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Creating an IBM Lotus Web Content Management site structure with one click
Read about a simple solution that enables you to define site structures in IBM® Lotus® Web Content Management in an automated fashion. This solution allows you to save time on an otherwise time-consuming and monotonous task.
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24 Nov 2009 |
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Automating IBM Lotus Symphony deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
This article describes how to build and deploy a custom IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ package using Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager, formally Systems Management Server. The article describes in detail how to prepare your custom package with custom plug-ins, add custom branding, and update the Lotus Symphony package home page.
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10 Nov 2009 |
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Enabling secure, remote access to IBM Lotus iNotes using IBM Lotus Mobile Connect
Learn how the IBM® Lotus® Mobile Connect clientless option can be used in conjunction with IBM Lotus iNotes™ to gain secure, remote access to enterprise iNotes servers from devices (handhelds, laptops, workstations) requiring access outside the bounds of their corporate intranet.
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05 Nov 2009 |
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Demystifying the IBM Lotus Web Content Management 6.x syndication tool: Making it work for you
This white paper describes the various components involved in IBM Lotus Web Content Management 6.x syndication and explains how you can make the tool work for you. Also included are detailed discussions of some of the concepts involved in troubleshooting common syndication issues.
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22 Oct 2009 |
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Setting up an IBM Rational Application Developer-based iWidget development environment
When widgets are developed for deployment on IBM® Mashup Center, two IBM development tools can be used, the IBM Mashup Center widget factory or IBM Rational® Application Developer. This article explains how to set up IBM Rational Application Developer so that it can be used to create iWidgets for deployment in IBM Mashup Center.
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20 Oct 2009 |
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Introducing IBM LotusLive Engage
In this article, we give an overview of IBM® LotusLive Engage and describe its unique features. In other articles in this series, we examine each offering in more detail.
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14 Oct 2009 |
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Introducing IBM LotusLive
In this article, we give an overview of the IBM® LotusLive offerings and describe their unique features. In subsequent articles in this series, we examine each offering in more detail.
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14 Oct 2009 |
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Introducing IBM LotusLive Meetings
In this article, we give an overview of IBM® LotusLive Meetings and describe its unique features. In other articles in this series, we examine each offering in more detail.
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13 Oct 2009 |
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Implementing common extension scenarios using IBM Lotus Web Content Management 6.1 APIs
The IBM Lotus Web Content Management (hereafter called “Web Content Management”) API provides an extension of standard features of Web Content Management. This article provides usage and solutions with code samples of the most common implementations carried out by customers using APIs. You can pick and choose the samples provided here, as is, to incorporate into your system.
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07 Oct 2009 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Notes with IBM Lotus Symphony using LotusScript and the Lotus Symphony Toolkit
Learn to use the IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ LotusScript® toolkit to publish information from IBM Lotus Notes® into Lotus Symphony applications, such as Lotus Symphony Documents and Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets.
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06 Oct 2009 |
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Meet the developers: Chris Toohey
This interview with Chris Toohey is the first in a series of interviews with IBM Lotus Domino Designer developers who are active contributors to the Lotus community.
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06 Oct 2009 |
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Implementing and deploying Google gadgets for the Lotus Connections Home page
This article introduces the IBM®-developed iWidget specification used in various IBM products such as IBM Lotus® Connections 2.0. It describes different aspects of the specification through a practical example, which shows how to implement an iWidget that acts as a wrapper for a Google gadget.
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29 Sep 2009 |
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Customizing IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 with Lotus Widget Factory and Google gadgets
This article details two different approaches that you can use to accelerate and simplify the development of new widgets for IBM® Lotus® Connections.
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29 Sep 2009 |
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Happy birthday to you, developerWorks!
Help us celebrate the tenth birthday of developerWorks.
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28 Sep 2009 |
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Troubleshooting issues with IBM Lotus Sametime Servers
The intent of this white paper is to give you a better understanding of the different components of IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 and 8.x servers and their environments, so you can better troubleshoot problems that may occur. We address both the stand-alone Sametime (chat or meeting) server as well as the Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server (EMS), which provides clustering, load balancing, and central administration for Sametime meeting servers.
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22 Sep 2009 |
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Introducing REST-based services for wiki and blog content in IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 services for IBM WebSphere Portal
In IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ versions earlier than 8.1.1, the public APIs supported only document-related services. Lotus Quickr 8.1.1 now has REST-based services for wiki and blog content, to enable creating, viewing, updating, and deleting wiki and blog content inside Lotus Quickr. This article focuses on the REST-style wiki and blog content service APIs, their usage, and how they can be leveraged to build custom solutions.
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16 Sep 2009 |
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New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Ultra-light mode and the Lotus iNotes redirector
IBM® Lotus® iNotes™ 8.5 includes many new features. This third article in the series covers the new Lotus iNotes ultra-light mode and some improvements to the Lotus iNotes redirector application.
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10 Sep 2009 |
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Understanding SMTP authentication and securing your IBM Lotus Domino 8 server from spam
Learn how the SMTP protocol and SMTP authentication process works to secure your IBM Lotus Domino 8 server from spam.
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08 Sep 2009 |
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Customizing email notifications in IBM Lotus Connections 2.5
This white paper is a guide for personalizing the content and layout of the mail messages generated by IBM Lotus Connections 2.5.
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08 Sep 2009 |
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Writing Java to build applications using IBM Lotus Domino Designer
The objective of the article is to help the traditional LotusScript developer, who typically has no hard-core development background, move to Java.
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31 Aug 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Reviewer's Guide
This Reviewer's Guide provides an extensive overview of the latest version of IBM's social software, Lotus Connections 2.5, and its eight services: Home Page, Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Communities, Files, and Wikis. In addition, this guide explains how to extend the features and functionalities of Lotus Connections to your existing applications.
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28 Aug 2009 |
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An IBM Mashup Center plug-in to convert HTML to XML
Learn how to build a plug-in for the IBM Mashup Center that can convert HTML into
XML, opening the door for some simple data extraction from HTML pages using the Feed Mashup Editor.
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18 Aug 2009 |
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Migrating from Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to IBM Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8 and later using Binary Tree's CMT
This white paper explains the detailed steps to migrate a Microsoft® Exchange® server and Outlook® client to IBM® Lotus® Domino® and Lotus Notes® with the help of Binary Tree's Common Migration Tool (CMT).
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12 Aug 2009 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal in 10 steps
IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ services for WebSphere® Portal provides a team collaboration platform that enables the team to exchange information in the form of documents, ideas, and knowledge. Lotus Quickr provides ready-to-use components, such as document library, blogs, and wikis, that provide the required collaboration capabilities. This article explains in simple terms how to deploy Lotus Quickr in an organization, in just 10 steps, to achieve the goal of team collaboration. All aspects of deployment are covered: from easy consumability in terms of installation and configuration, through choosing functional components and providing access control, to the extension of Lotus Quickr to suit the requirements.
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11 Aug 2009 |
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Understanding IBM Lotus Domino server clustering
This white paper explains how to set up, manage, and monitor an IBM Lotus Domino server cluster.
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10 Aug 2009 |
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Managing reporting in Alloy by IBM and SAP 1.0
Alloy™ by IBM® and SAP® 1.0 combines the strengths of IBM Lotus Notes® and IBM Lotus® Domino® and SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) modules, providing access to the SAP workflows and data directly from Lotus Notes. This article provides a high-level architectural overview of Alloy, in-depth explanations of all the reporting management features supported in release 1.0, and troubleshooting tips for some common issues.
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04 Aug 2009 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Domino Directory with Microsoft Active Directory using ADSync
An enterprise IT environment with multiple directory platforms is a common scenario, and IBM Lotus Domino Directory and Microsoft Active Directory are popular choices within this scenario. This article explains one way to get these two directories to communicate easily using the Lotus Domino Active Directory Synchronization tool (ADSync).
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28 Jul 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 server performance, part 2: iNotes performance
Improving input/output (I/O) performance is one of the major goals for IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8.5. The developerWorks® article "IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 performance for IBM Lotus Notes users" showed the impressive I/O reductions of Lotus Domino 8.5 with the Lotus Notes client. This article shows the I/O performance improvements of Lotus Domino 8.5 performance with Lotus iNotes® users. Lotus iNotes had been called Lotus Domino Web Access in the past; its name is iNotes in Lotus Domino 8.5.
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28 Jul 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 server performance, part 1: IBM Lotus Notes performance
Increasing value to the customer is an ongoing theme for the IBM® Lotus® Domino® server. The growing volume of information in today’s enterprise strains existing hardware infrastructures. Lotus Domino 8.5 contains features that help relieve the stress on the expensive processor and storage subsystems. This article shows the reductions in processor and disk utilization with Lotus Domino 8.5 and Lotus Notes® clients.
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28 Jul 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 server performance, part 3: Enterprise cluster mail performance
IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8.5 server offers a lot of features aimed at reducing the overall total cost of ownership (TCO) of the Lotus Domino mail server cluster infrastructure in a large enterprise. In this article, we show you how you can leverage these features incrementally to realize TCO benefits while upgrading to Lotus Domino 8.5.
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28 Jul 2009 |
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A quick start to using macros and controls in IBM Lotus Symphony
This article provides a step-by-step guide to get you started with macro programming for IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ in OpenOffice.org BASIC. It introduces the macro editor, shows how to add a control object to a Lotus Symphony document, demonstrates how to associate a control event to a macro, and introduces how to access data in a Lotus Symphony spreadsheet.
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21 Jul 2009 |
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Performance tuning IBM Lotus Quickr services for Lotus Domino
This article describes how to improve the performance of IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ services for Lotus Domino®.
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15 Jul 2009 |
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Using the Generic Browser and Symphony Spreadsheet containers in composite applications
In IBM® Lotus Notes® 8.5 and IBM Lotus® Expeditor 6.2, the composite application infrastructure has been enriched with a generic application container framework. It comes with a set of components that allow for creating powerful and flexible applications without the need to write a single line of code. This article describes the generic application container framework and provides a step-by-step tutorial to create a composite application using the browser and spreadsheet container components. Weather data, such as average rainfall, is extracted from www.worldclimate.com and visualized in a chart defined in an IBM Lotus Symphony™ spreadsheet.
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14 Jul 2009 |
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Verifying Lotus Forms XML digital signatures with Java
IBM® Lotus® Forms 3.5 provides support for XML digital signatures (XMLDSig) from W3C XML Signature Syntax and Processing. An XML digital signature for a Lotus Forms document can cover markup for the presentation layer and XML data managed by the XForms markup within the Lotus Forms document. This ability enables the signature to protect the full human context of a contract or agreement between the signing parties.
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14 Jul 2009 |
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Achieving ultimate storage and server cost savings
with DAOS in IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino 8.5
In this article, we discuss the various features that you can leverage in IBM® Lotus Notes® and IBM Lotus® Domino® 8.5 to reduce your overall Lotus Domino server storage costs. We also outline how these savings affect more than just storage. We provide specific real-life savings seen by implementing these features in the Lotus Domino domain and how implementing DAOS inside IBM made a significant impact. We also show you how using the DAOS Estimator tool can provide you with information you need to determine your own cost savings.
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08 Jul 2009 |
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Building a custom component in IBM Lotus Quickr for IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte Meeting integration
This article explains how IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ services for WebSphere® Portal can be extended by developing custom components. Custom components can be developed to add more functionality and integrate with other software products and applications.
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30 Jun 2009 |
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Using the IBM Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony API
This article describes the IBM® Lotus® Sametime® Unified Telephony API and the steps you take to deploy, configure, and invoke it. The Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony API is a REST (Representation State Transfer) API that provides click-to-call and click-to-conference semantics.
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30 Jun 2009 |
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What it takes to drive IBM Lotus Connections adoption in the enterprise
An increasing number of companies are evaluating social software for their enterprise. Most organizations from various industries are looking at IBM® Lotus® Connections for their social software needs. Without a clear adoption strategy and compelling business use case, though, even the best intended pilot programs can fail. Read about the lessons learned by some customers.
