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Object Oriented Example – Document Locking
If Toohey is still posting LotusScript tips in his blog… I will too.
Today I am showing a very simple document locking class. If you don’t care about Object Orientated code in LotusScript or you’ve seen enough examples… feel free to move along.
What is the class?
This is a very simple class to assist with document locking. [...]
jsCrypto
I’m a sucker for encryption tools and I found a new one through del.icio.us called jsCrypto. It’s a JavaScript encryption library that claims to be at least 4x faster than any other JavaScript encryption routine out there.
A description from the jsCrypto site:
We offer a fast, small symmetric encryption library written in Javascript. Though several such [...]
A call for ideas from Notes Client developers
My friend and I have been philosophizing about what to do with a specific Lotus Notes application. The application is roughly eight years old and it’s bloated. It’s literally busting at the seams with code.
I’m going to say right now… that with unlimited resources (aka time and money) this application should be rewritten. I wouldn’t [...]
R8 – NotesDocumentCollection: New Methods
I missed the announcement on this one…
The NotesDocumentCollection in R8 now has four new fabulous methods: Merge, Contains, Intersect, Subtract.
Merge: Adds to a document collection any documents not already in the collection that are contained in a second collection.
Contains: Indicates whether or not a NotesDocumentCollection contains all of the given NotesDocuments or all of the [...]
LotusScript Versions of DBLookup and DBColumn Using Evaluate
I was looking through Jamie Magee’s slides from a 2008 ILUG presentation to review the performance tips he showed us at IamLUG2009. When reading slide #6 I found an interesting tidbit: “When only reading data from documents – @DBLookup and @DBColumn is fastest.” I assumed he meant through an Evaluate statement.
Could this be true? I [...]
Pipe Dream: Custom Apps offered by LotusLive
I was daydreaming during Cavanaugh’s opening session at IamLUG. Nothing against his speech… I was just hoping for more of a William Wallace speech.
Ed: “My Yellow Sons and Daughters, I am Ed Brill”
Yellow person: “Ed Brill is seven feet tall”
Ed: “Yes, I’ve heard! And if he were here, he’d consume Microsoft with fireballs from his [...]
Going Green with Lotus Notes
I am proud to admit that one of my applications won a corporate “Going Green” award.
We (the app) will save roughly $100,000 year (I say roughly because it is only calculated supply costs)
We’ve eliminated the need to print to 3,000,000+ sheets of paper a year (I’ve estimated that to be 40 trees a year)
They don’t [...]
There’s an app for that
I’ve said it before and Neil Wainwright said it again (comment #3) today. Small application development was Lotus’ strength in the late 90s and early 2000’s.
After reading Neil’s comment and going back to work I stared at my workspace for a moment. With all of the tabs filled with icons… I said to myself “There’s [...]
Developers! Developers! Developers!
On two recent Ed Brill posts, I stated my claim that developers were the key to Lotus Notes’ world domination.
I might have even gone so far as recommending that Ed do the “developer dance” patented by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer.
I believe the Notes Designer should be available to every Lotus Notes user. Restrict their access to [...]
Simple Research – Lotus Notes vs Outlook
Disclaimer: I am not a statistician and I do not claim to know anything about statistics.
For a long time I have wondered if the disturbing lack of Lotus Notes shops is just a Milwaukee issue. I finally decided to stop wondering and do a little research. I decided to use a very (un)scientific method… search [...]
