This is a LSS file that contains a function
called <i>getUserDirectoryPath</i>, which can be used to get
the Windows user directory for a particular user. It uses some Win32 C
API calls to do so, and is quite handy.
This ZIP contains the slides and Dojo
example database I demonstrated at Lotusphere 2008 for "AD303 - Transforming
IBM Lotus Domino Web Apps with IBM Lotus Domino Designer". Make sure
you follow the directions found in the About document of the database.
Lotusphere 2008 - AD307 - Slides and Example databases
This zip file contains the slides and
example databases from Lotusphere 2008 session "Advanced LotusScript:
Design Programming Using XML and DXL". Remember, the Designer's Friend
database is not included in this ZIP file because it has not been approved
for release by IBM yet.
Lotusphere 2008: AD304 - Slides and Example databases
This zip file contains the slides and
example databases from Lotusphere 2008 session "Formula Follies and
LotusScript Lunacy - Coding Feats that will Amaze!".
When the First Attachment launch property
is chosen in a form then the first attachment in the document is opened
instead of the form when a document using the form is opened. If the document
is opened in Edit mode from the view (such as by selecting the document
and hitting CTRL-E) then the document is opened with the form in edit mode
(handy for changing the attachment, or changing other field values, etc.).
This works great for applications that contain such things as Excel spreadsheets,
reports, etc. - things where the "important" information is contained
in the attachment, and the database is simply a repository. However, there
is a bug with this feature - and it is a bug that has been around for quite
some time.
The problem is that certain programs, such as MS Excel and Word, launch
but don't maintain focus; while others, such as MS Powerpoint, do launch
with focus. The real aggrivation with this bug is for users who use Notes
open full-screen, and have their taskbars hidden. In this scenario
the user will double-click the document to open the attachment, and to
them, nothing happens. So, they double-click it again. And again. And then
they eventually call support to ask what's going on, only to find out they
have opened the same attachment 35 times in the background, all because
the attachment didn't have focus when opened (and therefore the user didn't
know it was opening). This problem has been around for quite some time
(as noted in Technote
1091159), with no plans to fix.
But there is a way to give your users the convenience of this feature without
the annoying focus problem - and this database provides an example of how
to work around this problem.
NOTE: This technique is fully explained in this
post.