Archives for the 'lotus' Category
Page O’ Connection Strings
My brain is like a sieve. I can’t remember simple things like how to write a “for loop.” Hence the reason I am a Lotus Notes developer… the on-line help is great.
A great find for developers like me is a table of connection strings for all types of data sources.
Small R8 bug (enhancement?) with Rendering HTML
A couple of disclaimers… 1) We’re in the middle of upgrading to R8. Some of our mail servers have been upgraded but none of our production application servers have the new version yet. 2) This is an old (2001) application that was written for the web. I had no part of the initial development.
I discovered [...]
Lotus Notes and the iPhone
I hope that a good night’s rest has allowed most of you to think a bit more clearly about the issue of IBM and the iPhone.
I am not a consultant. I work for a corporation (a rather large financial institution). I have worked for at most (if not all) of the large Lotus Notes shops [...]
Lotus Domino 8.5 Suggestion
I believe Mary Beth Raven was asking for suggestions for the 8.5 version of Lotus Domino. My suggestion is easy…
Make this (beware… it’s a Microsoft Link) the standard web view control for ASPX/Domino pages. It might be overkill but it has every feature you would want in a web table. Sorting AND filtering. Try the [...]
Fruck!
Why couldn’t Lotus Notes throw an error if you try and set the value of a read-only property?
I made a boneheaded move this week. I was working with an encrypted password field (among other changes) in LotusScript and I thought I would set the value with the value below.
passItem.text = strNewPassword
It compiled. I ran the [...]
CFOs and their judgement of technology investments
I wonder if the number CFOs (43%) who believe they are NOT getting an acceptable return from their technology investments are running Microsoft/Exchange shops…