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30 Jun 2009 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Forms with IBM Lotus Domino
IBM® Lotus® Forms and IBM Lotus Domino® servers complement each other. Integrating these two products can yield a varied list of features for better application architecture. This article explains the various ways that you can integrate Lotus Forms with Lotus Domino and details the benefits that this integration brings.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Developing an XML-based Lotus Sametime bot as a startup bean on WebSphere Application Server V7.0
Improving the representation for back-end content and system services using an IBM® Lotus® Sametime® bot is an easy way to attract users who are already familiar with the tool and want quick results without going to yet another Web site. This article provides a step-by-step guide to developing an XML-based Lotus Sametime bot as a startup bean on IBM WebSphere® Application Server V7.0.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Mashup business scenarios and patterns: Part 1
This initial article in a two-part series discusses the relationship of usage patterns that can be used today for deploying enterprise mashups to address business needs. Part 2 will address solution architecture and architectural patterns used to implement the business scenarios and usage patterns.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Leveraging 3270 or 5250 data within Web-based mashup applications
Learn how to extract 3270 or 5250 data using IBM® Rational® Host Access Transformation Services, which can then be formed into an Atom data feed. This data feed can be utilized by IBM Mashup Center to consolidate with other data sources to create a new situational application for business users. We present an example of extracting data from a 3270 financial application, creating an Atom feed, cataloging that feed, and using that data to create an information dashboard for a loan officer.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Creating an IBM Lotus Notes 8.0 and later plug-in for IBM Multimedia Library
This article explains how to create an extension for IBM® Lotus Notes® 8.0 and later that allows you to open a preconfigured URL (for example, Lotus Notes Multimedia Library) in a newly opened browser window by selecting a menu entry in the Help menu.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Implementing custom workflow decisions in Alloy 1.0 by IBM and SAP
With Alloy™ by IBM® and SAP® 1.0, business users can easily access SAP software and information from within their IBM Lotus Notes® environment, both online and offline. In addition to leave, travel, and reports management, Alloy also allows for custom workflow decision steps, defined in an SAP business process, to be brought into a user's Lotus Notes inbox. This article explains the necessary steps to implement such a custom workflow decision, based on a simple customer example.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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The new OpenNTF Alliance
This article describes the governance and IP model of the new OpenNTF Alliance. It also explains how consumers can find code on OpenNTF and how producers can contribute code. Last but not least, the article outlines some ideas for OpenNTF improvements and extensions.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Standard Widget Toolkit trees: Creating, sorting, and searching
This article explains how to develop and implement trees in the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT). Learn how an SWT tree is created and populated with data, how columns can be used to categorize data, how a tree can be extended to support row sorting, and how the tree's content can be searched.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Performance report: Alloy by IBM and SAP 1.0
This article reports on the performance of the IBM® components of the Alloy™ by IBM and SAP 1.0 software. Alloy by IBM and SAP 1.0 software simplifies your interaction with people, processes, and information by providing intuitive access to SAP software and information through the familiar IBM Lotus Notes®.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Integrating Flex applications with IBM Mashup Center
IBM® Mashup Center provides many ready-to-use widgets for building mashup applications. Additional widgets can be developed using Lotus Widget Factory, JavaScript™, and other programming languages. In this article, you walk through how an Adobe® Flex application can be used inside IBM Mashup Center.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Wrinkle-free SSL: Using TLS/SSL with micro broker v3 in IBM Lotus Expeditor
One of the new security features provided with micro broker v3, which is shipped with IBM® Lotus® Expeditor 6.2, is the ability to encrypt network data transmitted to and from the broker using the industry-standard Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) protocols. This article describes several ways to secure your micro broker communication using this new feature.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5 performance
This article reports on IBM® Lotus Notes® Traveler 8.5 performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit environments. It also compares the performance of the Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5 (32-bit) server and the Lotus Notes Traveler 8.0.1 (32-bit) server.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Best practices in globalization: Developing IBM Lotus Notes applications
This article introduces the best practices in globalization that you can use to develop a good IBM®Lotus Notes® application. Following these recommendations, you can easily create good multilanguage-friendly Lotus Notes applications, which in turn can save you both resources and effort.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Helping customers globalize their IBM Lotus Notes applications
Globalizing IBM® Lotus® Notes® applications can be simple. IBM Lotus Domino® Global Workbench, which is released with Lotus Notes and Domino, can help customers globalize their applications quickly and easily. In version 8.5, Lotus Domino Global Workbench provides a new feature that extracts strings into properties files, thereby providing more flexibility for translation.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Forms 3.0.1 integration with IBM DB2 9, part 2
This article is the second in a series that explores the XML capabilities of IBM® DB2 9 and integrates those capabilities with IBM Lotus® Forms by looking at retrieving the Lotus Form document in its XML native format from the database and embedding it in Java™ Server Pages (JSPs).
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Notes with Microsoft Office using LotusScript and automation
Learn new techniques that you can apply to Microsoft® Office applications, such as Microsoft Excel, to publish information in an IBM® Lotus Notes® database in a variety of formats.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 iCalendar: Interoperability, implementation, and application
IBM® Lotus® Notes® 7.02 introduced the ability to import a public calendar in iCalendar format. Earlier, Lotus Notes 6.0 introduced the use of iCalendar as a calendar workflow exchange between applications or systems using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Customers interacting with different Internet calendar applications rely on iCalendar to exchange their calendar information to process the iCalendar invitation. Beginning with version 8.5, Lotus Notes implements an improvement to iCalendar interoperability that helps customers increase their work efficiency.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Understanding the automation test framework of Lotus C API toolkit
This article introduces the automation test framework of the IBM® Lotus® C API toolkit. The framework enables automated testing of the Lotus C API toolkit with little manual effort. It is an efficient approach for automatically testing a large number of cases. The framework is typical and can be applied to other products. In fact, the other Lotus toolkit products, Lotus C++ API toolkit and NotesSQL, take a similar approach to implementing automation testing.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Working with components in IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1, part 3: Exposing components as a custom Atom feed
This article, the third in a three-part series, demonstrates how to expose the IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ content (items) as a custom Atom feed. The new Atom feed can be used to fetch Lotus Quickr content from components such as task or announcement across all teamplaces to which the user belongs. The content can also be filtered based on any option field of the component, such as the priority field of the task component or the type field of the announcement component.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Advanced Java view features in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5
Java™ views were introduced in the IBM® Lotus® Notes® client in release 8.0. Many new features were implemented through the Java views to modernize the Lotus Notes interface. After you have converted your application to use the Java view, you can follow the steps outlined in this article to take advantage of the new view features offered, such as threads, narrow mode, business cards, split action buttons, and custom context menus. This article presumes that you have an installed version of Lotus Notes 8.5, IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5, and the Lotus Notes 8.5 composite application editor. You should also be familiar with working in Lotus Domino® Designer.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Working with components in IBM Lotus Quickr, part 2: Creating a personalized view of the announcement component
This article explains how to create a personalized view of announcement items across all the teamplaces to which a user belongs. This article uses the IBM® Lotus® Web Content Management menu component for searching all the announcement content (items) that are created in different teamplaces to which the user belongs. The resulting set from the menu component is then filtered using Java™Script based on criteria. A similar approach can be used to create a personalized view of any other Lotus Web Content Management components, such as the Contact or Task components in IBM Lotus Quickr™.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Basics steps: Converting an IBM Lotus Notes application to use Lotus Notes 8 Java components
Java™ views were introduced in the IBM® Lotus® Notes® client in release 8.0. Many new features were implemented using the Java views to modernize the Lotus Notes interface. This article outlines the steps that IBM Lotus Domino developers would take to convert their own Lotus Domino® (simple) applications into Java views. This document presumes that you have an installed version of Lotus Notes 8.5, IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5, and Lotus Notes composite application editor 8.5 and that you are familiar with working in Lotus Domino Designer.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Working with components in IBM Lotus Quickr, part 1: Creating a news component
This article provides end-to-end steps that explain how to create a new component (news list) in IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ Services for WebSphere® Portal 8.1. This news component supports basic features for a news item: title, summary, body, and type (normal and important news).
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Mashup business scenarios and patterns: Part 2
This article is part 2 in a two-part series that discusses the relationship of usage and architectural patterns that can be used for deploying enterprise mashups to address business needs. This article addresses the solution architecture and the architectural patterns used to implement the business scenarios and usage patterns covered in the initial article, "Mashup business scenarios and patterns: Part 1."
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Your Co branding for IBM Lotus Sametime 8.0 and later using the connect client
The IBM® Lotus® Sametime® connect client user interface can be customized with images, icons, logos, slogans, design schemes, and more. Users can brand the Lotus Sametime client to provide a unique and personal experience. A company can brand the Lotus Sametime client so that all employees see the company’s branding when they use Lotus Sametime. This article describes installing and modifying a Lotus Sametime branding plug-in, using the branding plug-in of a fictitious company, Your Co.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Administration policies and lite mode
IBM® Lotus® iNotes® 8.5 includes many new features. This second article in the series covers two distinct topics: new Lotus Domino® administration policy capabilities and improvements available in lite mode.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Quickr with IBM WebSphere Portal using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory
Learn how to integrate IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ Web 2.0 services with IBM WebSphere® Portal applications, creating list and detail portlets that allow you not only to browse all the contents of a Lotus Quickr Library but also to allow access to the contents of a document.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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What's new in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5
This article covers what’s new in the IBM® Lotus® Notes® 8.5 release. Lotus Notes 8.5 marks a major milestone in the Lotus Notes history and is a significant release in terms of new features, appearance, programmability, and functionality.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Full mode
IBM® Lotus® iNotes™ 8.5 full mode offers new features to bring more consistency between the iNotes browser-based experience and the Lotus Notes® 8.5 installed client experience. It also begins to add the same integration to external data services. In this article, the first in a multipart series, we cover the new features in Lotus iNotes 8.5 full mode and examine the Web 2.0 related features in particular depth.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Creating a bilingual environment using IBM Lotus Sametime
This article discusses how to change an existing IBM® Lotus® Sametime® 6.5.x or 7.x server environment to have a multilanguage environment; note that the multilanguage Lotus Sametime server was not made available until the R8 code stream. The article covers basic information on the languages supported, installation requirements, and the list of files that require developer changes to have a true multilanguage set-up. Illustrated in this article are step-by-step instructions and samples that you can use to make the changes needed in a single-language Lotus Sametime environment to have a multilingual Lotus Sametime server environment without upgrading IBM Lotus Domino®. Steps include copying files, making subform and template changes, and renaming views.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Domino, Linux, virtualization, scalability: No longer mutually exclusive terms
Tired of having to force fit IBM® Lotus® Domino® into your infrastructure? With the latest release of 64-bit Lotus Domino on Linux® and virtualization, you now can implement large-scale enterprise environments with Lotus Domino on Linux in a single footprint. This article documents the benchmarks that have been done and the results of early adopters of this solution, showing you how your infrastructure can fit and grow with Lotus Domino.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Using the IBM Lotus Sametime Java toolkit from within a Lotus Sametime Connect toolkit plug-in
Learn how to use the full power of the low-level IBM® Lotus® Sametime® Protocol API exposed by the Java™ toolkit from within the easier development environment of the Lotus Sametime Connect toolkit. By extending the BuddyNote plug-in, which is one of the sample plug-ins provided with the Lotus Sametime software development kit (SDK), you can use the Server Storage API to store the notes about your buddies on the Lotus Sametime server rather than in a local configuration file.
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29 Jun 2009 |
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Understanding search forms in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.7
This white paper describes the search forms encountered when using IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.7 and how to use them, including information on the search syntax supported, ACLs, and custom fields.
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25 Jun 2009 |
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Integrating SPNEGO with IBM Lotus Sametime
Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) enables the single sign-on (SSO) mechanism for Microsoft Windows clients that are part of a Microsoft Active Directory Domain. This white paper explains the steps necessary to configure SSO for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect clients and IBM Lotus Notes clients integrated with IBM Lotus Sametime, using SPNEGO.
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25 Jun 2009 |
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Configuring single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino
This paper is designed to help administrators who have a good grasp of how SSO works and want an in-depth explanation of what steps are necessary to configure SSO between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino. It also explains how to verify that SSO is working correctly.
Editor's Note: This white paper is the second in a three-part series on SSO to be published over the next month or so. See the previous paper, "Understanding single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino."
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19 Jun 2009 |
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Configuring single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino
This paper is designed to help administrators who have a good grasp of how SSO works and want an in-depth explanation of what steps are necessary to configure SSO between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino. It also explains how to verify that SSO is working correctly.
Editor's Note: This white paper is the second in a three-part series on SSO to be published over the next month or so. See the previous paper, "Understanding single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino."
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19 Jun 2009 |
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Using REST services for IBM Lotus Quickr administration
This article provides an introduction to the administration console, new in IBM® Lotus® Quickr™ 8.1, a short description of a new policy feature in Lotus Quickr 8.1, and a detailed look at the REST-based service that the console uses and that you can reuse to enhance your server's management.
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08 Jun 2009 |
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Troubleshooting IBM Lotus Domino 8 mail routing issues
This white paper demonstrates how to identify and resolve IBM Lotus Domino 8 mail routing problems. By explaining how and which debug to use, and how to analyze the debug output, it is intended to help customers debug mail-routing issues on their own. Support Engineers can also benefit from this paper by enhancing their understanding of the debug outputs and by using it as a "cheat sheet" in identifying and resolving common mail-routing issues.
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26 May 2009 |
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Comment lines: Stefan Hepper: Achieve tighter integration between WebSphere Portal and Lotus Web Content Management
Creating and maintaining Web content pages-- and leveraging all the power of IBM
WebSphere Portal for those pages -- is now easier than ever with the new Web Content View portlet shipped on the Portal Catalog.
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20 May 2009 |
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The Support Authority: IBM Software Support Toolbar provides shortcuts to problem solving resources
Support resources for IBM software can literally be just a click (or two) away when
you have the IBM Software Support Toolbar installed on your Web browser. Here's how
to get and use this simple tool that makes accessing documentation, downloads,
education, and other technical information for all IBM
software brands more convenient than ever.
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20 May 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Sametime 8 security features
This white paper describes the security features of IBM Lotus Sametime 8.0 software, including a discussion of authentication and encryption for each of the major functional units of Lotus Sametime.
