Searching multiple databases in Xpages and realtime sortable results.
Sat, Aug 13th 2011 12:10p Ferry Kranenburg Looking for a Xpages custom control that is able to search through multiple databases without browser lockups or even via the notes client?
The answer : I have uploaded a free custom control on OpenNTF called Xpages Multi Database Search Custom Control, donated by my employer Change to Comm to the notes community.
It is able to search multiple databases at once without browser lockups and displays the search results in a sortable and user (developer) definable columns.
Check it out here [read] Keywords: notes
notes client
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Xpages and Java tip:- how to save a Java object to a Notesdocument
Fri, Aug 5th 2011 12:09p Ferry Kranenburg Using replaceItemValueCustomData and getItemValueCustomData to store Java objects in NotesDocuments.
When using Java to save information from Java objects to documents in Xpages you probably came across the question: I have an Java object but I can’t save it easily to a document. For example, in my case I had a java.util.ArrayList containing java.util.HashMap objects that I would like to save to a notesdocument.
In this case I thought I had to convert my data somehow to a java.lan [read] Keywords: lotusscript
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Xpages : Here is how to create a clearable textbox!
Tue, Jun 28th 2011 2:17p Ferry Kranenburg In this post I will try to explain how to create a 'clearable textbox' in xpages. While this is a very handy feature for mobile users, maybe this control can be used with the 'Xpages Mobile controls project' from Niklas Heidloff.
The clearable textbox contains a 'button' to clear all text in the textbox. This sounds very easy, but to get it to work, some tricks must be peformed.
I'm not going to explain everything so afterward you can download the sample database [read] Keywords: notes
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bleedyellow
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Xpages Debug Custom Control v2.0 released on OpenNTF
Sun, Jun 26th 2011 8:13a Ferry Kranenburg I have just uploaded a new version of my ‘Xpages Debug Custom Control’.
In case you don’t know, this xpages custom control is capable to display all variables in your scopes. This is very useful when debugging your application. I use the control for a long time myself it helped me alot while debugging my applications. I had some time so I added the following new features:
- Remove all variables or remove only one item at a time
- In place edit of scoped var [read] Keywords: xpages application
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Tip: a quicker way to document your Xpage custom controls
Wed, Jun 15th 2011 12:09p Ferry Kranenburg When developing Xpage custom controls it is useful to document the properties along with you application documentation.
When it comes to developing controls that are going to be placed on OpenNTF, it's a good practice to document all properties.
I have posted some custom controls to OpenNTF lately and came to the conclusion that creating the properties in the designer is a quick task, but document them later, is became quickly a very boring job.
But there is a better and faster way.
[read] Keywords: domino
symphony
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OpenNTF We4IT Contest - Xpages Captcha Custom Control
Wed, May 18th 2011 1:10p Ferry Kranenburg For the OpenNTF We4IT contest I've released a Xpages Captcha custom control. I'm not sure if I was the first, but please take a look at Ulrichs control too! I think my control is a bit complex control to implement but I have written a documentation that explains it step by step. If you need some help, let me know. The control uses the open source Kaptcha library and it totally customizable so it must fit in every application. The letters, the colors and even the image distortion is c [read] Keywords: xpages application
bleedyellow
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google
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Source Sniffer v3.0 - released on OpenNTF soon...
Thu, May 5th 2011 4:09p Ferry Kranenburg I'll upload the new version to OpenNTF within the next few days. Here is a list of new features. Source Sniffer v3.0 - new features75% faster than Source Sniffer v2.x Source Sniffer has almost been build again from the ground up. It does not use the DXL exporter anymore to get to the source code. Instead, all files in the NSF will be synced to your local harddrive. The second time you'll load the application into Source Sniffer, it only updates those files that are changed.Optimized se [read] Keywords: dxl
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Xpages : Workaround when Dojo dialogs do not work anymore in IE9
Tue, Apr 12th 2011 1:12p Ferry Kranenburg If you are using IE9 and are using my Xpages Dojo Login Custom Control from OpenNTF.org (or any Dojo dialog), then you should upgrade the control. Another option would be to simulate IE8 on your xpage, but I'm personally not happy about that.The built-in dojo workaround voor IE for dojo dialogs does not apply anymore on IE9. The result is a transparent screen, but no dialog. You can fix the issue by upgrading to Dojo 1.6, but that is not a option for many of us. I have taken the surr [read] Keywords: xpages dojo
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Phonebook sidebar plugin v1.3 beta
Wed, Mar 9th 2011 5:08p Ferry Kranenburg I have almost finished version 1.3 of my Phonebook sidebar plugin project on OpenNTF. New features include :- Multiple datasources can now be selected - Show contacts in a tree structure, categorized on application or location - Sametime livenames online awareness - On mouse hover on a contact it will show business cardsI'm looking for beta testers and some feedback before I post this release on OpenNTF. Also, if you have any additions you wish to be added to this plugin, let me know. You [read] Keywords: sametime
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bleedyellow
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Xpages : Redesign the filedownload component
Wed, Jan 5th 2011 1:16p Ferry Kranenburg For my latest xpages project, one of the requirements was to display the filedownload component differently. By default the component shows the headers of all enabled columns, like the filetype of filesize. One of the requirements was to remove the headers. By using CSS only I wasn't able to completely remove those headers. I also needed to get rid of all the borders. Next requirement was to display the filetype icon BUT NOT the filetype text! Here is how it could be done. I was finally able t [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
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Xpages Dojo Login Custom Control v1.5 released on OpenNTF, contains some useful new features
Wed, Nov 24th 2010 7:13p Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivNew version of the a href=http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=Xpages%20Dojo%20Login%20Custom%20ControlXpages Dojo Login Custom Control v1.5/a has been released on a href=http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=Xpages%20Dojo%20Login%20Custom%20ControlOpenNTF/a./divdivThis new release adds some nice new features. /divdiv /divdivIt finally checks if the user is authorized to access the application [read] Keywords: domino
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Hi IBM, another Certified Application Developer is added to the community!
