GBS Transformer - Any case studies?
Thu, Dec 15th 2011 9:08a Patrick Picard It's been a while since I've looked back at the lotus world. In my spare time, I still play with Xpages (mainly update a pet application). I need to update that application to use the native RDBMS integration instead of the basic integration.
Towards the end of my time as a Notes Developer, I looked at GBS Transformer. Due to role changes, I did not pursue the full evaluation.
I am just curious to hear where the solution is at and whether there are customer studies on it. I d [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
xpages application
integration
planetlotus
5 years later, Im finally done University (online)
Mon, Nov 15th 2010 3:18p Patrick Picard div About 5 years ago, I embarked on a journey that would basically suck up most of my personal time as I worked full-time. When I completed college, I figured it would be silly to stop learning new things, so I decided to take up on online university./divdiv /divdivDoing an online degree was the perfect fit for me because I cannot stand being in class and listen to the same stuff four classes in a row because of some stoners cant catch up quick enough! Also, learning on your own is an impor [read] Keywords: administration
database
java
network
Extending lotus.domino.Document....is there a way?
Wed, Oct 27th 2010 2:27p Patrick Picard div Recent discussions regarding Xpages/SSJS/Beans and Java have led me to choose Java for the implementation of the libraries found in a href=http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=.Domino%20FrameworkDominoFramework/a/divdiv /divdivAt first, I was thinking SSJS, but it would be too tedious to implement considering the OO support in JavaScript. Its not that it doesnt exit....its just that I find it clumsy and wasnt designed to be OO from the beginning. [read] Keywords: domino
lotus
xpages database
development
interface
java
javascript
openntf
XPages - IE8 (and maybe others) not firing onChange events for radio buttons. Solution...
Mon, Oct 18th 2010 9:30a Patrick Picard div I have a view on an xpage that I allow the user to filter using a radio button. Basically, the user clicks on a radio button, and the view refreshes after using the data from the requestScope to filter the view./divdiv /divdivFirefox had no problem....IE on the other hand decides to not fire the onChange on radio buttons. This is apparently a known bug in IE (I only tested on IE8). The bug is documented at br /a href=bug detailshttp://webbugtrack.blogspot.com/2007/11/bug-193-onchange-doe [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
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Xpages - Dojo Charts and IE8 (not playing nicely)
Wed, Oct 13th 2010 12:28p Patrick Picard div Quick warning, IE8 does not play nice with dojo charts and in some cases, axis labels are not displayed. I ran into this issue on the very cool new a href=http://planetlotus.org/765184Homepage project on OpenNTF/a/divdiv /divdivThe Xpages wiki document at a href=http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/dx/Dojox_Charting_for_XPageshttp://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/dx/Dojox_Charting_for_XPages/a provides a workaroundbr /br /Put the following code in the beforeRenderResponse. It will for [read] Keywords: ldd
lotus
xpages dojo
openntf
planetlotus
planetlotus.org
wiki
XPages xp:validateRequired not working on radio buttons? (not radio button groups)
Thu, Oct 7th 2010 2:28p Patrick Picard div Earlier this week, I managed to get radio buttons to work in a repeat control thanks to the great help of a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/patpicos/entry/xpages_can_radio_buttons_be_used_in_a_data_table4?lang=en#commentsJohn Cooper/a/divdiv /divdivNow that my radio buttons display, I having issues running server validation on them. br /br /Place 2 radio buttons on the xpage and add a quot;Validate Requiredquot; validator on them. When attempting to save the page...the validator neve [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
server
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Two good Javascript guides (including jQuery)
Thu, Oct 7th 2010 8:28a Patrick Picard div Stumbled upon the following 2 guides last night while browsing on the ipad../divdiv /divdivThe first one is a regular JavaScript guide from the Mozilla Developer web site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Guidebr /br /The second is a jQuery guide found at http://jqfundamentals.com/pdf/jquery-fundamentals-book.pdf (it is also available in other formats)br //div [read] Keywords: javascript
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XPages - DDE 852 Problems passing a data sources to Custom controls
Wed, Oct 6th 2010 11:31a Patrick Picard div Yesterday, I was learning how to pass data sources to a custom control using custom properties. The process is outline in both /divdivhttp://xpagesblog.com/xpages-blog/2009/8/17/xpages-how-to-pass-a-document-data-source-to-a-custom-contro.html and in a video from Xpages101.net.br /br /However, when adding the property to the custom control, I attempted to define the type for the custom control/divdivSteps:br /ulliOpen Custom Control/liliGo to property definitions/liliAdd a property/liliClic [read] Keywords: ibm
xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
properties
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XPages - Custom Control properties - Where are the property details saves
Wed, Oct 6th 2010 11:31a Patrick Picard div Custom controls are powerful elements in Xpages. br /br /They become even more powerful when you pass in data to them using custom properties. When you add properties, you will see no changes in the source code. Then you might wonder, where are those settings saved?/divdiv /divdivIf you open the Java Package Explorer, browse to custom controls, open the . xsp-config file related to your custom controls. Voila, thats where they are hiding./divdiv /divdivWhy would you want to know this? W [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
java
properties
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XPages - Do not name your data sources header
Tue, Oct 5th 2010 11:27a Patrick Picard div Quick Warning: If you name your data source header, no data will be displayed even though your bindings are correct./divdiv br //divdivheader is a reserved word and I believe it represents http headers or something the like. After renaming my data source to headerDoc, everything went willy nilly :) /divdiv /divdivBAD:br / lt;xp:this.datagt;br / lt;xp:dominoDocumentb var=quot;headerquot;/b action=quot;openDocumentquot;br / formName=quot;LarHeader.frm [read] Keywords: xpages
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XPages - Can radio buttons be used in a data table?
Tue, Oct 5th 2010 11:27a Patrick Picard divI am working on an app used for logical access reviews. Basically, the app displays a bunch of roles a user holds and the manager decides whether the access is still required./divdiv /divdivbUser Interface Goal is to look like this:/bbr /a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/patpicos/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/row-radio.JPG target=_blankimg alt=image height=493 src=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/patpicos/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/row-radio.JPG style=display: block; margin: 1em 1 [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
google
interface
properties
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Xpages101.net - Couldnt resist at the discount offered by Bruce Elgort
Tue, Sep 28th 2010 9:30a Patrick Picard div Bruce Elgort has a discount for Xpages101.net of 30%. a href=http://planetlotus.org/752afc Discount Link/a/divdiv /divdivGo ahead and use it like I did. When I first looked at the site, I thought the price was in Euros....but realized today it is in pounds....thats worse for us folks from Canuckistan...good thing the discount came about!br /br /199 GBP = $320 CAD, so with the discount 133GBP = $216 CAD, so I saved around $100 :)/divdiv /divdivNow I just have to sit tight and wait for my l [read] Keywords: planetlotus
planetlotus.org
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XPages - Beware view.getDocumentByKey() is picky
Fri, Sep 24th 2010 11:28a Patrick Picard div As I progress from yesterdays work on my quot;Reporting Structurequot; widget, I want the links in the widget to open the appropriate document for the people the person reports to./divdiv /divdiva href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/patpicos/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/Structure.png target=_blankimg alt=image src=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/patpicos/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/Structure.png style=display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position: relative; //aTo m [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
database
javascript
widget
XPages - Questions about views
Thu, Sep 23rd 2010 4:27p Patrick Picard div Hi fellow readers and Xpage gurus,/divdiv /divdivWith the view container control, is it possible to do the following programmatically?/divdivulliGet the number of rows in the view (I wish to hide it if there are no documents) Note: The view is a categorized view filtered on 1 key, so it must return the number of filtered rows/liliRemove a view filter. /liulliEDIT: nevermind, I was resetting the wrong scope in my button. For example, I have a radio button group bound to viewScope.buildingDe [read] Keywords: xpages
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Gartner - Sharepoint vs. Lotus Notes
Wed, Sep 22nd 2010 11:30a Patrick Picard div Today, I received an email from Gartner with a list of upcoming webinars. I usually attend some about IT trends and things to look for./divdiv /divdivBeside generic trends, Gartner seems to host webinars that are technology focused. Two examples:br /br /span xmlns:pt=http://www.plumtree.com/xmlschemas/ptui/span xmlns:fo=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format xmlns:pt=http://www.plumtree.com/xmlschemas/ptui/div class=webinarIntro style=display: block;h2The Role of SharePoint
in Information Prot [read] Keywords: connections
domino
ibm
lotus
notes
xpages development
email
microsoft
sharepoint
XPages - How does the HTTP task cache Xpages and custom controls?