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11 May 2009 |
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Building Smart Communities with IBM Social Collaboration Tool Suite
This article describes the development of a smart community by leveraging
the concepts of social collaboration and using IBM suite of tools that implements
the concept of Web 2.0 and social collaboration. We will initially define smart
community, the need for such a community, its behavior, basic principles and the
benefit towards having it in a large organization. In that context, we will detail
basics of social collaboration, how it is linked with smart communities, its
building blocks, its impact on IT and organizations along with the different product
offerings from IBM.
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01 May 2009 |
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Build an intelligent eForms solution based on DB2 pureXML, Lotus Forms, and Web services
Form processing is one of the major daily tasks in many public and private
businesses. Processes based on paper forms are resource intensive, time consuming,
and often result in inaccurate or incomplete data. This article describes how you
can build an efficient electronic solution for form data capture, submission, and
management. The article guides you through three steps to build an efficient XML
electronic forms data collection solution with Lotus Forms for data capture, DB2
pureXML for data storage and query, and a connection between the two via a simple Web service that you can
create with Data Studio Developer. In three steps you can have an operational electronic forms application that can be the basis for efficient, quick, and accurate data collection and management.
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30 Apr 2009 |
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Introducing the IBM Lotus Expeditor STable control widget
Learn about the “skinnable” table (STable) control widget, in which the color and font of the table, table body, and header match the style of an application, if the application is using a custom theme. It is one of the core components of IBM Lotus Notes 8 Java views. This article is for developers who want to understand what an STable can do and how they can build applications using STable widgets.
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30 Apr 2009 |
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My developerWorks: 6 ways to build your technical skills and your
professional network
With the debut of My developerWorks, two little characters ("My") make a
big difference: They take developerWorks from "just" the place where you find
award-winning how-to content for developers and IT professionals
to the place where you and your
peers congregate to connect, share, and collaborate. Great content is just the
beginning, and now it's time for you to take the next step: Create your
professional profile and your custom home page on My developerWorks. Then find
and connect with like-minded peers, start tagging and bookmarking, and invite
your peers into your My developerWorks network to share
expertise and build groups for further interaction and
collaboration.
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30 Apr 2009 |
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Viewing developerWorks Lotus in its native Notes format
Part of developerWorks Lotus is IBM Lotus Domino-based. If you connect to it using an IBM Lotus Notes client, you can use Notes features such as replication. This article provides the steps to connect to the site databases and offers troubleshooting tips for making the connection.
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24 Apr 2009 |
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Developing an IBM Lotus Quickr Firefox connector using Quickr services
This article explains, step by step, how to build a customized Mozilla Firefox connector for IBM Lotus Quickr, using Lotus Quickr Representational State Transfer (REST) services. All the source code for the example is provided.
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14 Apr 2009 |
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Integrating IBM Workplace Forms V2.7 with IBM WebSphere Portal V6.0 Document Manager
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reader would care about the content (motive) and what he or she can gain from
reading the content (benefits).
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20 Mar 2009 |
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Extending the IBM Lotus Notes V8 mail with Eclipse
Extend the IBM Lotus Notes V8 client by writing Java code with Eclipse. Use Lotus Notes at home for personal email, and extend mail to include a new Mail Rule Runner that allows users to run their rules manually on the client.
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03 Mar 2009 |
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Moving from Microsoft Outlook to IBM Lotus Notes for end users
This white paper is intended for former Microsoft Outlook users who have moved to IBM Lotus Notes 8. It describes the functionalities of Lotus Notes, mapping these features from those of Microsoft Outlook and describing how to customize Lotus Notes to deliver a user experience comparable with that of Microsoft Outlook.
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25 Feb 2009 |
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Using Server.Load to evaluate and enhance IBM Lotus Domino server performance
The purpose of this white paper is to provide a method for using the IBM Lotus Domino Server.Load utility to evaluate and improve Domino Server performance for a given workload. Included are performance considerations for running Lotus Domino on Linux. Also presented is a detailed procedure for running the utility to evaluate the performance of Lotus Domino on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, for simulated workloads of 600 and 1200 users.
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25 Feb 2009 |
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Administering IBM Lotus Quickr Services for Lotus Domino
This white paper explains how to use the various utilities of IBM Lotus Quickr Version 8.1 Services for Lotus Domino to administer the product. Learn how to manage places, how to use the QPTool to manage your Quickr environment, and how to obtain and apply a hot fix. It is intended for anyone who is a Quickr Domino Server Administrator.
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25 Feb 2009 |
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Lotus Sametime and DB2 pureXML supporting healthcare collaboration
This article introduces a healthcare scenario based on an end-to-end XML
architecture that allows information encoded in Health Level 7 (HL7) Clinical
Document Architecture (CDA) XML documents to be stored in the same format in
an IBM DB2 pureXML database, exchanged in the same format utilizing Web
services, and visualized in the same format using IBM Lotus Sametime Connect
Client. See how a prototype Sametime plug-in for instant messaging clients can
be used to access and display XML patient data stored in a database. Learn,
also, how to install and configure the plug-in, and re-configure the plug-in
for another scenario.
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19 Feb 2009 |
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Understanding single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino
This white paper provides an in-depth explanation of how the single sign-on (SSO) feature works between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino. Learn the basics of how cookies are written to―and used in―Internet browsers, how the cookies are used to enable SSO, and exactly what is in the token and why it's needed for SSO between two servers. Included are specific details of where the WebSphere Portal and Lotus Domino servers configure each part of the cookie used for SSO, the LTPAToken.
Editor's Note: This white paper is the first in a three-part series on SSO to be published over the next few months. See the second paper, "Configuring single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino."
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03 Feb 2009 |
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Interfacing your current financial tools with IBM Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets
This white paper addresses the key areas that would help users adapt third-party financial applications such as Microsoft® Excel to IBM Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets. Originating from a request from IBM's Finance divisions, the paper is meant to help any user who wants to accelerate their migration to, and proficiency with, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets.
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03 Feb 2009 |
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Understanding single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino
This white paper provides an in-depth explanation of how the single sign-on (SSO) feature works between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino. Learn the basics of how cookies are written to―and used in―Internet browsers, how the cookies are used to enable SSO, and exactly what is in the token and why it's needed for SSO between two servers. Included are specific details of where the WebSphere Portal and Lotus Domino servers configure each part of the cookie used for SSO, the LTPAToken.
Editor's Note: This white paper is the first in a three-part series on SSO to be published over the next few months. See the second paper, "Configuring single sign-on (SSO) between IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Domino."
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03 Feb 2009 |
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Integrating Tivoli Directory Integrator and Lotus Connections
Reporting operational status of an IT system can be a difficult task. Collecting the required information is often time consuming, and finding a suitable delivery mechanism for multiple interested parties can be a challenge. This article discusses an effective mechanism for reporting operational status of an IT system using a Web 2.0 approach with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator and Lotus Connections.
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28 Jan 2009 |
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The story behind Notes/Domino Maintenance Releases, Fix Packs, and more
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18 Jan 2009 |
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Automatically deploy software with a simple framework based on STAF and Lotus
Notes
Deployment is an important process within the overall software life
cycle. In this article, learn about requirements for automatic software
deployment, and
about a cross platform auto-deployment framework based on
STAF. Explore how the framework is implemented on a Lotus Notes
platform. The framework
can also be applied in your enterprise's software test environment.
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16 Jan 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Notes 8.0.2 on Citrix XenApp 4.5: A scalability analysis
This white paper provides an overview of, and recommendations, for how to get the most from your IBM Lotus Notes client on the Citrix XenApp server. In particular, we show that, by tuning your environment so that you get the most from your applications, you can realize significant improvements in running the Lotus Notes client on XenApp. This is true for both the standard and the basic configurations of Lotus Notes.
Moreover, with the addition of 64-bit Citrix XenApp server support for the Lotus Notes client in 8.0.2, you can scale to even higher numbers--well over 100 users--at a much reduced cost. Also presented are the testing environment, tuning parameters, and the workflows that were executed to gather the scalability data.
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14 Jan 2009 |
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IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Reviewer's Guide
With Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5, world-class business e-mail and collaboration take another exciting step forward, offering new approaches to enhance efficiency and creativity, while extending the value of current investments.
This white paper guides you through the newly released, innovative, and open features of Notes and Domino 8.5. It is a must-read for any existing or potential user of Lotus Notes and Domino, from the casual user to the administrator or application developer to the line-of-business executive.
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22 Dec 2008 |
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Developing a secured, non-repudiation IBM Lotus Forms solution with Authenticated Clickwrap signatures
In this article, learn how to use IBM Lotus Forms Authenticated Clickwrap signatures to provide a secured Lotus Forms offering.
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19 Dec 2008 |
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Performance basics for IBM Lotus Notes developers
This white paper addresses the most important and most serious factors affecting IBM Lotus Notes and Domino application performance. It is intended for developers of Notes client applications, to help them maximize performance by identifying problem areas and by offering solutions.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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Deploying the IBM Lotus Domino server: A cookbook
This white paper addresses the issues most frequently reported by customers to IBM Technical Support regarding IBM Lotus Domino server deployment. The goal of this document is to enable Domino Administrators who are relatively new to the Domino products to help themselves with specific Lotus Domino installation and upgrade questions. In short, this is a "how to" guide (cookbook) for Lotus Domino install, setup, and upgrade tasks.
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10 Dec 2008 |
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Using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit 6.1.2 to develop a plug-in to extend IBM Lotus Sametime
This article shows you how to use the IBM® Lotus® Expeditor toolkit to develop a plug-in to extend IBM Lotus Sametime®. It also shows you how to run and debug this plug-in in the Lotus Expeditor toolkit and how to install the plug-in in Lotus Sametime.
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09 Dec 2008 |
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Integrating offline forms with IBM Lotus Forms and IBM Lotus Expeditor
In this article, you learn that by integrating IBM® Lotus® Expeditor and IBM Lotus Forms you can take your forms offline. The integration lets you store draft forms and submit forms to a server through a robust store-and-forward queue using IBM Websphere® MQ Everyplace®.
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09 Dec 2008 |
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Migrating from PDF forms to IBM Lotus Forms
In the world of e-forms, IBM® Lotus® Forms and PDF forms are the most two popular products. A Lotus Forms project can be categorized as two distinct tasks: migrating from existing e-forms and creating e-forms from scratch. We have found in our experience with IBM Software Services for Lotus that most forms projects involve migrating from PDF forms to Lotus Forms.
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03 Dec 2008 |
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Building composite applications with Notes widgets in IBM Lotus Notes 8.0.1
This article introduces the concept and usage of Notes® My Widgets. Through several examples, it shows you how to create Notes widgets from different kinds of resources in IBM® Lotus® Notes® 8.0.1. Finally, it depicts the process that you can use to build a sample composite application leveraging Notes widgets.
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25 Nov 2008 |
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Understanding IBM Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony
This white paper defines the IBM Unified Communications and Collaboration (IBM UC2) vision of making it easy for you to find, reach, and collaborate with others through a unified user experience. This strategy is implemented by means of the IBM Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony (SUT) software offering that is designed to make it easy for you to access and manage telephone communications from inside the Lotus Sametime or Lotus Notes client.
We examine the rich set of SUT features and provide an in-depth technical analysis on how you can add SUT to existing heterogeneous PBX environments without having to replace legacy telephony equipment. Due to the variation of possible deployment options, we cover each scenario from a high level, focusing on how each decision affects the enterprise, down to the individual call flows.
This paper provides supplementary information to other published IBM documents that further describe Lotus Sametime and the IBM UC2 vision.
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24 Nov 2008 |
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Composite applications component library v2.0
This article describes the second release of the composite applications component library and shows how the components can be used to add value to your composite applications.
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18 Nov 2008 |
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Introducing Domino XML Language (DXL)
To implement database or template customization for users' demands, you usually need to dynamically and automatically add design elements, such as an agent, a view, or a folder, to existing databases, or to modify existing design elements in the database. Domino XML Language (DXL) is an XML representation of IBM® Lotus® Domino® data and design elements that provides a great way to implement the capture of design elements and the import or export of design elements to and from databases. In this article, we introduce the concept of DXL, and through use cases with detailed implementation, we illustrate how to apply DXL to dynamically add or modify design elements to complete the user's database or template customization.
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18 Nov 2008 |
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Comment lines: Ruth Willenborg: The new reality made possible by virtual images
both deliver
Virtual images make installing and configuring software faster and easier than ever
before. IBM products shipped with virtual images, such as the beta versions of
WebSphere Application Server V7 and WebSphere Portal V6.1, have seen great success.
The work being done on the Open Virtual Format (OVF) standard, for packaging and
describing virtual machines and applications for deployment across heterogeneous virtualization platforms, should make it
even easier still.
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12 Nov 2008 |
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How large databases uniquely affect IBM Lotus Domino server performance
Understanding the effect of large databases on IBM® Lotus® Domino® performance is becoming a prominent challenge for many administrators. This article explores the different ways in which large databases can degrade performance and examines potential solutions to realize maximum performance.
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11 Nov 2008 |
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Migrating from Microsoft Exchange to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8
By using the straightforward steps outlined in this white paper, an administrator can easily migrate data and users from Microsoft Exchange to IBM Notes and Domino 8. Included are tips and instructions for troubleshooting some common issues.
