display Profile Documents in a view

  The "getProfileDocuments" agent creates a stub document for every profile document in a database.  Continue Reading

• Give a user editor access instead of Manager access to a database

  How to maintain the Access Control list.  Continue Reading

• Scheduled compact of open databases

  Here is the ability to schedule/automate the compact of open databases like names.nsf. log.nsf and statrep.nsf.  Continue Reading

• Printing a list of LotusScript error codes

  I created my own LotusScript agent to generate this list.  Continue Reading

• How to display a Rich Text Field from existing Notes document on the new Web Form

  Wouldn't it sometimes be nice to publish some rich text from Notes databases on another Web page?  Continue Reading

• Lotus Certification

  Certification may not be everything to everyone but it can be a good skills gauge and a resume booster.  Continue Reading

• Open/extract zip files from Notes client

  Many users believe that they have to have separate software to open zip files that are attached to emails.  Continue Reading

• Linking to Notes from Word Document

  Ever want to link to a Lotus Notes database from within a Word document? Works with views and documents, too.  Continue Reading

• @Adjust in LotusScript

  This function adjusts the specified time-date value by the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds.  Continue Reading

• Using the Admin Client on the Domino Server without installing it

  Using the Admin Client on the Domino Server without installing it  Continue Reading

• Multi-line text fields on the web

  Quite often there's a need for multi-line text fields in native Notes.  Continue Reading

• Appending embedded attachments in a document into a richtext field

  Appending embedded attachments in a document into a richtext field  Continue Reading

• Refer to a value in a view column from another view column

  Create a view column that takes advantage of the calculations already done in other view columns.  Continue Reading

• Re-Attach ID files

  We needed a way to re-attach the Notes ID file back to the person document for iNotes Outlook/DOLS installs.  Continue Reading

• LotusScript 101 - Custom Functions

  The most powerful feature most developers never use.  Continue Reading

• Get all field names of a Notes form

  Get all field names of a Notes form.  Continue Reading

• Add or Remove Prohibit design refresh

  Add or Remove Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify from a View or Folder  Continue Reading

• ODBC connection to external database

  ODBC connection to external database  Continue Reading

• Private views - how to get them

  How to take care of private views.  Continue Reading

• Extract the public key from the current active user

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• Create database link as shortcut on your Windows Desktop

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• Create a replica stub with Lotus Script

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• Getting the value of checked radio button

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• Change a form's background color in the Notes Client via script

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• Create dynamic local or server URL links for Web browsers

  Create a URL link for a database through the web browser.  Continue Reading

• Rebuilding your bookmarks to match your desktop

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• Enable/disable preview pane by default

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