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My Blackberry Enterprise Server Push Utility for the Lotus Notes Client, allows you to create Jobs for individual Channel, Message, and Browser Content Pushes, as well as allows you to delete Pushed Channel Icons from defined recipient devices.
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Time Tracker
The idea is simple. At the start of your day - upon completion of your first task - create an entry highlighting what you did and whether you feel it was an efficient or inefficient use of your time. Based on several requests, you can also select the priority, apply categories, or even align your time against a project.
For Lotus Notes Client v8.0 and above, you can use the Time Tracker Widget to make this process even easier!
Zephyr
My Configuration-based Rich Text Mail Merge and Emailing Utility, Zephyr allows you to create rich, data-driven emails to support automated workflow - all via Microsoft Word Mail Merge-like architecture. Dear <firstname> allows you to personalize each email message not only to the individual recipient, but also to the individual application workflow event!
xCopy
xCopy is a simple configurable xCopy client for the Lotus Notes client. By creating and defining xCopy Profiles, you can batch process your file backup or remote upload jobs. With the addition of the xCopy sidebar widget, you can easily kick-off these jobs, and modify both the xCopy Profiles and xCopy itself.
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OpenNTF is devoted to enabling groups of individuals all over the world to collaborate on IBM Lotus Notes/Domino applications and release them as open source.
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XPage Primer: Using the ContactPhoto Image via SSJS
08/30/2010 02:04:00 AM by Chris Toohey
I wanted my upcoming XPage Maps proof of concept (IBM Lotus Notes Domino XPages + Personal Address Book + Google Maps Mashup) to be a little more user friendly than I had originally intended. See, my original goal was to simply query address data from the Lotus Notes Client Personal Address Book and use that address data for runtime queries to Latitude and Longitude info... and then show those as locations on the map via pin overlays.
A decent demo, but it really doesn't do much in the way of using the data.
So I thought that I would not only generate the balloon/popup overlays triggered via an onclick on the given pin, but also use -- if available -- the ContactPhoto for the individual pin overlay.
Now, for those of you not familiar with the concepts I'm using here -- which rely as much on traditional IBM Lotus Notes Domino Web Application Development as much as XPages and SSJS -- here is the short, short version of the principles used here.
Upcoming Article: XPage Maps - IBM Lotus Notes Domino XPages + Google Maps Mashup
08/17/2010 12:52:48 AM by Chris Toohey
Combining IBM Lotus Notes Domino XPages with the Google Maps Data API, my proof-of-concept mashup app leverages NotesData stored in the Personal Address Book (names.nsf). Article - complete with source code - should be available later this week!
If you're interested in being part of the demo, send me your business-friendly vCard containing your contact info -- complete with OfficeStreetAddress, OfficeCity, OfficeState, OfficeZip, and ContactPhoto -- I'll get them into the local Personal Address Book NotesDatabase.
The most important thing you need to know about IBM Lotus Notes Domino XPages...
08/02/2010 12:43:58 PM by Chris Toohey
I think there's something fundamental that every IBM Lotus Notes Domino XPage Application Developer -- or traditional IBM Lotus Notes Domino Application Developer yet to get into XPages -- should understand about XPages.
It's a concept that I think is far overlooked due to it's simplicity.
It's quite frankly something that -- once you get it -- will help you evolve as a developer and by proxy evolve your applications.
And it's simply this:
XPage development - like any other technology - is nothing more than a method for delivering markup to a given client type.
Once you understand that XPages (as well as traditional development techniques in IBM Lotus Notes Domino) ultimately just spits out text that is interpreted and rendered by the user client (be it Lotus Notes, a Web Browser, a Mobile Device Browser, etc.)... you start to realize that there's really no limit to what can be done with the technology.
Just like there's really no limit to what can be done with traditional IBM Lotus Notes Domino Application Development techniques.
XPages just make it easier.
Need an example? How about this?
Don't establish a perception that XPages are capable -- or rather only capable -- of a subset of functions.
We are only limited now by our imaginations, and I happen to think I have quite the imagination!
Disabled INPUT Elements in Traditional vs. XPage IBM Lotus Notes Domino Generated Markup
07/16/2010 04:56:00 PM by Chris Toohey
The goal is simple: create a read-only field for data storage (and population) in Traditional and XPage IBM Lotus Notes Domino generated markup. This quick tip shows you how it can be done!
Ever need a read-only field on your forms? Something that you can write to via JavaScript, but not allow the user to actually modify.
Here's a simple example:
With a little CSS, we can get this to look really nice.
form#test2 input {
border: 1px solid #666;
padding: 4px 8px 4px 8px;
font-size: 8pt;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #cdeb8b;
}
form#test2 input.disabled {
border: none;
padding: 0px;
width: 300px;
cursor: auto;
background-color: transparent;
}
Which gives us the following:
In traditional IBM Lotus Notes Domino RAD techniques, you would simply...
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Ignoring XPages 3: Ignoring Everything Else!
07/15/2010 04:52:54 PM by Chris Toohey
Remember: Diversification of your skill set is key, and makes for better individual and integrated solutions for your customers.
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