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11 Nov 2008 |
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Improving the seedlist service in IBM Lotus Connections 2
This article analyzes the way in which the seedlist service works using IBM® Lotus® Connections 2 and presents an improved solution for its indexing process.
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11 Nov 2008 |
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How to configure SSO with LTPA for IBM Lotus Connections 2.0
This article explains how to configure single sign-on (SSO) with Lightweight Third-Party Authentication (LTPA) for IBM® Lotus® Connections 2.0. Learn the basics of SSO and LTPA and the detailed steps for configuring SSO in a stand-alone environment.
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04 Nov 2008 |
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Secure your IBM Lotus Forms-based application with digital signatures
In this article, learn how to use digital signature technology to prevent tampering during transmission. Follow the example provided in this article to design the form, sign the form, and verify the signature.
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04 Nov 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Connections 2.0 Activities: How Atom-enabled clients communicate with the Atom API
This article describes how Atom-enabled clients can communicate with IBM Lotus Connections via its standard-based Atom API, with a focus on many of the Activities component features that are new in release 2.0.
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31 Oct 2008 |
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IBM open collaboration client solution: An overview
Learn what's involved when introducing a Linux® client pilot in your organization, including planning for business and IT requirements, architecture decisions, risks, and understanding how IBM's open collaboration client is used to implement this desktop of the future, today.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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Developing your video chat-enabled plug-in application on IBM Lotus Sametime Connect
IBM® Lotus® Sametime® 8.0 expands real-time communication with telephony and audio-visual capabilities. It also offers a highly extensible platform based on the Eclipse plug-in framework. This article introduces the Lotus Sametime Telephony client toolkit, which you can use to develop new plug-in applications on top of Lotus Sametime Connect.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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IBM open collaboration client solution: Architecture decisions and execution options for an IBM open virtual client
Companies exploring cost-reduction strategies to become more energy efficient and to increase business agility have identified client virtualization as a strategic move to stay competitive in the market. This article highlights some of the virtualization technologies available in today's market for Linux® desktops. This article takes you through various virtualization technologies that utilize the IBM® open collaboration client solution, that add business value to your IT infrastructure, and that get you started on the desktops of the future, which leverage the power of Web 2.0 and cloud computing.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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IBM open collaboration client solution: Migrating applications to the Linux desktop
Have you wanted to port your infrastructure and business line applications to a Linux desktop environment, but been deterred by the need to access critical Microsoft Windows or legacy applications? Finding a way to support these critical business line applications is crucial when considering the move to Linux. This article highlights the various tools that let you access these applications from Linux desktops.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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IBM open collaboration client solution: Organizational planning and user segmentation for desktop migration
Learn the steps involved in migrating your environment to that of a Linux® client, including organizational planning and user segmentation. Based on customer experiences, this article offers a comprehensive guide to planning and executing your migration while minimizing disruption to your users.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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Integrating CA (formerly Netegrity) SiteMinder 6.0 with IBM Lotus Connections 2.0
This white paper provides step-by-instructions on how to integrate CA (formerly Netegrity) SiteMinder 6.0 with IBM Lotus Connections 2.0 to provide your users with the security of a single sign-on environment.
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27 Oct 2008 |
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Customizing themes in IBM Lotus Quickr services for IBM Lotus Domino 8.1
This white paper provides an overview of the default standard place theme used in IBM Lotus Quickr services for IBM Lotus Domino version 8.1, hereafter referred to as "Quickr 8.1." The paper examines the details you need to perform customizations of this theme, focusing on a description of the Quickr 8.1 theme and how it works, as well as how to create a custom theme based on the default theme. Also included is a description of skin components new to Quickr 8.1, as well as a brief section on customizing the home page.
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24 Oct 2008 |
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Develop and deploy new themes and skins for IBM Mashup Center
This article introduces the theme and skin model in IBM® Mashup Center. It guides you to develop a customTheme theme and a ThinTitle skin, and it shows you how to deploy the theme WAR file in a production environment.
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21 Oct 2008 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Connections, IBM Lotus Sametime, and IBM Lotus Quickr in an enterprise
This article provides a business overview and the steps required to implement the IBM® Community Collaboration offering, which is composed of IBM Lotus® Connections, IBM Lotus Sametime®, and IBM Lotus Quickrâ¢. With this integrated solution, your company can make tools available that can help unify your diverse and distributed workforce.
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21 Oct 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Domino with BlackBerry Enterprise Server: Performance best practices
This article is designed to act as a guide and reference paper for configuring BlackBerry Enterprise Server with IBM® Lotus® Domino®. It focuses on the load implications of running BlackBerry Enterprise Server within a Lotus Domino mail environment. It is designed to highlight areas where this load can be controlled and minimized.
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07 Oct 2008 |
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Integration of IBM Lotus Connection 1.0.1 with IBM Tivoli Access Manager V6.0
This article describes the step by step procedure for integrating IBM Lotus Connections with IBM Tivoli Access Manager V 6.0. It is intended to help administrators protect the features of IBM Lotus Connections via the Tivoli reverse proxy solution known as WebSEAL and provide the convenience of Single Sign On using LTPA cookie mechanism.
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06 Oct 2008 |
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Creating and using a real-time port monitoring application powered by IBM Lotus Sametime instant messaging
Learn how to create a port checker application that, when combined with IBM® Lotus® Sametime®, can provide instant notification of outages in your environment. The Lotus Sametime toolkits can be used in powerful ways to create customized applications that harness the power of Lotus Sametime.
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03 Oct 2008 |
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Riding the rails with IBM Lotus Connections
In this article, we use Ruby on Rails to build a Web application that communicates with an IBM® Lotus® Connections Dogear server to retrieve and display bookmark information using REST services.
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23 Sep 2008 |
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Photo Book for IBM Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal
This article presents an example of a customized team place component for IBM® Lotus® Quickr⢠services for WebSphere® Portal, Photo Book. This component uses both a Lotus Quickr document library for storing content and for rich desktop integration and Lotus Web Content Management capabilities for presentation on the Web with photo gallery and slideshow-style presentations.
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17 Sep 2008 |
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Creating a composite application for IBM Lotus Notes 8 using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory
Currently, many tools have been developed to create composite applications such as IBM® Lotus® Domino® Designer, IBM Lotus Component Designer, and IBM Rational® Application Development. This article introduces a new way to create composite applications in IBM Lotus Notes® 8 using IBM WebSphere® Portlet Factory.
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16 Sep 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Server.Load: The new IBM Lotus Sametime workloads
Set up and use the IBM Lotus Server.Load workload generation tool, which includes new IBM Lotus Sametime instant messaging workloads, ST70IM and ST75IM, and the Sametime Initialization workload. We show you how to use these workloads to optimize your Lotus Sametime deployment performance.
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03 Sep 2008 |
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Adding interactive features to Web content using IBM Lotus Web Content Management 6.0
This article shows you how to create a Web content management portlet that lets users add comments to a content item.
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03 Sep 2008 |
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User management in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning V2.7
This white paper highlights the changes made with respect to user management in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning version 2.7. It provides a thorough overview of the information you need to understand and perform a wide array of user management tasks, including rostering and de-rostering users (individual and bulk), setting up registry groups and automatic role assignments, and managing users’ roles and permissions.
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25 Aug 2008 |
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Developing widgets for IBM Mashup Center 1.0
This article introduces the widget programming model in IBM® Mashup Center: the IBM iWidget specification, widget basics, and the eventing service. To give you a better idea of how to build a widget from scratch, this article guides you as you develop a widget that can monitor the memory usage of the back-end server.
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19 Aug 2008 |
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Troubleshooting the IBM Lotus Domino Administration Process
This white paper presents an intuitive and systematic way to troubleshoot issues involving the IBM Lotus Domino Administration Process (AdminP). It explains why issues occur rather than providing solutions to specific issues, so Domino Administrators can learn how to troubleshoot AdminP issues and learn how the process is affected by the other product features with which it interacts. This document also includes updated information useful for troubleshooting the Administration Process for Domino release 8.
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19 Aug 2008 |
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Securing an IBM Lotus Domino Web server: Using the new Internet lockout feature
Internet lockout is a new feature of IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8. This article describes Internet lockout, documents the configuration, and provides a sample that shows how to create a custom login form.
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05 Aug 2008 |
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Build up your own search center using IBM Lotus Quickr content services
In this article, we give an example of how to build a customized search center using the IBM® Lotus® Quickr content services. In the example, the Lotus Quickr search service is used to get search results and the Lotus Quickr document services are used to retrieve detailed properties of the search results, which are then used to implement customized functions such as sorting, categorizing, and filtering.
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05 Aug 2008 |
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Using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory to integrate IBM Lotus Connections with IBM WebSphere Portal
In this article, you learn how the REST Service Call builder in IBM® WebSphere® Portlet Factory can be used to access, display, and manipulate the data from the five IBM Lotus® Connections services.
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29 Jul 2008 |
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Using IBM Rational Performance Tester V7.0.1 to load test IBM Lotus Notes standard client in a Citrix environment
This article describes how the IBM® Lotus® Domino® System Test team used IBM Rational® Performance Tester to test the IBM Lotus Notes® standard client, so that the team can provide you with the answers to your scalability questions on Citrix.
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22 Jul 2008 |
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Lotus Connections R2 Reviewer's Guide
The Lotus Connections R2 Reviewer's Guide provides an introduction to version 2 of IBM's social software, Lotus Connections. Learn about the five components of Lotus Connections: Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Dogear, and Communities. This guide covers integration with other applications, such as Lotus Sametime, Lotus Notes and Lotus Quickr.
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21 Jul 2008 |
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Choosing between mashups and traditional Web applications
This article compares and contrasts traditional Web applications with the evolving platforms for creating mashups as viable business tools.
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15 Jul 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Domino going green: The new Lotus Domino attachment and object service
The IBM® Lotus® Domino® attachment and object service (DAOS) in release 8.5 reduces the total cost of ownership and helps customers with green computing practices by storing all file attachments in a separate repository on the server and retrieving them by reference. Read more to plan, set up, configure, and manage Lotus Notes® large objects.
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15 Jul 2008 |
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Copying IBM Lotus Domino TeamRoom documents into an IBM Lotus Quickr library
This article demonstrates how to copy documents from an IBM® Lotus® Domino® TeamRoom to an IBM Lotus Quickr⢠services for IBM WebSphere® Portal document library using Lotus Quickr Content Services.
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01 Jul 2008 |
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Designing composite applications: IBM Lotus Notes components
This article shows how to build IBM® Lotus® Notes® components, providing some tips and techniques for using your existing Lotus Notes applications in composite applications. Learn how to use the power of composite applications to provide a context that combines information from multiple components and leverages that context when performing tasks.
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27 Jun 2008 |
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Designing composite applications: Writing an Eclipse component for IBM Lotus Notes
This article introduces some helper classes so you can quickly build and deploy feature-rich, reusable, Eclipse-based components for IBM Lotus Notes. You also learn how to create a foundation upon which other components can be created quickly and easily.
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27 Jun 2008 |
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Designing composite applications: Unit testing
The ease with which users can assemble composite applications from components increases the need to unit test your components before users use them. This article, fourth in our series on composite applications, describes how to test your components prior to assembling composite applications.
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27 Jun 2008 |
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Designing composite applications: Design patterns
Learn how to recognize and optimize the design patterns that occur when you develop composite applications.
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27 Jun 2008 |
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The Lead Manager application in IBM Lotus Notes V8: An overview
Learn how to combine multiple Lotus Notes applications and other technologies to produce a unified interface in which users can conduct their business more effectively and supply innovative business solutions.
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27 Jun 2008 |
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Designing composite applications: Component design
This article charts some basic approaches for designing components for composite application development that have maximum reuse. You can use many different strategies to provide the optimum components.
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27 Jun 2008 |
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Accessing IBM Lotus Quickr REST services using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory
This article presents a sample application that demonstrates how to use IBM® WebSphere® Portlet Factory builders to easily interact with IBM Lotus® Quickr⢠REST services with minimal coding.
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24 Jun 2008 |
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Developing composite applications: Composite application assembly, part 2
Learn general design tips and techniques that you can use to assemble highly productive and compelling applications. In this second part of a two-part article, we focus on designing for change, on wiring strategies, and how to prototype your layout.
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24 Jun 2008 |
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Comment lines: Stefan Hepper: Rolling with developments in the Web component programming model
Should you use servlets, portlets, or widgets? Here are some guidelines
to help you sift through new technologies and specifications and make the best
decision for what you want to accomplish.
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18 Jun 2008 |
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Getting started with Lotus Forms in the WebSphere business process
management suite
Learn about different methods for integrating IBM Lotus Forms into your
business processes and human tasks using IBM WebSphere business process management
V6.1 products.
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18 Jun 2008 |
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Developing composite applications: Composite application assembly, part 1
Learn general design tips and techniques that you can use to assemble highly productive and compelling composite applications. In this first part of a two-part article, we focus on navigation and page design.