Wed, Nov 17th 2010 3:13p Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivToday I passed my final exam, LOT-954 (Web Applications) at 84%. The exam wasnt very difficult, at least, not as difficult als the LOT-953 (Intermediate Skills) exam. /divdiv /divdivOne thing to remember, the IBM exams are based on the help docs! If the documentation is wrong then the answer of question on the exam will be wrong also./divdivI had one issue with the CertFX (practice exam) question where the right answer wasnt there. For example, if the Designer shows the options [read] Keywords: ibm
rich text
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Hello Domino Developer, are you using Source Sniffer?
Mon, Nov 1st 2010 8:26a Ferry Kranenburg pIm currently thinking of participating the a href=http://www.openntf.org/blogs/openntf.nsf/d6plinks/NHEF-8ASAC3Lotus Awards 2011 contest /ausing my project Source Sniffer.br /Source Sniffer helps Domino developers (client, web, xpages) to find code in one or more applications. If youre a developer and looking for something like this, you can download it for free a href=http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=Source%20Snifferhere/a. /pdivIf you use [read] Keywords: domino
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OpenNTF has a new login control now, check it out!
Mon, Oct 25th 2010 4:28p Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivI integrated and upgraded my last version of the Xpages Dojo Login Custom Control v1.4.2 into the OpenNTF website./divdivHere are some benefits from the old login meganism /divdiv /divdiv- The control has de ability to remember your username by using a cookie./divdiv- After login youre redirected to the page you logged in from (thanks to Sean Cull for this tip, use context.getUrl() for the urlLoginNSF property) /divdiv- When you login and cancel, you stay on the same page./di [read] Keywords: xpages application
bleedyellow
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Xpages Dojo Login Custom Control v1.4 released on OpenNTF
Fri, Oct 22nd 2010 5:31p Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivToday, I released three (!) new versions of the Xpages Dojo Login Custom Control. /divdivPlease download the latest version (1.4) a href=http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=Xpages%20Dojo%20Login%20Custom%20Controlhere./a /divdivI started this project because the OpenNTF site need a new login dialog. Next week Niklas will make a decision of this control will be embedded on the OpenNTF website./divdivIf needed, Ill add the control into [read] Keywords: richtext
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Xpages - New Login custom control
Tue, Oct 19th 2010 8:48a Ferry Kranenburg font face=Helv size=2font face=Helv size=2 p dir=ltrIm currently in the process of developing a new login control for the OpenNTF website./pp dir=ltrNiklas (of OpenNTF) would like to integrate a Dojo login dialog like the one from a href=http://www.zetaone.com/jeremy/hodgebloge.nsf/downloads/JGHE-7U9KKPJeremy Hodge /a./pp dir=ltrAlso, for my own projects I needed some sort of Dojo login dialog that was easy to implement and to maintain. Above solution didnt work on our system, but the one from [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
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Xpages - Somehow the getAttachment method does not work anymore in 8.5.2
Tue, Oct 12th 2010 7:57a Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivBefore we upgraded from 8.5.1 to 8.5.2 the following code worked correctly./divdivAfter the upgrade we saw some functionality not working anymore, all of them where using the .getAttachment method./divdivIn this code rowLink is a NotesDocument object within a repeat control./divdivSomehow the attachmentList var is always null, does anyone had similar experiences with the method getAttachment? /divdiv /divdiv /divdiv /divdivfont color=#7f0055 size=2font color=#7f0055 size= [read] Keywords: xpages
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Xpages - New custom control for displaying RSS Feeds released on OpenNTF
Mon, Oct 11th 2010 5:06a Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivCheck out my latest project on OpenNTF (a href=http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=Xpages%20Google%20RSS%20Feeds%20Custom%20Controlhttp://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocumentamp;name=Xpages%20Google%20RSS%20Feeds%20Custom%20Control/a )/divdiv /divdiv /divdivThis custom control lets you display RSS feeds on your website using the Google RSS Feed Api./divdivIt requires a Google Api Key. Its free, so sign up [read] Keywords: notes
notes client
xpages bleedyellow
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Xpages - How to dynamically add client side script library to custom control?
