Quick Elementer 2.5.0 at openNTF.org
Version 2.5.0 has been released. ND7 design elements have been implemented.
New Features:
Google Toolbar 4 beta
The next Google Toolbar is coming currently in beta. There is a smarter search. It also interacts with Google's personal homepage bookmarks. The option to add additional buttons is starting take off, there are new ones added since I looked this morning. There is even an enterprise version.
The future and Jake
I received an e-mail from Jake, who was looking for some advice on the future of Domino. Based on what Ed and other bloggers had to say have to say the future is looking great. 
Jake, your response e-mail is being returned. 
Check out the The World In Only 7 Pictures. 
OpenAudit
I posted a new project idea at openNTF.org for OpenAudit, please post your feed back.
Creating an Excel File without Excel
Check out something that I created a couple of years ago called Creating an Excel File without Excel. The last and only time (2002) that I went to LotusSphere this came up in one of the sessions that some people where looking to create Excel files on the AS/400. Maybe someone can still use it.
Video for my wife to watch…
Make you happy tonight
Me not so much the games as being on the computer
via: Eric Gunnerson
Proverbs 21:6-8
Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
7-The violence of the wicked will destroy them,
Because they refuse to do justice.
8-The way of a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.
SyncToy
Yesterday I was looking for Microsoft's Tweak UI for XP and stumbled onto a new (at least to me) tool called SyncToy. There are more power toys some new and old that might be of interest to some. SyncToy caught my interest with having a memory stick that I like to keep files from work and home synchronized on. I also have a need at work to back up files that are only backed up for 30 days, I just lost some documentation that I don't access that often and was deleted more than 30 days ago.. So I plan on using SyncToy and Windos Scheduled Tasks tool to take a backup of these files onto my machine or a different location on the server.
One more thing, there is no registry trail after the tool runs. I installed it on my home machine and copied the files to my memory stick and launched it at work and nothing was ever added to the registry. The only trail is the 'SyncToyData' folder in your 'My Documents' folder where the settings .
NotesSystem and DocumentExtended
Updated version of Domino Extended is now available.
Things are building. Simulating an abstract class in LotusScript started some discussion with Tim Triponcy, who combined the abstract classes with Julian's singleton concept. The result was a System class that would not have to be initialized but could be used by anything that included the script library. I like Tim's concept so much that I had to take it and run, with some minor changes and improvements (at lest from my perspective). I also wanted to take this same NotesSystem (new name) and port it to Java, since I have been doing most of my development in Java for Domino, using Domiclipse (awesome tool). Because Java can access the backend of Domino some of the UI methods have been commented out. There is one other class that I created called NotesDocumentExtended (DocumentExtended in Java) to make my life easier and so I can be more lazy.
Enough said here are the class overviews
NotesSystem oveview
Private Class NotesSystem Public Sub New() Public Function hasWorkspace() As Boolean Public Function ThisWorkspace() As NotesUIWorkspace Public Function ThisDatabase() As NotesDatabase Public Function hasDocument() As Boolean Public Function ThisDocument() As NotesDocument Public Function hasUIDocument() As Boolean Public Function ThisUIDocument() As NotesUIDocument Public Function ThisSession() As NotesSession Public Function CurrentUser() As NotesName Public Function CurrentUserCommon() As String Public Function CurrentUserAbbreviated() As String End Class
NotesDocumentExtended oveview
Public Class NotesDocumentExtended Public Function getFieldValues ( fieldName As String ) As Variant Public Function getFieldItem ( fieldName As String ) As NotesItem Public Sub replaceField ( fieldName As String , Var As Variant ) Public Function getFieldText ( fieldName As String ) As String Public Function hasField ( fieldName As String ) As Boolean Public Function hasFieldText ( fieldName As String ) As Boolean Public Function hasDoc ( ) As Boolean Public Function hasDocument ( ) As Boolean Public Sub setDoc ( Doc As NotesDocument ) Public Function Doc() As NotesDocument Public Sub setDocument ( Document As NotesDocument ) Public Function Document As NotesDocument End Class
Simulating abstract classes
Java allows the creation of abstract classes but currently LotusScript does not, but I have a way of simulating. There is no way of enforcing it but here is a way of implementing it.
- Create a new LotusScript Library
- Create a class as you would normally. I have created one called DaysOfTheWeek
- Declare a variable the same name as the class
Dim DaysOfTheWeek As DaysOfTheWeek
- Declare the 'DaysofTheWeek' variable in the 'Initialize' Subrutine
Set DaysOfTheWeek = New DaysOfTheWeek
- Save the script library, I named mine "Days of the Week"
- Create a LotusScript Agent, don't forget to se the agent target to none.
- Include the LotusScript library in the agent
Use "Days of the Week"
- Just start using the class
Sub Initialize
Print "Today's Day of the week:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( Weekday( Now ) )
Print "Day of the week1:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 1 )
Print "Day of the week2:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 2 )
Print "Day of the week3:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 3 )
Print "Day of the week4:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 4 )
Print "Day of the week5:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 5 )
Print "Day of the week6:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 6 )
Print "Day of the week7:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 7 )
Print "Day of the week8:" + DaysOfTheWeek.getWeekDay( 8 )
End Sub - Run the agent and watch the status bar.
Public Function getWeekDay( dow As Integer )
Select Case dow
Case 1
getWeekDay = "Sunday"
Case 2
getWeekDay = "Monday"
Case 3
getWeekDay = "Tuesday"
Case 4
getWeekDay = "Wednesday"
Case 5
getWeekDay = "Thursday"
Case 6
getWeekDay = "Friday"
Case 7
getWeekDay = "Saturday"
Case Else
getWeekDay = ""
End Select
End Function
End Class
That is it! Simple, but accomplishes the task of creating abstract class in LotusScript. Just for the record I normal don't declare global varibles like this. 