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17 Jun 2008 |
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Using IBM Lotus Domino and IBM DB2 integration features to enhance the functionality and performance of Lotus Domino applications
Learn how to use IBM® DB2® as a data store for IBM Lotus® Domino® data. This article uses a sample application to describe four possible usage scenarios for the Lotus Domino and DB2 integration features in pure Lotus Domino applications.
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17 Jun 2008 |
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Developing a composite application in IBM Lotus Notes to integrate Lotus Notes and Google calendars
This article shows you how to develop a composite application in IBM® Lotus® Notes® 8.0 that integrates the calendars in Google and Lotus Notes, based on the Atom API and XSLT technology. It demonstrates the ease with which you can create a composite application and consume the Atom API.
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10 Jun 2008 |
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Integrating IBM WebSphere Portal Search with IBM Workplace Web Content Management for version 6
Learn how to use IBM® WebSphere® Portal search to return results from the Workplace⢠Web Content Management server. This article walks you through setting up the WebSphere Portal search collection, configuring the portlets used for WebSphere Portal search and Workplace Web Content Management, and creating the underlying structure necessary.
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03 Jun 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Domino 8.0.1 for 64-bit server performance
Learn how the 64-bit IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8.0.1 server performs against 32-bit Lotus Domino 8.0.1 using the N8Mail workload.
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27 May 2008 |
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Using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit V6.1.2 for eRCP application development on devices
This article provides a step-by-step tour of IBM® Lotus® Expeditor client and toolkit. Learn how to install the Lotus Expeditor client and toolkit, how to create a client services project and to import a sample into the tools, and how to remotely launch the application onto devices.
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20 May 2008 |
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Installing additional features from IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.1.2 onto IBM Lotus Notes 8.0.1
Learn how to install additional features from the IBM® Lotus® Expeditor 6.1.2 Client for Desktop onto the IBM Lotus Notes® 8.0.1 Client so that you can run Lotus Expeditor components that use these features on the Lotus Notes 8.0.1 desktop.
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13 May 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Domino 8.0.1 server performance with IBM Lotus Notes Traveler users
In this article, we discuss the performance of IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8.0.1 server with IBM Lotus Notes® Traveler users.
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13 May 2008 |
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IBM open collaboration client solution: Technical planning
Learn the steps involved in migrating your environment to that of a Linux client, including technical planning. Based on customer experiences, this article offers a comprehensive guide to planning and executing your migration while minimizing disruption to your users.
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07 May 2008 |
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Fifty ways to leave your bookmark: An experiment in social authoring
Last year, a pool of potential authors were challenged to write an example of code, each from a different programming language, using the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and Dogear as the AtomPub-enabled service. This article presents the results of this unique social authoring experiment.
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06 May 2008 |
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Introducing IBM Lotus Domino 8.0.1 Web Access Lite mode
IBM® Lotus® Domino® Web Access Lite mode is an exciting new capability within the established Lotus Domino Web Access product that uses a new page architecture optimized for empty-cache or low-bandwidth scenarios. Learn how these innovative performance improvements are delivered to you in an updated user interface (UI) that more closely resembles your IBM Lotus Notes® client user experience.
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06 May 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Quickr library linker: Content interoperations between Lotus Quickr libraries based on Dojo and Lotus Quickr REST services
Learn how to operate your Lotus Quickr library content with Lotus Quickr REST services based on Dojo. In this example described in this article, content from different Lotus Quickr libraries interacts with simple Lotus Quickr REST services in the library linker tool, which is based on the latest Dojo 1.0 framework.
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29 Apr 2008 |
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Migrating Java EE projects to IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1
Migrate your Java EE projects to IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1 using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit, and then deploy the migrated project on the Lotus Expeditor runtime. This article shows you which steps you need to take to migrate your Java EE projects and which Java EE features are not supported by Lotus Expeditor.
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21 Apr 2008 |
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Bring real-time collaboration to the next level with IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced 8.0
IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced is the new and exciting product joining the Lotus Sametime family. This article illustrates how Lotus Sametime Advanced allows your organization to enhance real-time collaboration and decision making by extending its instant messaging capabilities.
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01 Apr 2008 |
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WebSphere Process Server and Lotus Forms integration
A new capability in WebSphere Process Server V6.1 includes the ability to work with Lotus Forms as a front-end for human tasks. This article describes how the two technologies work together and shows you how to build a business process with human tasks that include Lotus Forms.
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26 Mar 2008 |
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Implementing an embedded Web browser using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit
The IBM Lotus Expeditor embedded browser is a configurable and manageable browser, which you can easily embed in a client application. This article describes how to develop an application containing an embedded browser view using the Lotus Expeditor Toolkit.
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24 Mar 2008 |
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Customizing components in IBM Lotus Quickr services for IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0
Learn about the composite applications that are available for IBM Lotus Quickr services for IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0. See how to customize the components that use IBM Workplace Web Content Management services. Follow along with an example as we add functionality to the blog composite application.
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19 Mar 2008 |
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Creating RESTful IBM Lotus Domino applications in a Web 2.0 world with Project Zero
Learn how to create RESTful IBM Lotus Domino Web applications using Project Zero to deliver a responsive Web 2.0 application. This article explores the various options developers have to create RESTful Lotus Domino Web applications and shows how you can deliver such applications with the help of Project Zero.
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11 Mar 2008 |
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Developing secured Web services in IBM Lotus Expeditor
In this article, you learn how to use IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit to create a secured Web service and how to run it in IBM Lotus Expeditor Client; you also gain some basic knowledge about WS-Security.
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26 Feb 2008 |
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The case for upgrading to IBM Lotus Domino 8 for better server performance
Tests of IBM Lotus Domino 8 performance show that upgrading to Lotus Domino 8 and the new Lotus Notes 8 client should yield positive results. Tests show CPU reductions across the board as well as I/O reductions on most platforms when compared to Lotus Notes and Domino 7. Read more about the test results.
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26 Feb 2008 |
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Getting started with the IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit V6.1
This article provides a high-level tour of IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit. Learn how to install and configure the toolkit, how to import a sample into the tools, and how to launch the sample in the included Expeditor Test Environment.
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14 Feb 2008 |
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Using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit V6.1 with IBM Lotus Notes V8 and IBM Lotus Sametime
Get started using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit for development of applications for IBM Lotus Notes V8 and IBM Lotus Sametime. Learn which installation options to select, how to configure the toolkit, and how to launch a sample application on your target environment.
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14 Feb 2008 |
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Using the Personal Wizards plug-in in IBM Lotus Expeditor
This article discusses the Personal Wizards plug-in in IBM Lotus Expeditor. You can use a Personal Wizards model as an automation tool, as interactive documentation, as a tutorial or guided walkthrough, or as a debugging instrument for Lotus Expeditor applications.
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12 Feb 2008 |
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Developing and deploying rich client applications on desktops and mobile devices using IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1
Learn how to use the new IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1 framework to create many views of the same application. Componentize your services in compliance with SOA and build a Rich Client Platform (RCP) application that can run on either a desktop computer or a mobile device.
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06 Feb 2008 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Sametime with the IBM Lotus Connections REST service
Learn how to customize IBM Lotus Sametime Connect with your own team chat feature. This extension takes advantage of the profile information accessible from IBM Lotus Connections using REST service APIs.
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05 Feb 2008 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Quickr Services with IBM Lotus Sametime
This document describes how to integrate IBM Lotus Quickr Services for Lotus Domino and Services for WebSphere Portal with IBM Lotus Sametime. Specifically, you learn how to integrate Services for Lotus Domino for awareness, chat, and online meetings and Services for WebSphere Portal for awareness and chat.
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05 Feb 2008 |
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Introducing IBM Lotus Quickr Web services
Use IBM Lotus Quickr Web services to perform basic document management operations. Develop a Lotus Quickr Connector that lets you navigate a set of Lotus Quickr document libraries and invoke certain actions on individual resources within a library.
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31 Jan 2008 |
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Implementing multilingual sites using IBM Workplace Web Content Management in IBM WebSphere Portal
With IBM Workplace Web Content Management, you can build sites that serve content in different languages. Combined with the capabilities of the underlying IBM WebSphere Portal personalization engine, Workplace Web Content Management can deliver content that is personalized based on user preferences.
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29 Jan 2008 |
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Developing an IBM Lotus Domino agent with JMS
This article demonstrates how to develop a Java agent in IBM Lotus Domino that sends messages to and receives messages from a Java Messaging System (JMS) provider, specifically IBM WebSphere MQ.
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29 Jan 2008 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Connections with Microsoft technologies
This article illustrates how IBM Lotus Connections and Microsoft SharePoint and Live Communications Server can be positioned side by side and demonstrates the ease of integration between IBM Lotus and Microsoft products.
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29 Jan 2008 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Sametime with the IBM Lotus Quickr Search REST service
This article presents the IBM Lotus Quickr Search REST service and an example of its use. Learn about an IBM Lotus Sametime plug-in that lets you search for content on the Lotus Quickr server and share it during a conversation through IBM Lotus Sametime Connect or by sending IBM Lotus Notes email.
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22 Jan 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Domino V8 server with the IBM Lotus Notes V8 client: Performance
Maintaining IBM Lotus Domino V8 mail server scalability with the IBM Lotus Notes V8 client is critical, and this article shows that Lotus Domino V8 not only equals, but outperforms the previous release. Let us show you how Lotus Domino V8 with the Lotus Notes V8 client performs across a variety of server platforms.
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18 Jan 2008 |
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User experience guidelines for IBM Lotus rich client applications and plug-ins
This white paper describes user-interface design and interaction guidelines for designers and developers who are building IBM Lotus Notes applications, IBM Lotus Sametime plug-ins, IBM Lotus Symphony plug-ins, IBM Lotus Expeditor plug-ins, or composite applications.
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18 Jan 2008 |
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Customizing themes in IBM Lotus Quickr services for IBM WebSphere Portal V8.0
Learn about the default theme used in IBM Lotus Quickr services for IBM WebSphere Portal and discover how to customize it.
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15 Jan 2008 |
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Introduction to the JavaScript API in IBM Lotus Forms V3
In IBM Lotus Forms V3.0, a new JavaScript API lets you can manipulate and control the behavior of embedded Lotus Forms with simple HTML and JavaScript in a browser. A new event listener mechanism lets you write custom features to handle the forms and allows easier integration with other systems.
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08 Jan 2008 |
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IBM Lotus Forms: Using Authenticated Clickwrap
IBM Lotus Forms 3 Authenticated Clickwrap lets you sign a form without relying on an extended PKI infrastructure, givng you more flexibility in the server-side implementation. This white paper shows you how to plan and how to implement your own Authenticated Clickwrap system.
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03 Jan 2008 |
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How to set up IBM Lotus Notes V8 for Microsoft Outlook users
Learn how to set up IBM Lotus Notes V8 so that Microsoft Outlooks users have a smooth and easy transition to it.
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19 Dec 2007 |
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Using and modifying the IBM Lotus Domino V7 Free Time Web service
Learn how IBM Lotus Notes users and developers can benefit from the new IBM Lotus Domino V7 Free Time Web service. Enable your Lotus Domino server to perform cross-server lookups of calendar availability and to create an agent to retrieve free-time information programmatically from a remote Domino server.
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19 Dec 2007 |
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Document Conversion Services in IBM WebSphere Portal: Overview and troubleshooting
This article focuses on services for document conversion and provides configuration and troubleshooting tips. I
t discusses the architecture of Document Conversion Service in IBM WebSphere Portal, the types of conversions supported, remote conversion, and standalone conversion.
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18 Dec 2007 |
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Results management in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning V2.7
The "Results management in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning V2.7" white paper explains results management and how it is implemented through the Course Management portlet in the Results and Courses section and through Data Loader using the Result.csv template.
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18 Dec 2007 |
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The IBM Lotus Sametime V8 family: Extending the IBM unified communications and collaboration strategy
Learn about the extended family of IBM Lotus Sametime V8 software: Lotus Sametime Entry, Lotus Sametime Standard, Lotus Sametime Advanced, and Lotus Sametime "Unified Telephony."
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13 Dec 2007 |
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Quick start guide to IBM Lotus Domino Server.Load V8
Learn about IBM Lotus Domino Server.Load V8. From installation to configuration to running workloads, this article shows you how to quickly get started.
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12 Dec 2007 |
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IBM Workplace Web Content Management V2.x to V6.x Migration Guide
This white paper provides information on infrastructure, readiness, and migration project plans as well as the technical steps, workarounds, and error handling when upgrading from IBM Workplace Web Content Management V2 to V6.
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04 Dec 2007 |
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Introducing the new learning content management features in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning V2.7
Learn about the new content management features in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning V2.7. See how to import courses using three different mechanisms for three different uses and how to determine the optimum way to manage learning content.
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27 Nov 2007 |
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Setting up the Dogear feature of IBM Lotus Connections in a standalone environment
Deploy the Dogear feature of IBM Lotus Connections in a standalone environment. This article covers the detailed steps of the deployment process and explains the purpose of each step. By following these instructions, you can quickly have Dogear deployed and running properly.
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20 Nov 2007 |
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The History of Notes and Domino
Notes and Domino began in the work of Ray Ozzie, Tim Halvorsen, and Len Kawell, first on PLATO Notes at the University of Illinois and later on DECNotes. Lotus founder Mitch Kapor saw the potential in Ozzie's collaboration project and the rest is history.