Thu, Oct 7th 2010 5:20a Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivIm trying to add a Google Api script to my custom control. Its client side./divdivBut those script resources cant be computed. /divdivThe reason is that I need to change the parameters of the URL of the Google Api. /divdiv /divdivstrongThis does not work:/strong /divdivfont size=2p align=leftfont color=#008080 size=2font color=#008080 size=2lt;/font/fontfont color=#3f7f7f size=2font color=#3f7f7f size=2xp:this.resources/font/fontfont color=#008080 size=2font color=#008080 s [read] Keywords: script library
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Quick Tip: Enable Folding of Xpages source code
Mon, Oct 4th 2010 4:25p Ferry Kranenburg p align=leftWhen developing on large xpages / custom controls, the code may become a bit unreadable. br /You can collapse and expand elements as shown below by setting your preferences under General -gt; Editors -gt; Structured Text Editors.br /Enable the folding by checking Enable Folding. A much faster way is pressing CTRL+/ (numpad one)./pp align=lefta href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/ferrykranenburg/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/tip.jpg target=_blankimg alt=image src=http://www.ble [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
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Xpages - Get rid of the checkbox and radiobutton group-borders in CSS
Mon, Oct 4th 2010 6:38a Ferry Kranenburg divIt took me almost an hour to find out why I couldnt get rid of the borders. /divdivWhen using CSS, you cant control those borders by defining the TABLE TD and TH properties./divdivYou can override these settings by adding this to you CSS :/divp font color=#3f7f7f size=2font color=#3f7f7f size=2 font color=#3f7f7f size=2font color=#3f7f7f size=2FIELDSET/font/fontfont size=2font color=#000000 {/fontdiv align=leftp align=leftfont color=#3f5fbf size=2font color=#3f5fbf size=2/* fieldset buil [read] Keywords: xpages css
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Today I passed my LOT-953 exam!
Thu, Sep 30th 2010 2:23p Ferry Kranenburg divAs said before by a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/patpicos/entry/certification_i_m_now_an_ibm_certified_application_developer_ln_domino_8_53?lang=enPatrick Pickard/a and a href=http://northrenlotusblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/certification-2-of-3-done-lot-952-lot-954/Palmi Lord/a the LOT-953 is not easy. /divdivI prepared for the exam using TLCC material and CertFX testing exams, but you need a lot of experience also. /divdivIm not sure I could pass this exam if I only had the T [read] Keywords: lotus
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Xpages - how to add an icon to your web page using the new Linked Resources
Mon, Sep 27th 2010 2:52a Ferry Kranenburg pimg alt=image src=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/ferrykranenburg/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/linkedicon.jpg
style=position: relative; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt 1em; display: block; float: right /In version Lotus Notes/Domino version 8.5.2 you can specify more resources to be loaded in your xpage, like metadata and linked resources.br /You can now easier specify an application icon in the webbrowser. This works in IE and Firefox.br /Here is how:/ppStep 1 .Create the icon file, the file must be [read] Keywords: domino
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Re: Caution when using @Unique([textlist]) as data for repeat control in Xpages
Fri, Sep 24th 2010 4:46a Ferry Kranenburg pIn response to: a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/ferrykranenburg/entry/caution_when_using_unique_textlist_as_data_for_repeat_control_in_xpagesCaution when using @Unique([textlist]) as data for repeat control in Xpages/a/pSolution : @Explode(@Unique([textlist]) - then it always returns an
array, @Unique returns a string when the array contains one
element. [read] Keywords: xpages bleedyellow
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Caution when using @Unique([textlist]) as data for repeat control in Xpages
Thu, Sep 23rd 2010 10:22a Ferry Kranenburg div /divdivThe documentation explains when using @Unique([textlist]) youll always get a textlist back./divdivBut if youre code is @Unique(quot;catquot;, quot;catquot;, quot;catquot;) then the function will return a string with the value of quot;catquot;, not a vector or array./divdiv /divdivWhen using this as the input of a repeat control, strange things may start to happen.... /divdiv /div [read] Keywords: xpages
