Upcoming Appearances at LUGs
Tue, Aug 31st 2010 4:28a Paul Withers It's been a busy few weeks for me, which is why I haven't posted as much as I would have hoped. Although the immediate deadlines have passed, that leaves me no less busy, because next week I am speaki ... [read] Keywords: xpages
Domino 8.5.2: Enhancements I’m Looking Forward To
Tue, Aug 10th 2010 5:13p Paul Withers With today's announcement of a release date for Domino 8.5.2, it seems the right time to review some of the features I've come to like in the closed beta. Some of them are just usability enhancements, ... [read] Keywords: domino
Exporting to CSV and Multi-Value Fields
Mon, Jul 19th 2010 10:24a Paul Withers This morning I picked up a support query from a customer who was confused by the behaviour of an export. My customer was exporting a view to a csv file for import into a third-party application. Altho ... [read] Keywords: lotus
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Autosave database size
Mon, Jun 28th 2010 8:22a Paul Withers Our Domino Administrator noticed today that the as_XXXXX.nsf database was extremely large. This is the database used to store documents and emails if autosave is turned on. Autosave was a new option w ... [read] Keywords: domino
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XWeb: Another XPages Application in Action
Mon, Jun 14th 2010 6:49p Paul Withers A little over a year ago I went on an XPages course. The power of XPages to develop a scalable, flexible solution was obvious. Ok, one of my colleagues will admit that I wasn't convinced after day one ... [read] Keywords: xpages application
GetDocumentByKey Fix Confusion
Thu, May 27th 2010 9:07a Paul Withers After a busy couple of days I've only just picked up the news that the GetDocumentByKey problem highlighted by Erik Brooks and discussed also by Ed Brill. The good news is that the fix is due to be re ... [read] Keywords: lotusscript
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A useful tip for server-based images from an XPage
Fri, May 21st 2010 10:25a Paul Withers Following on from the tip I gave at the end of March, as well as view icons/action button icons accessible from the icons folder and images that come with the oneuiv2 themes, I recently also wanted to ... [read] Keywords: xpages server
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LotusScript: Export Contents of a View to .csv file
Wed, May 19th 2010 11:28a Paul Withers Yesterday I had a requirement to export a couple of views to csv files. We've done similar exports before, usually specific to the particular functions, so have used the traditional file handling func ... [read] Keywords: lotusscript
Deletion Logging
Tue, May 11th 2010 9:23a Paul Withers I've learnt a lot over the years, but occasionally I'm reminded of reusable bits of code I created years ago and am still using today. Deletion logging is an example of that. Before I joined Intec I c ... [read] Keywords:
Meditations on an Application
Tue, Apr 27th 2010 5:24p Paul Withers Yesterday Chris Toohey provided one of his typically insightful articles about the change of nomenclature with Domino R8, from database to application. To paraphrase the article, it was a challenge to ... [read] Keywords: domino
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Slides and Sample Database from BLUG
Mon, Apr 19th 2010 9:25a Paul Withers 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 ... [read] Keywords: xpages database
Catch Intec at LCTY London Edinburgh
Mon, Apr 12th 2010 8:28a Paul Withers 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 u ... [read] Keywords: lotus
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XPages: Open First Attachment in View
Thu, Apr 8th 2010 5:46p Paul Withers Today I picked up a query on the Notes and Domino 8.5 forum asking how to launch the first attachment on a document from a view panel in XPages. I had done something similar for BLUG in terms of addin ... [read] Keywords: domino
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XPages File Uploads and Editable Areas
Tue, Apr 6th 2010 7:27a Paul Withers As you dig deeper into XPages, sometimes you find strange behaviour. My approach (once I can reproduce it) is the same as with any complex problem I encounter in support. First I strip it down to the ... [read] Keywords: xpages
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Experiences of Speaking at BLUG
Tue, Mar 30th 2010 1:25p Paul Withers So today was my debut as a speaker at a LUG, at BLUG at the IBM Forum in Brussels. My session title was "XPages from a Different 'View'-point", basically getting the most from View Controls, Data Tabl ... [read] Keywords: ibm
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