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14 Nov 2007 |
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Remote debugging of a Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 device or emulator with IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1.1
Launch and debug managed client applications from a Microsoft Windows desktop to a Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 device or a Windows Mobile 5.0 emulator using IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1.1.
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13 Nov 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Notes V8 client: Using the Enhanced Quota feature
Learn about the Enhanced Quota feature in IBM Lotus Notes V8 that lets you restrict the creation of new calendar entries, to do items, and memos.
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06 Nov 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Quickr Document Linker: Publishing IBM Lotus Connections activities to Lotus Quickr places
Learn how to link several collaboration tools to share content. Download IBM Lotus Quickr Document Linker, and learn how to use it to publish IBM Lotus Connections activities to Lotus Quickr places.
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30 Oct 2007 |
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Multi-locale site management with IBM Workplace Web Content Management
Learn how to build a multi-locale solution for your Web site with IBM Workplace Web Content Management.
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30 Oct 2007 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Connections and IBM WebSphere Portal
Learn how to integrate IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Connections to enhance the extensibility of Lotus Connections and the flexibility of WebSphere Portal.
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16 Oct 2007 |
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Introducing IBM Lotus Quickr REST services
Learn how to use IBM Lotus Quickr Representational State Transfer (REST) services for basic operations you can perform on documents.
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09 Oct 2007 |
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Creating a stock quote bot using the IBM Lotus Sametime Java toolkit
Let us show you how to create a bot that retrieves stock information for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect, using the IBM Lotus Sametime Java toolkit. StockBot uses a Web service to retrieve stock quote information from the Yahoo! Finance Web site.
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05 Oct 2007 |
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What's new in IBM Lotus Forms V3.0
This article describes the exciting changes for IBM Lotus Forms, formerly IBM Workplace Forms. The Lotus Forms suite of products provides a server, a form designer, and a user interface product that allow you to create forms customized specifically to your users from concept to implementation.
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02 Oct 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Notes V8 workloads: Taking performance to a new level
Learn about the IBM Lotus Notes/ Domino V8 enhancements to the NotesBench and Server.Load workloads. Three new workloads, N8Mail, N7Mail, and N8MailInit, demonstrate the typical tasks of a Lotus Notes user interacting with a Lotus Domino server.
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18 Sep 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Quickr Developer's Guide
Learn how to customize IBM Lotus Quickr to fit the needs of your production environment. This guide provides tips and instructions on how to tailor your content to build a customized collaboration experience. It also describes all the services available to work with your content.
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18 Sep 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Expeditor restricted workbench: The lockdown service and associated native function
Learn about IBM Lotus Expeditor restricted workbench and discover how to prevent users from accessing applications and functions without specific permission from the administrator.
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18 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Planning and architecture considerations
This article, part 1 in a seven-part series about deploying IBM Lotus Connections, focuses on planning and architecture considerations to ensure that your deployment is built properly. Learn from an expert on recommended planning and architecture practices.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Introducing IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1.1
This article provides an overview of IBM Lotus Expeditor and its components and features. Learn how you can use it to develop managed client applications that run on desktops, laptops, tablets, and handheld devices.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Application programming interface
Part 7 in our series on deploying IBM Lotus Connections covers working with the Lotus Connections APIs. This article is intended for I/T specialists and developers and is helpful when building programs that use Lotus Connections data and services.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Integrating with other systems
Part six in our article series focuses on integrating IBM Lotus Connections with other systems using the Atom API. This article is intended for I/T specialists and developers and is helpful when exploring options to integrate Lotus Connections into your applications.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Branding and customization
Part 5 in our article series demonstrates how to brand and how to customize the IBM Lotus Connections user interface. Learn how to make changes to ensure that Lotus Connections has the right look and feel for your enterprise.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Troubleshooting
Part 4 in our seven-part series about deploying IBM Lotus Connections focuses on tips for troubleshooting during installation. It describes how to diagnose an installation problem, how to recognize which components cause the problem, and how to solve the most common problems.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Maintenance
This article, part 3 in a seven-part series on deploying IBM Lotus Connections, focuses on system maintenance, backup and recovery strategies, and tips to protect your environment from unexpected data loss or corruption. This article also covers practices for policing your Lotus Connections content.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Post-installation tuning
This article, part 2 in a seven-part series about deploying IBM Lotus Connections, focuses on post-installation tuning tips to ensure that your deployment does not suffer from common performance pitfalls. Learn from an expert on recommended practices to perform after the initial installation of Lotus Connections is complete.
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11 Sep 2007 |
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What's new in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino V8
Eclipse-based Lotus Notes V8 enhances the Lotus Notes user interface, reinforces its collaboration and messaging strengths, and extends its application development model with state-of-the-art programming constructs. Read more about what's new in Lotus Notes and Domino V8.
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21 Aug 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Expeditor Distributed Client Services Portlets
This white paper provides an overview of what you should consider when you design distributed IBM WebSphere Portal applications. It explains how to use IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit and related components to convert existing Portal applications to distributed applications for offline use.
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21 Aug 2007 |
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Finding available time in IBM Lotus Notes V8 using the Scheduler UI
Learn how the enhanced Scheduler user interface in IBM Lotus Notes V8 makes the search for free time easier.
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14 Aug 2007 |
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Using the Message Recall feature in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino V8
You asked for it, and now with IBM Lotus Notes and Domino V8 you have the ability to recall mail messages. Learn how the Message Recall feature works, how to configure and control it, and how to deploy it.
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07 Aug 2007 |
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Integrating composite applications with activities in the IBM Lotus Notes V8 client
Learn how to create an Eclipse view component and how to add it to a new composite application in IBM Lotus Notes V8; the component uses the Activities API to create, read, update, and delete activities on an Activities server.
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31 Jul 2007 |
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Leveraging user context in the IBM Lotus Notes V8 sidebar and toolbar
The new architecture of IBM Lotus Notes V8 enables visibility into what the user is doing at any given time. This article describes how to access this information and suggests ways in which it can be used to increase user productivity.
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24 Jul 2007 |
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Using the IBM Lotus Expeditor micro broker MQTT client to publish messages
Learn how to use the IBM Lotus Expeditor micro broker to support the MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) publish/subscribe messaging protocol. Create a sample publisher, publish to a topic, and verify the receipt of the message.
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24 Jul 2007 |
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Working with plug-ins in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1: Testing and debugging plug-ins
Building IBM Lotus Sametime on top of IBM Lotus Expeditor lets you use Eclipse as a Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) to extend Lotus Sametime's functionality in many ways. This article, part 3 of a four-part series, shows how to test and debug plug-ins.
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19 Jul 2007 |
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Lotus Notes Calendar & Scheduling Schema
This is an updated version of the Lotus Notes calendar and scheduling (C & S) schema documentation, which lists the different forms, including the invitation and reschedule forms, and the form fields in Lotus Notes V6 and later.
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19 Jul 2007 |
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Working with plug-ins in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1: Configuring the Eclipse environment
Building IBM Lotus Sametime on top of Lotus Expeditor lets you use Eclipse as a Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) to extend Lotus Sametime's functionality in many ways. This article, part 1 of a four-part series, explains the configuration steps to use Eclipse as a PDE for Lotus Sametime.
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17 Jul 2007 |
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Working with plug-ins in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1: Deploying plug-ins
Building IBM Lotus Sametime on top of IBM Lotus Expeditor lets you use Eclipse as a Plug-in Development Environment to extend Lotus Sametime's functionality. In this final article of our series, you learn how to bundle your plug-in into a feature project and an Eclipse update site.
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17 Jul 2007 |
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Working with plug-ins in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1: Developing the BuddyNote plug-in
Building IBM Lotus Sametime on top of Lotus Expeditor lets you use Eclipse as a Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) to extend Lotus Sametime's functionality in many ways. This article, part 2 of a four-part series, shows how to develop the BuddyNote plug-in from scratch.
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17 Jul 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Quickr: Enhance team productivity with social computing
This article provides an overview of IBM Lotus Quickr with a focus on its core services. Lotus Quickr includes team places feature, content libraries, wikis, blogs, and connectors. Learn about the installation options and technical requirements for the product along with simple ways to customize the services.
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10 Jul 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Connections: Enhancing productivity with social computing
Get an overview of IBM Lotus Connections and its five features: Profiles, Communities, Blogs, Dogear, and Activities. The technical requirements for the product are included along with simple ways to extend the services outside the product.
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03 Jul 2007 |
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Creating a network-aware application for IBM Lotus Expeditor
This article demonstrates the network capabilities of IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Desktop and Devices and provides a step-by-step example of how to make your application network aware.
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26 Jun 2007 |
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Building an acronym expander plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1
Use extension points in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1 to build a plug-in that allows you to show the expanded version of acronyms.
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19 Jun 2007 |
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Integrating IBM Workplace Forms V2.7 with IBM WebSphere Portal V6.0 Document Manager
In this article, learn how to use IBM Workplace Forms V2.7 Integrator for WebSphere Portal V6.0 Document Manager to integrate your Workplace Forms offerings with your WebSphere Portal backend application to maximize the benefit of the two systems.
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19 Jun 2007 |
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Enabling calendar ghosting in IBM Lotus Notes V8
This tip introduces the calendar ghosting feature in IBM Lotus Notes V8 and provides instructions for enabling it. Calendar ghosting allows users to interact with unprocessed entries right on their calendars.
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12 Jun 2007 |
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Extending the functionality of IBM Workplace Forms with Web services
The IBM Workplace Forms product suite offers great integration capability and powerful tools for extending the functionality of Workplace Forms. This article describes how you can easily enhance your forms with powerful new features provided by Web services.
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12 Jun 2007 |
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Collecting requirements for IBM Workplace Forms projects: A practical guide
Learn how to collect requirements for an IBM Workplace Forms conversion or development project. Look at the features of Workplace Forms and understand project risks.
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05 Jun 2007 |
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Adding a dictionary facility to IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5.1
Learn how to tap into the Eclipse-based nature of IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1. Create a plug-in that adds dictionary facilities to IBM Lotus Sametime Connect. Learn how to use the Dictionary and Thesaurus API for Java to add linguistic features to your Lotus Sametime client applications.
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30 May 2007 |
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End-to-end integration with pervasive messaging and IBM Lotus Expeditor micro broker
Micro broker, a new feature in IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1, provides connectivity services beyond enterprise servers to mobile and pervasive devices. Learn about Lotus Expeditor micro broker and how you can enable true end-to-end integration in a Service-Oriented Architecture.
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30 May 2007 |
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Taking a tour of the new features and technology in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1
Examine the architectural and design changes in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5.1, including a new IBM Lotus Sametime Connect client, a new Web conferencing UI, policies, click to call, click to chat, A/V integration, and a new SIP solution to connect to external communities, including AOL and Yahoo.
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22 May 2007 |
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Engineering WS-I compliant Web services for IBM Lotus Domino V8
See how to engineer LotusScript-based Web services for IBM Lotus Domino V8 that comply with WS-I Basic Profile 1.1. Using the Discussion database template as an example, learn how to design and implement Web services for Lotus Domino V8 and maintain backward compatibility with Lotus Domino V7.0.2.
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15 May 2007 |
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Guide to the streaming API in IBM Workplace Forms V2.7
Learn about the new pure Java streaming API in IBM Workplace Forms V2.7. Compare the pure Java streaming API with the classic API written in C. Learn how to use the streaming API by following sample code.
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15 May 2007 |
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Building an offline application in IBM Lotus Expeditor
IBM Lotus Expeditor is a compelling platform for building solutions for desktops and devices. Learn about three architectural patterns for offline applications and approaches for synchronizing data between client and server. To illustrate an offline application, a sample is provided and explained.
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08 May 2007 |
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IBM Lotus Component Designer V6.0: Client-side JavaScript techniques and demos
Write client-side and server-side JavaScript in IBM Lotus Component Designer components. Employ DHTML skills to develop IBM WebSphere Portal components using Lotus Component Designer. This article is an introduction to writing client-side JavaScript in Lotus Component Designer.
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01 May 2007 |
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Using IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1 to develop and deploy rich client applications on desktops and mobile devices
Learn how to use the new IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1 framework to create many views of the same application. Componentize your services in compliance with SOA and build a Rich Client Platform (RCP) application that can run on either a desktop computer or a mobile device.
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01 May 2007 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Notes data into the Lotus Notes V8 sidebar and toolbar
The new architecture of IBM Lotus Notes V8 enables a wide range of new ways to extend and customize the user experience using Eclipse plug-ins. This article describes how to access and how to create Lotus Notes content from within this new model.
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24 Apr 2007 |
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Migrating Eclipse RCP applications to IBM Lotus Expeditor
Eclipse Rich Client Platform and IBM Lotus Expeditor V6.1 are platforms for building client-side applications. We examine Eclipse RCP and Lotus Expeditor, consider why and when to develop applications for Lotus Expeditor with RCP, and show how to migrate existing RCP applications to Lotus Expeditor.
