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There have been a few posts recently about triggering client-side javascript from server-side javascript, integrating output from the server-side javascript. Here’s one way of doing it. It may not be best practice, and I’m sure there are other methods – with XPages I’ve come to learn that there are always at least two ways of […]
XPages: Calling Client-Side Javascript from Server-Side Javascript Read More »
Following on from BLUG last month, I’m attaching the slides and sample XPages database on my blog as well as on the BLUG site. A couple of things to note are: The dashboard will not work in Internet Explorer, because of the way I’ve constructed the chart. By using a repeat control, the javascript series is
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Some time ago Steve Leland added a great article to the Domino Application Development wiki for extending the rich text editor in XPages. On a similar topic, some time ago I posted an idea on IdeaJam for using the Editor2 dojo widget that ships with the Domino Blog template for XPages. For those who haven’t
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If you’re attending Lotusphere Comes to You in London (tomorrow, 13th April) or Edinburgh (Thursday, 15th April) feel free to drop by the Intec stand. Our main points of focus are version-to-version upgrade supported by our iMigrate (https://www.intec.co.uk/home.nsf/pages/iMigrate?Open) tool and XPages. The XPages part of our rolling presentation will include a video of the dashboard
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Some time ago Jo Grant posted an article on the Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development wiki with a tip about how to reference the view icon images installed with the Domino server or Notes Client. This involved using server-side javascript to manipulate the XSPUrl class, removing parameters and creating a new URL. This is a
A useful tip for server-based images from an XPage Read More »
One of my standard interview questions is to pose a challenging real-life scenario I encountered a few years ago. The scenario posed is of a suite a databases developed for use on Notes Clients minimum release of 6.5.x and maximum release of 7.0.2. The requirement is for users to open a document in database A
Embedded View from a Different Database – A Scalable Alternative Read More »
First of all, apologies for not making further progress on the validation tutorials. Prior to a customer meeting, I was doing a final review of the mixture of client-side and server-side validation I implemented, and found problems. It looks like 8.5.1 may be able to address this, so watch this space. So as a fall-back
XPages: Validation for Radio Buttons – 8.5.1 Issue Read More »
Yes, modifying the Mail template is to be avoided at all costs. But sometimes the customer needs changes. The scenario we had was a customer requiring CommonStore and DUCS design elements in the same template, and there was nothing available off the shelf. I had information about the design elements that needed adding, so it
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Welcome I’ve always been a bit of a late developer (pardon the pun!), but I thought it was about time I started posting a blog. I’m a relative newbie at Domino Development compared to some – just nine years experience since R5. But after using a wide range of functionality and quite a bit of