Blog & Technical Insights

Since M3 we’ve had Listeners implemented in the OpenNTF Domino API. Although there’s potential for even greater implementation of listeners through the API, they’re already extremely powerful. Think about triggering specific code whenever a document is saved from XPages. The concept is very powerful and there has been an example in the Demo database for […]

XPages in Notes Client is one area that is receiving constant development. With 8.5.3 we gained Domino server and Notes client preferences XPagesPreload=1 and XPagesPreloadDB=myServer!!myDb.nsf/myXPage.xsp,myLocalDb.nsf/test.xsp. These preloaded the XPages runtime and preloads specific databases. Then with 9.0 we gained the functionality in Notes Client to define XPages that need to run on the server on […]

Today I had this query about refreshing multiple areas of the page on a blog post about partial execution: I have several input text fields with onChange events that do a partial updates on panels (a panel for each field) that contain the images that display whether the required field is completed. But I also […]

Earlier this week I had the pleasure to present with Martin Jinoch at Engage in Nertherlands. It was good to present on the API with someone who’s main involvement has been as a consumer, though very much an active member of discussions on existing and new functionality. Here are the slides, which included more recent […]

Recently I’ve been working on an application for XPages in Notes Client. Part of that has been using Domino Data Services in the application. One of the problems I came across was that the Domino Data Service was not running as the current logged on user, even though I was calling it from Java. I […]

Most developers (certainly myself!) are lazy. We look to re-use code and write the briefest code we can. Sometimes it backfires! When writing a method, either in Java or LotusScript, we can often pass parameters around with little concern. I came across that some years ago with LotusScript when objects were being changed by a […]

Two weeks from now I’ll be speaking at Engage.ug, along with a host of illustrious names from IBM and the community. I’ll be speaking with Martin Jinoch about the OpenNTF Domino API. After speaking on the API solo at various user groups and during speedgeeking at IBM Connect, it will be interesting to co-host the […]

Some time ago Niklas Heidloff blogged about three kinds of XPages developers – those who just use drag and drop with SSJS / JavaScript; those who use Java but only in an NSF; and those who develop with Java outside the NSF. For some time I’ve been doing some development outside the NSF, but after […]

This rant is not the result of any individual project,I’ve been meaning to write it for a while. It’s also as much out of disillusionment of believing web developers who say you can switch off compatibility mode, because it’s not what happens necessarily. When developing for a corporate environment, the default browser is usually Internet […]

There has been considerable work on the Discussion Database over recent years, adding an XPage interface and a host of features. If you look at the R9 installs, you’ll see there is a version for 8.5.3 and another for R9. But you need to be careful if you have upgraded a server to 9.0.1 because […]