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24 Apr 2007 |
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Extending the IBM Lotus Notes V8 sidebar and toolbar
The new architecture of IBM Lotus Notes V8 enables a wide range of new ways to extend and customize the user experience. This article looks at two locations in this environment, the sidebar and toolbar, and discusses how to add functionality by using Eclipse plug-ins.
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10 Apr 2007 |
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Accessing the voice chat facility of IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 with Bluetooth technology
Learn how to access the built-in voice chat facility of IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 using Bluetooth technology. Converse with your instant messaging contacts wirelessly.
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10 Apr 2007 |
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Integrating XML forms-based processes into Service-Oriented Architectures using IBM Workplace Forms Services Platform
This article outlines how to integrate XML form-based processes into Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), using the new IBM Workplace Forms Services Platform, which was released as a component of IBM Workplace Forms Server V2.7.
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03 Apr 2007 |
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Technical Overview of IBM Workplace Forms
"Technical Overview of IBM Workplace Forms" explains each component of IBM Workplace Forms (Workplace Forms Viewer, Workplace Forms Designer, and Workplace Forms Server) from a technical perspective to help you understand what the products are, how they work, and how they integrate with other products.
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03 Apr 2007 |
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Extending the XML data model to XFDL forms using IBM Workplace Forms V2.6
Learn how to separate a form's data layer from its presentation layer by using XML data model with IBM Workplace Forms. IBM Workplace Forms provides the set of interfaces you need to create e-forms that maintain the non-repudiation and auditability features of paper-based forms.
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27 Mar 2007 |
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Overview of IBM Workplace Forms
Overview of IBM Workplace Forms introduces you to the Workplace Forms family of products, including Workplace Forms Viewer, Workplace Forms Designer, and Workplace Forms Server that provide an end-to-end electronic forms processing solution. It includes an example, showing how to create an XML-based Workplace Forms application.
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27 Mar 2007 |
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Setting up an IBM Lotus Sametime server sandbox environment for development
Learn how to set up an IBM Lotus Sametime server sandbox environment for developers -- even if you don't have an IBM Lotus Domino administrator available to do the work.
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27 Mar 2007 |
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IBM Workplace Forms V2.6 integration with IBM DB2 V9
Learn how you can leverage IBM DB2 V9 as a repository for the storage of form data and how you can integrate DB2 with IBM Workplace Forms. DB2 V9 introduces the ability to store XML data in its native format, thus providing a natural marriage with that of the XML-based structure of a Workplace Forms form.
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20 Mar 2007 |
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Coding faster lookups in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
Read about 11 tips for coding faster lookups in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino. The author looks at the @DbLookup @Formula in Lotus Notes and Domino and describes some new tips for developers to use when coding new applications or troubleshooting performance problems in existing applications.
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13 Mar 2007 |
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IBM WebSphere portlet development for IBM Lotus Domino developers
Compare the design techniques and development steps of IBM Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere Portal as you build your own portlet. The article also covers how to use IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software for greater freedom and flexibility.
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13 Mar 2007 |
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Using Web services in IBM Lotus Component Designer V6.0
IBM Lotus Component Designer V6.0 can employ Web services in a component to leverage the potential and variety of Web services on the Internet and within your organization. This article details the use of a fictitious Web services in a Lotus Component Designer component.
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06 Mar 2007 |
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Using JavaScript in IBM Lotus Component Designer
This article provides a working introduction to the programming capabilities of IBM Lotus Component Designer, focusing on the JavaScript interpreter that is part of the host server runtime environment.
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27 Feb 2007 |
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Extending the functionality of IBM Workplace Forms with the Function Call Interface
Extend the functionality of IBM Workplace Forms applications by using the powerful Workplace Forms Server API and Function Call Interface (FCI) Library tools.
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13 Feb 2007 |
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The new IBM Lotus Notes 8 Out of Office functionality
Preview the new Out of Office functionality in IBM Notes and Domino 8 and examine the new features of the Out of Office service and the Out of Office agent. Learn how and when to use the agent and when to use the service.
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06 Feb 2007 |
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Using and understanding Reader Names fields in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
Take advantage of and implement the extremely useful IBM Lotus Notes and Domino security feature, Reader Names fields. Learn how this feature affects replication, agents, and views and how to troubleshoot two common problems with Reader Names fields.
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30 Jan 2007 |
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Creating an RSS feed plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect
In this article, we show you how we created an IBM Lotus Sametime Connect plug-in that retrieves the latest news from the Australian Open Tennis Championship and how you can install that plug-in for a limited time from the IBM DEMOnet Web site. You can also download the plug-in from this article.
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17 Jan 2007 |
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Upgrading to IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5
Enterprise customers, get best practices for upgrading your IBM Lotus Sametime infrastructure to release 7.5. This article walks you through the planning required for a smooth and efficient upgrade that emphasizes minimal impact to your user community.
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16 Jan 2007 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Domino data with Microsoft SharePoint Services
Integrate, don't migrate. This article shows you how easy it is to integrate IBM Lotus Domino and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Access Lotus Domino data in a SharePoint installation using standard HTTP requests or XML.
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09 Jan 2007 |
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Creating an update site for your IBM Lotus Sametime Connect plug-ins
Let your IBM Lotus Sametime users know when a new or an updated plug-in is available with an Eclipse update site. This article shows you how easy it is to create an update site that includes a feature that you can add to the Sametime action bar.
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09 Jan 2007 |
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Create a form with IBM Workplace Forms Designer
Get an introduction to IBM Workplace Forms Designer and IBM Workplace Forms Viewer and let us show you the steps to create an online form that uses XForms to create a central data model.
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02 Jan 2007 |
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Creating collaborative components for IBM Lotus Expeditor Property Broker
Get an introduction to the IBM Lotus Expeditor Property Broker and learn how you can create a component that contributes to the declarative communication offered by the broker. We show you how to wire components declaratively using extension points, the IBM WebSphere Portal Wiring Tool, and the Property Broker APIs.
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19 Dec 2006 |
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Understanding and implementing local mail replicas for IBM Lotus Notes
If you are considering implementing local mail replicas for your IBM Lotus Notes users, learn more about the advantages of this model and how to create local mail replicas manually or administratively using Setup and Desktop policies. Customize the Desktop policy to control usersâ Location documents.
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12 Dec 2006 |
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Building and deploying a simple Web Services Resource in IBM Lotus Expeditor
Learn how to build a simple Web Services Resource and how to deploy it to IBM Lotus Expeditor. This article explains the WSRF Tools that are used to generate server- and client-side components and how to develop a test client that you can use to test the WS-Resource.
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05 Dec 2006 |
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Developing an OSGi service as a Web service in IBM Lotus Expeditor
Learn how to programmatically expose an OSGi service running on IBM Lotus Expeditor as a Web service, using the the Lotus Expeditor Toolkit and IBM Rational Application Developer V6. This article also shows you how to deploy and test the service using the Lotus Expeditor runtime.
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28 Nov 2006 |
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Add awareness to your IBM Lotus Domino applications
See who is online on your intranet or in other Web application and send them instant messages. Learn how the power of IBM Lotus Domino and Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) can add awareness to your Domino Web applications or intranet site.
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28 Nov 2006 |
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Practical Web Services in IBM Lotus Domino 7: What are Web services and why are they important?
In this first installment of a three-part series, we discuss the terminology and concepts behind Web services and how they benefit you as an IT professional. This article does not deal with anything specific to Lotus Domino, but provides a good overview of Web services to get you started.
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21 Nov 2006 |
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Practical Web services in IBM Lotus Domino 7: Writing complex Web services
In the third and last article in our IBM Lotus Domino Web services series, we discuss more advanced techniques for using Domino Web services, such as complex data types, enumerations, file attachments, and custom faults.
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21 Nov 2006 |
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Practical Web services in IBM Lotus Domino 7: Writing and testing simple Web services
In the second article in our Web services series, we show you how to write simple Web services in IBM Lotus Domino V7.0 that accept and return simple data types, arrays, and InOut parameters. We also discuss several test methods, using tools such as soapUI, Eclipse, MSSOAP toolkit, and Apache Axis.
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21 Nov 2006 |
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Maximize the archiving throughput of DB2 CommonStore for Lotus Domino
DB2 CommonStore for Lotus Domino is a great tool for archiving e-mails or other Notes documents. It comes with many configuration options that influence the overall archiving throughput and performance. In medium and large environments, you should tune for optimum performance. This article gets you started in understanding the settings and provides recommendations for improving archiving throughput.
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16 Nov 2006 |
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New features in Lotus Domino 7.0
Perhaps the most significant new functionality introduced in Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0 involves the Domino server. This article examines the major new features offered in Lotus Domino 7.0, including better performance, easier administration, and tighter integration with Web standards and other IBM/Lotus technologies, such as DB2, WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere Portal.
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14 Nov 2006 |
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Securing an IBM Lotus Domino Web Server: A case study
Using a case study, the authors of this article describe some best practices and recommendations from the field for securing an IBM Lotus Domino Web server.
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09 Nov 2006 |
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Keeping Time: How Notes handles time zones and daylight-saving time
This article looks at how Notes/Domino 4.x and R5 handle time zones and daylight-saving time (DST) with details of Calendar and Scheduling changes in 5.0.2 and 5.0.3 that help correct common time zone problems.
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07 Nov 2006 |
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Ask Professor INI: More on memory management and other questions
A reader sets Professor INI straight on PercentAvailSysResources (Professor INI knows all too well that no one has all the answers), and the Professor tackles questions on Notes 6 INI variables, mail sound settings, and relocating bookmarks.nsf.
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31 Oct 2006 |
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Developing a Web 2.0 client for IBM Lotus Domino
Create a Web 2.0-style, thin Web client for Lotus Domino using HTML and JavaScript. Building on the previous articles about the IBM Lotus Domino XML (DXL) framework, this article shows you how to extend your Notes/Domino applications with Ajax.
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31 Oct 2006 |
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Creating an audio playback plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5
Learn how to create a plug-in that plays back an assigned audio file when an instant message is received from a specified Sametime partner.
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24 Oct 2006 |
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Calculating network days in IBM Lotus Approach
If you want to use IBM Lotus Approach to track the number of working days your employees work, you can do so now with the new network days functionality. This solution, written in LotusScript, lets you specify a date range as well as holidays and weekend days to calculate the number of working days.
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17 Oct 2006 |
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Understanding syndication in IBM Workplace Web Content Management
This article describes everything you want to know about syndication in IBM Workplace Web Content Management, including the Information and Content Exchange (ICE) protocol, syndicationâs internals, and syndication configuration in Workplace Web Content Management V6 and earlier versions.
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11 Oct 2006 |
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IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 6.5 skin customization
Past articles described how to customize the look and feel of IBM Lotus Domino Web Access, but this one describes how to modify the cascading style sheet (CSS) definitions. Using the Domino Web Access Skin Editor Tool as well as other tools, you can change change different UI elements.
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04 Oct 2006 |
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WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition Cookbooks
These short, easy-to-use cookbooks provide step-by-step instructions for performing important tasks in WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition, Version 8.3 (enterprise search). These cookbooks also provide screenshots, troubleshooting information, and hints and tips.
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21 Sep 2006 |
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Discover location awareness in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5
No matter where you are IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 can find you with its new location awareness feature. Learn about the server-side and client-side mechanisms for location awareness and get a peak at a plug-in that uses location data to bring you local attractions.
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12 Sep 2006 |
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Developing a location awareness plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5
Once you understand the location awareness feature in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5, you can use it along with the Lotus Sametime Software Development Kit (SDK) to create a plug-in that displays local weather for a selected Sametime partner.
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12 Sep 2006 |
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Using IBM Lotus Domino in a Microsoft .NET application
IBM Lotus Domino and Microsoft toolsets are built on standards that allow interoperation of these two systems. This article covers techniques and approaches you can use to integrate Lotus Domino and Microsoft .NET, including Component Object Model (COM) and Lotus Domino Objects, Web services, and XML.
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05 Sep 2006 |
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Understanding quotas for IBM Lotus Domino mail databases
Learn how the implementation of mail quotas can significantly enhance the administration team's ability to control the size of mail databases--a vital function of managing an IBM Lotus Domino environment. Learn the steps necessary to implement quotas and the impacts on the user community.
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29 Aug 2006 |
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A tour of the IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 toolkits
Get an overview of the toolkits available in the IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 Software Development Kit (SDK). This article covers the Lotus Sametime Connect toolkit, Links toolkit, Java toolkit, Telephony Conferencing Service Provider Interface (TCSPI) toolkit, Community Server toolkit, Directory and Database Access toolkit, Monitoring and Statistics toolkit, and Online Meeting toolkit.
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29 Aug 2006 |
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IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal: Developing Eclipse rich client applications for the WebSphere platform
This article is an overview on developing Eclipse rich client applications for the IBM WebSphere platform. Learn why the Eclipse rich client for WebSphere is an attractive combination for developing an end-to-end solution.
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23 Aug 2006 |
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Extending the Lotus Sametime client with an LDAP directory lookup plug-in
Get a headstart on IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 development! Extend the new Eclipse-based Lotus Sametime 7.5 Connect client and learn how to build an LDAP directory plug-in to retrieve contact information.
