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Recently a customer highlighted a strange issue with a client application. After opening a form to process the workflow and upon selecting the relevant approval button, the client would just hang there. One time the user left it for two hours before succumbing to Task Manager in order to cancel the task. To compound the …

Notes Client Action Button Issue Read More »

I recently had a requirement to update an existing XPages-based application that uses Apache POI (the Java API for Microsoft Documents) to generate spreadsheet files. Now this post is not specifically about Apache POI, or how to use it with Domino and XPages, but more about an issue that I hit whilst updating the application. …

XPages, Java code and “loading constraint violation” errors Read More »

For the last 9 – 12 months I have been doing a lot of work extracting data from Notes/Domino for use in other systems. This included Notes Rich Text data and so needed to convert it to a mixture of plain text and/or HTML. Unfortunately, the environment was running ND 9.0.1 FPx and upgrading to …

Domino HTML generation and FontConversion=1 Read More »

Recently we have started to look at the Early Access Program for Domino V12, which is currently available to us as a Docker image (rather than a Windows or Linux server installer). The process to create new Domino servers (using Docker Desktop for Windows and the Domino V12 Docker image) was fairly painless, however in …

Domino V12, Docker on Windows 10 and “error while creating mount point” Read More »

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Recently a custom highlighted an issue with entering decimals on Number fields in HCL Nomad. After some troubleshooting I was able to pinpoint the specific settings that resulted in the problem. With a Number field, on the second tab “Control”, you can set the number format with decimal places and additional display formatting. These control …

HCL Nomad, Number Fields and Decimals Read More »

On November 18th Intec will be hosting a webinar with Andrew Manby of HCL titled “Countdown to Domino & Sametime V11“. The abstract is: With the imminent launch of Domino and Sametime V11, plus Connections 6.5, join Intec and Andrew Manby for a fireside chat on the progress of betas for Domino and Nomad, key …

Intec / HCL Webinar – Countdown to Domino & Sametime V11 Read More »

**SHAMELESS PLUG:** With me moving to HCL next month, it’s always important to ensure there is sufficient resiliency in the development teams of open source projects. There are always areas where OpenNTF Domino API may be of benefit, but there will be projects I’m involved in where it won’t. There will also be a big …

OSGi, Maven and Building Domino p2 Update Sites Read More »