Fri, Sep 10th 2010 3:28p Patrick Picard div In traditional notes development, you make a form change, then reopen the form and the changes are there all the time./divdiv /divdivIve noticed that with Xpages, this is not the case. Ive been toying around with an example from Mark Hughes to create a dojo picklist with a data table.br /http://dominoextnd.blogspot.com/2009/05/xpages-how-to-create-view-picklist.html/divdiv /divdivTo test my work, I saved the Xpage, which contains a custom control w/ the picklist. This custom control is in [read] Keywords: notes
xpages development
dojo
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Xpages - @Userroles (or lack of) and Name fields (issue displaying names data)
Fri, Sep 10th 2010 11:26a Patrick Picard div After completing the TLCC course on Xpages, I thought id try web-enabling our employee information db.....hoping it would be simple./divdiv /divdivFirst, I had to hide a panel from non HR people...to find out there are no @UserRoles() in XPages.br /br /To check a role, you need to do:/divdivbcontext.getUser().getRoles().contains(quot;[HRAdmin]quot;);/bbr /br /To be honest, @isMember(quot;[HRAdmin]quot;;@Userroles) is much nicer. Lesson learnt./divdiv /divdiv /divdivSecond, I wanted to di [read] Keywords: xpages javascript
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XPages - JavaScript Editor - My wishlist
Fri, Sep 10th 2010 11:26a Patrick Picard div After using the Javascript editor for about a week, ive found many pain points that I wish IBM had fixed in 8.5.2/divdiv /divdivHeres my wishlistbr /ulliBetter content-assist. Many items are missing such as setValue() and getValue() on components. Ie: var myComp = getComponent(quot;abcdquot;); myComp.setValue(quot;newValuequot;) //the setValue does not show on CTRL-SPACE/liliInconsistency in Javascript naming. for example view.getSelectedbIds/b() vs NotesDocument.getUniversalbID/b() //get [read] Keywords: ibm
lotusscript
xpages javascript
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DDE 8.5.2, Issue adding an application to a working set with new Open menu
Thu, Aug 26th 2010 10:31a Patrick Picard div Is anyone having this issue in 8.5.2?/divdiv /divdivpre style=font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;In Domino Designer 8.5.2, when opening an application, the open application popup comes up. Then I do the following steps: br /-Select a server br /-Find the database wanted br /-Click Open br /-A new popup comes up asking quot;Do you want to add this application to the current working set,ITSRquot; br /When I attempt to click on any of the options (Yes/No/Select work [read] Keywords: domino
application
bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
database
server
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LOT-953 - A success
Wed, Aug 25th 2010 6:30p Patrick Picard div Yesterday, I wrote LOT-953 and passed with flying colors (93%) and much spare time (28mins)./divdiv /divdivAt lotusphere, I attempted to write this exam without much preparation and got stunned by the difficulty of the exam. I figured I could pass it easily like LOT-952 I had written the day prior. This exam is short timewise, you are allotted 90 mins to answer 78 questions. On my first attempt, i found some questions to be rather long. In my preparation, I used CertFX test prep software. [read] Keywords: acl
ibm
lotusphere
xpages application
applications
development
properties
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September will be Xpages month for me, not August!
Wed, Aug 25th 2010 6:30p Patrick Picard div Well, its official, I will be devoting 2-3 days a week on learning Xpages over the next few months. My boss just approved the purchase of TLCCs a href=http://www.tlcc.com/admin/courses.nsf/lookupcoursecode/ND85XPJS?opendocumentamp;viewname=R85CurXPages/Javascript package. /abr /With 8.5.2 out, I think it is a good time to begin learning Xpages as there are less bugs out there to content with. Also, it provides many improvements for developers as many have blogged about over the last mon [read] Keywords: admin
xpages applications
dojo
javascript
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CertFX...... gets a failing grade
Wed, Aug 18th 2010 6:26p Patrick Picard divWhen I started working as Notes Dev, I got my employee to purchase the TLCC Notes Application Development package which came with CertFXs testing software./divdiv /divdivTLCC has been superb......CertFX...not so much.br /br /First, the keys I was given...were not working./divdivSecond, the software does not work on Windows 7. I opened various tickets with CertFX and the support was poor at best. I had to keep bugging them for a resolution. In the end, I gave up and installed it on a Window [read] Keywords: lotusphere
notes
application
development
