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Using Computed Text and Pass-Thru HTML to create interactive no-UI View Applications in IBM Lotus Notes Client Applications
01/08/2010 10:23:00 AM by Chris Toohey
I think it was Bruce Lill who mentioned the other day that he uses a Computed Text instance to generate read-only data tables in a Lotus Notes Form via Pass-Thru HTML and Stylesheets... something that I think is absolutely brilliant!
I thought of taking it a step further and making a more interactive example, which I call the Computed Passthru Example, or CPE for short.
A pretty simple UI example here, which I've evolved from my Web 2.0 UI in the Lotus Notes Client demo -- which consists of a single frame Frameset, containing a Form Design Element (named UI).
Rip apart the example/download application for the particular details, but I'm using a simple Hide-When Formula based on - ultimately - an Environment Variable. When I want to show the popup, I simply set the Environment Variable and reload the UI Form Design Element in the Frameset. To close it, I simply clear the Environment Variable and reload again. Pretty simple, really...
But the focus of this Proof of Concept is the Computed Text instance, which uses the following Formula:
@Implode(@DbColumn("":"NoCache";"":"";"documents";2))
The second column of the documents View Design Element?
"<p class=\"entry\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"" + field2 + "\">" + field1 + "</a></p>"
This is returned and -- using a Lotus Notes Client Stylesheet -- I return simple yet functional HTML, which replaces an Embedded View in my Lotus Notes Client Application!
Imagine the potential application of this technique when you realize that it can handle Notes:// URLs!
Now, while I wouldn't replace the idea of the UI View in a Lotus Notes Client Application, there's really no reason that you couldn't use this for displaying a subset of information on the screen that's intended for read-only purposes... something like a data grid of Response Documents with click-to-open functionality!
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Nice, it's good to show what can be done without needing Xpages. Now you've motivated me to do a write up on the tables I'm working on. All html, css and javasctipt to map image to notes buttons.
Nice. I should really share things more often, I've been running something like this for a few years now but had to move it to a fully blown web page due to using jQuery. Exactly the same concept though, lots of lookups building dynamic read only html. Can't provide demo though - it's a corporate app :(
hej dude
so you use a view for a dbcolumn to mimic a view?
where is the logic for that?
@Bruce:
From what you've shown me, please DO publish it. I've been playing around, and I think I found a work-around for the 64K limit...
@Chuckalicious:
Are you talking a web app or a Lotus Notes Client app? The above example is running straight off a Form Design Element rendered IN the Lotus Notes Client -- there's no HTTP/web-gen stuff here.
@Patrick:
A few things:
First, let's say I wanted to return read-only versions of the first/last 5 documents in the View?
Second... dude, you should have faith ;-)
Okay - here's a teaser:
Just because I'm running a
DBColumndoesn't mean that's the ONLY thing that you can run! ;-)@chris - yes, I'm talking about a full web app. I appreciate that your example is fully client rendered, which is awsome, but I found I could only go so far with the look and feel due to the clients limitations with css and javasctipt. To get the desired results I had to go web based.
However the concept is sound and I can second the advantages of using a passthru rendered lookup over an embedded view. It works very very well.
I think this is one of those concepts that once you've got your head round it, you will almost certainly find a use for it. And maybe giggle a little when it works for the first time. Or maybe that was just me :)
Interesting, if you place the computed text field within a section it doesn't render as HTML. Perhaps not an issue on R8.x?