In April
we updated the import tool so that the complete databases are not always
imported but only a subset of design elements, the ones needed for the
actual control. This required contributors to create a so called importlist.xml
file that defines a list of design elements. Thank you Mark Leusink, Paul
Withers, Martin Meijer and Fredrik Norling for having done this.
We understand however that we cannot
ask all control contributors to add this file to their new releases. That's
why my colleague Yi Guo has extended the import tool. If an OpenNTF release
(zip file) contains an importlist.xml file it is used. If not the import
tool tries to read that file from the OpenNTF catalog (cleared releases).
This enables OpenNTF committers to create these files rather than asking
all OpenNTF contributors to produce them.
The other extension is that there is
now a new checkbox 'import unit tests' so that users can define whether
they only want to import the core control (e.g. custom control) or also
unit tests/samples (e.g. XPages).
At this point only two controls show
up in the import tool. We removed temporarily the controls which didn't
use the importlist.xml file yet and which didn't differentiate between
core control design elements vs. unit tests design elements.
With the new functionality available
now we hope that we can soon add more controls to the import tool. If you
want to help producing these files please contact me. The export tool now
allows defining the core design elements and the test design elements.
In order to use the new version drag
this extension.xml
file and drop it onto your My Widgets sidebar panel.
On OpenNTF: Android App for IBM Domino Discussion Applications
Tue, May 21st 2013 3:07a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Jens Bruntt has
contributed a project called DomDisc
for Android.
The project contains a native Android
app that allows access from Android based smartphones and tablets to Domino
discussion applications. The project uses the Domino
Data Services to replicate the
data so that the app can even be used offline.
You can try the app by inst [read] Keywords: domino
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On OpenNTF: XPages Document Locker Managed Bean
Fri, May 17th 2013 12:40a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Fredrik Norling
has contributed a project called XPage
Document Locker.
The project includes a managed bean
with methods to lock and unlock documents. The mechanism works if all users
access the same replica. The documents are not physically locked but instead
a programming convention is used to check whether documents are locked
before some [read] Keywords: ibm
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On OpenNTF: Extended FilteringSelected XPages Control
Thu, May 16th 2013 3:10a Niklas Heidloff As part of the XPages
development contest sponsored
by WebGate
Consulting AG which is part of
the Appathon
sponsored by IBM
developerWorks, Ferry Kranenburg
has contributed a project called XPages
FilteringSelected Extended.
The project includes a control which
extends the FilteringSelected control which comes with the XPages Extension
Library. Watch the video
to see the control in action. Below is Ferry's description:
"This widget adds some nice features
to the dojo Filt [read] Keywords: ibm
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Interview with Bruce Elgort about OpenNTF
Mon, May 13th 2013 1:44a Niklas Heidloff Celia Hamilton from socialbiz User Group
interviewed
Bruce Elgort, the chair of OpenNTF, about several OpenNTF related topics.
Listen to the podcast.
Celia's description: "Bruce Elgort
called in to SocialBiz to discuss his work with OpenNTF.org, XSnippets.info,
Collaboration Today, and XPages.info. Take a listen to find out what Bruce's
favorite XSnippet is and which XSnippets are the most popular overall.
Also, get info from Bruce on OpenNTF.org's Appathon contest that
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OpenNTF Webinar Replay has been published
Wed, May 8th 2013 12:54a Niklas Heidloff Thanks to everyone who attended our first webinar "OpenNTF - The IBM Collaboration Solutions App Dev Community" yesterday.
If you missed it, you can watch the video, listen to the audio or read the slides.
On 06/03/13 David Leedy and Mark Roden will present in the next webinar "Get Started with XPages". Don't miss it! [read] Keywords: collaboration
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New Release of the Trouble Ticket Application
Tue, May 7th 2013 1:31a Niklas Heidloff In my IBM Connect session I used a trouble ticket application as example to show how to access IBM Connections from XPages and to show how to put XPages in the Embedded Experience in Connections, Notes and iNotes.
My colleague Yun Zhi Lin has now created an open source version of this application and documented how to set up it up. There is a version for IBM Domino 8.5.3 and another one for 9.0 which uses the new 'send mail' action. Both versions use the XPages Social Enabler which comes w [read] Keywords: connections
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On OpenNTF: Dynamically compiled XPages
Tue, May 7th 2013 12:18a Niklas Heidloff Philippe Riand has published a new version
of the XPages
Bazaar which includes functionality
to execute XPages that have been developed outside of IBM Domino Designer.
Below is Phil's description.
"This release features a new capability
that will make my fellow hackers curious: the ability to dynamically compile
Java code on the server, and inject the resulting class in a classloader.
Then you follow me, it is the foundation for dynamic pages, including XPages.
It even provides a [read] Keywords: domino
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Attend the first OpenNTF Webinar on Tuesday
Mon, May 6th 2013 12:16a Niklas Heidloff On Tuesday 05/07 at 10:00 AM EST the
first OpenNTF webinar will take place where we'll describe OpenNTF itself.
Find the meeting information on http://webinars.openntf.org.
No registration is required.
Agenda:
1. Welcome
2. OpenNTF Overview
3. XSnippets
4. Collaboration Today and XPages.info
5. Contests
5a. Demo: Forms'n Views
6. Intellectual Property
7. Get engaged [read] Keywords: collaboration
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On OpenNTF: Calendar Service for IBM Domino
Thu, May 2nd 2013 1:42a Niklas Heidloff The latest release
of the XPages Extension Library contains the first version of the calendar
service (REST API) for IBM Domino 9.0. Dave Delay and the Domino REST services
team have posted the documentation
and are asking
for feedback. Below is a short
introduction of the new service.
"The Domino calendar service is
now included in the extension library. The calendar service represents
calendar data in both JSON and iCalendar formats. The calendar service
lets you send HTTP reque [read] Keywords: domino
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