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22 Aug 2006 |
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Extending IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5
Get an introduction to plug-in development with IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 using the Lotus Sametime Connect Software Development Kit (SDK). Learn about the new Sametime architecture based on Eclipse and IBM WebSphere Everyplace Deployment. See the sample plug-ins available with Lotus Sametime V7.5.
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22 Aug 2006 |
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Extending IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 with an SMS messaging plug-in
Learn how to extend the new Eclipse-based IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 client by building an SMS messaging plug-in that allows you to send Short Message Service (SMS) text messages directly from your Lotus Sametime client to a Sametime partner's mobile phone or device.
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22 Aug 2006 |
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Designing a Google Maps plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5
Find where your Sametime partners are by using the Locate Partner plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5. This plug-in uses Google Maps technology to locate a Sametime partner and to provide directions to your partner's location.
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22 Aug 2006 |
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Consuming Web services from a Lotus Domino Java agent
New in IBM Lotus Domino 7, the Web service design element is a great way to expose services to the world. But do you know how easy it is to use the Apache Axis framework for consuming Web services? Discover how to take advantage of Apache Axis and Lotus Domino 7 technologies to create a Web service consumer.
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15 Aug 2006 |
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IBM Lotus Domino with IBM DB2 storage for Lotus Notes mail users
Find performance data about the IBM Lotus Domino with DB2 feature to help you plan your Lotus Domino messaging environment. This article shows results of performance tests of this Lotus Domino 7 feature using the R6Mail workload.
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25 Jul 2006 |
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Introduction to application development with IBM Workplace Designer V2.6
Learn how and when to use IBM Workplace Designer and build a sample application that illustrates the ease of custom application development in Workplace Designer.
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18 Jul 2006 |
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Archive Lotus QuickPlace attachments with CommonStore for Lotus
Domino
Are IBM Lotus QuickPlaces overtaking your Lotus Domino server? Reduce
the size of Lotus QuickPlace databases using DB2 CommonStore for Lotus Domino
to remove QuickPlace attachments and archive them to lower-cost media. This
article provides sample integration code and installation
instructions.
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13 Jul 2006 |
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Integrating Macromedia Flash and IBM Lotus Notes/Domino: Flash-based UIs for your Domino-based solutions
Present content and incorporate the design from a Domino view into a Macromedia Flash-based view. With this solution, you can quickly expose standard Domino views for Web users and easily update the design of a single Domino view for both Lotus Notes and Web clients.
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11 Jul 2006 |
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Sizing your IBM Lotus Domino mail servers
Get practical sizing information to help you plan your Lotus Domino mail environment. See which factors most affect sizing, learn how to plan for growth, and find out what information the Statrep.nsf database can provide. A case study shows how to use what youâve learned in your Domino environment.
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27 Jun 2006 |
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IBM Workplace Forms 2.5 Integrator for WebSphere Portal Document Manager
Publish and manage your e-forms with IBM Workplace Forms Integrator, which lets you use IBM Workplace Forms with WebSphere Portal Document Manager. This tool works with IBM Workplace Services Express and IBM WebSphere Portal to publish your XFDL forms to the Portal Document Manager portlet.
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21 Jun 2006 |
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Using Ajax to manipulate Lotus Notes documents
Giving users instant feedback instead of the time-consuming page reloads theyâre used to is simple when you use Ajax. Discover how a view and an agent can help you build Ajax-driven applications and learn how to define an API for getting the client and the Domino server to collaborate.
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07 Jun 2006 |
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Develop and deploy Web applications with IBM WebSphere Everyplace Deployment Version 6
In this article, you'll learn how to develop client services applications for IBM WebSphere Everyplace Deployment using the WebSphere Everyplace Client Toolkit. The toolkit, which extends the IBM Rational Software Development Platform integrated development environment (IDE), enables you to develop and deploy Java applications with rich user interfaces that can run on wireless devices.
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07 Jun 2006 |
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Building views in IBM Workplace Designer 2.6
Build views in IBM Workplace Designer 2.6 that provide a rich set of functions to display documents. Combined with familiar rendering options, such as categorization, image columns, and more, these views offer you flexible and powerful ways to collect, to display, and to manipulate data.
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06 Jun 2006 |
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Adding social bookmarking tags to Lotus QuickPlace
Implement social bookmarking tags in Lotus QuickPlace and let users classify their own content for easy retrieval of information. This article shows you a simple solution to enable users to add and to share tags with each other.
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30 May 2006 |
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Introducing IBM Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions
Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions is a new feature in Lotus Notes 7.0.1 that integrates Lotus Notes and SAP, so you can perform some common SAP functions from within Lotus Notes, such as time reporting, vacation and leave requests, and so on. Developers can extend this new feature even further.
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23 May 2006 |
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Controlling spam: Advanced SMTP settings in Lotus Domino
Find out how to control spam mail using the Server document and Notes.ini variables. Then preview the anti-spam controls in Lotus Notes/Domino 7 and see whatâs ahead. This article is part two in a series about Lotus Domino methods of spam control.
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09 May 2006 |
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Building PHP-based UIs for IBM Lotus Domino
Discover how you can interact with Lotus Domino databases from Web applications created in the PHP programming language. Learn how to access Domino applications from PHP pages using a COM object, the Lotus Notes API, and XML.
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09 May 2006 |
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Using Session Initiation Protocol with IBM Lotus Sametime
Get an introduction to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIMPLE, an extension of SIP, and learn how IBM Lotus Sametime uses SIP to enable instant messaging and presence awareness between two or more Lotus communities. Also learn how to connect communities using the SIP Gateway and Connector.
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04 May 2006 |
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Building a Lotus Sametime bot for language translation
Build an IBM Lotus Sametime bot that works with IBM WebSphere Translation Server to translate text strings on-the-fly. Use the Lotus Sametime Java toolkit, the WebSphere Translation Server Java API, IBM's public Sametime server, and the IBM Community Tools client for development and testing.
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25 Apr 2006 |
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How to use logging in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.5
How to Use Logging in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.5 provides a brief overview of logging changes; describes the different types of logging, such as application and tracking, and log files; and tells you how to configure logging using IBM WebSphere Application Server.
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19 Apr 2006 |
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Partitioning in IBM Lotus Learning Management System and IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning
Partitioning in IBM Lotus Learning Management System and IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning describes how to create partitions that segment users in either Lotus Learning Management System or Workplace Collaborative Learning. It describes the types of partitions and how to implement them.
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19 Apr 2006 |
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Introducing IBM Workplace Forms Server API 2.5
If you are new to Workplace Forms application development, get an overview of the IBM Workplace Forms Server API in this article that introduces you to some of the more common classes in the API and that provides a sample application for download.
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18 Apr 2006 |
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Creating Mail policies in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
Learn how policies, first introduced in Lotus Notes/Domino 6, have been enhanced to include the powerful new Mail Settings policy document that lets you administer calendar and mail settings for your users.
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11 Apr 2006 |
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Tracking document change history using IBM Workplace Designer
Learn a technique for capturing and displaying document change history for any Workplace Designer component. You can capture this data in XML and display the data using one of IBM Workplace Designer’s more powerful controls: the Panel control.
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04 Apr 2006 |
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Understanding the Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook Notes.ini file
Following in the footsteps of Professor INI, Nathan Barry highlights some of the settings of the Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook Notes.ini file to help you troubleshoot common issues and to enable new features in the software.
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04 Apr 2006 |
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Building RSS feeds for Lotus Domino Document Manager
Set up an RSS feed for your binders in Lotus Domino Document manager, so users are notified when content is added or modified. Using a new view and modifying existing design elements in the database, you can easily create an RSS feed.
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04 Apr 2006 |
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New serviceability features in IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7
Enhancements to the automatic diagnostic collection feature and the new fault analyzer feature make Lotus Notes and Domino 7 more serviceable. See how these improvements can help you with your next server or client crash.
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28 Mar 2006 |
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Wikis, blogs and other community tools in the enterprise
Wikis and Web logs (blogs) make a big impact on the Web, but they can also be useful in an enterprise. A community is a group of people with common interests, goals, or responsibilities, such as a project team or an interest group. Combine wikis and blogs with existing collaborative tools to enhance the productivity and effectiveness of enterprise teams.
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23 Mar 2006 |
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Lotus Domino on AIX memory usage explained
Learn about IBM AIX segment layouts for the Lotus Domino server and how to configure the Notes.ini file settings ConstrainedSHMSizeMB and PercentAvailSysResources to alter your server memory allocation. Find recommendations for configuring the server.
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21 Mar 2006 |
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Lotus Domino Web Access client performance improvements
See how significantly your Domino Web Access client performance can improve with the release 6.5.3 hotfix (included in Domino Web Access 6.5.4 and later). Administrators and users learn tips to increase performance and to improve user satisfaction.
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16 Mar 2006 |
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Understanding workflows in IBM Workplace Web Content Management 2.5/5.1
Learn how to create and use workflows in IBM Workplace Web Content Management. This article explains the document stages, workflow actions, workflow stages, and workflow options. It guides you step-by-step through a sample five-stage workflow.
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14 Mar 2006 |
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Discover the power of Calendar Delegation in Lotus Notes
Learn how to setup and use the Calendar Delegation feature in the Lotus Notes client to grant another Notes user access to your mail file and act on your behalf.
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27 Feb 2006 |
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Extending the power of IBM Workplace Designer with custom Java code
Learn how to extend the reach of your IBM Workplace Designer components by calling out to the APIs of external Java libraries. Download samples that demonstrate how to call out to the Lotus Domino Java API and to other private libraries.
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27 Feb 2006 |
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Lotus Notes/Domino 7 application performance: Part 2: Optimizing database views
In part two of this article series, we explain how you can build views that are optimized for performance in your Notes/Domino applications.
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14 Feb 2006 |
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The DigestSearch method for Lotus Domino databases
This article introduces DigestSearch, an alternative solution for working with IBM Lotus Notes Profile documents and for performing simple, high-speed searches. For searching server-based databases from a Notes client, DigestSearch is twice as fast as any other search method available, outperforming both full-text search and LotusScript's GetDocumentByKey method.
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31 Jan 2006 |
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Under the hood of IBM Workplace Collaboration Services
Take a peek under the hood of IBM Workplace Collaboration Services and learn about the layers that make up Workplace Collaboration Services, including IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Portal.
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31 Jan 2006 |
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Lotus Notes/Domino 7 application performance: Part 1: Database properties and document collections
No Lotus Notes/Domino developer wants to hear the following comment: "Beautiful application, too bad it's so slow!" In this two-part article series, we explain how you can avoid this embarrassment by building Notes/Domino applications optimized for performance.
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31 Jan 2006 |
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Tip: Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes interoperability: I want my doclinks!
What could be more useful than Lotus Notes doclinks? This tip explains how you can extend Notes doclink functionality to Microsoft Outlook.
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17 Jan 2006 |
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Lotus Domino 7 on the IBM zSeries
In this article, we look at IBM's own implementation of Lotus Domino 7 on the IBM zSeries platform. We focus on the performance improvements we've seen, which should bring a smile to the face of all Domino administrators.
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17 Jan 2006 |
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Understanding security in IBM Workplace Web Content Management
IBM Workplace Web Content Management is a great tool for managing and working with your store of corporate data. But did you know this product also offers a full range of security-related features to keep your sensitive information safe from prying eyes? Read this article to learn more.
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17 Jan 2006 |
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Manipulating data in Domino Web Access
Read this article to learn how you can customize Lotus Domino Web Access to adapt to the specific requirements of your Notes/Domino data. We describe how Domino Web Access determines the appropriate scene to play for a form type, how data is reflected within the scene, and how updated data is validated.
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17 Jan 2006 |
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Troubleshooting Lotus Domino hangs and crashes
Quick -- what's the difference between a server hang and a crash? More important, how do you go about fixing them? In this article, we explain how you can identify Lotus Domino server hangs and crashes, and what you can do to analyze and correct them.
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17 Jan 2006 |
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Exploiting IBM DB2 in your Lotus Domino 7 application
In this article, we discuss how you can work with the new IBM DB2 integration features offered in Lotus Domino 7.
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04 Jan 2006 |
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New features in Lotus Notes 7 mail
People use Notes/Domino in all sorts of different ways, and one of the most popular is email and messaging. With that in mind, Notes/Domino 7 offers significantly enhanced mail functionality, including expanded calendar and scheduling. This article reviews some of the more important and useful of these new features.
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04 Jan 2006 |
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): an interview with IBM Workplace and Lotus developers
Service Oriented Architecture, better known as SOA, has gotten a lot of press lately. But what does it mean, and what can it do for you? In this interview, three members of IBM development talk about SOA, and how IBM and Lotus products are incorporating its concepts.
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20 Dec 2005 |
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Tip: Validating a rich text field in Lotus Notes
This tip offers three ways that you can validate rich text input fields in Lotus Notes.
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20 Dec 2005 |
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New workloads and features in Lotus Domino 7 Server.Load
Learn about all the new features we've added to the Lotus Domino 7 version of the Server.Load performance testing and planning tool.
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06 Dec 2005 |
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New Rooms and Resources features in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
In this article, we look at all the new Rooms and Resources features introduced in Notes/Domino 7.
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06 Dec 2005 |
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Introducing IBM Workplace Forms
In this article, we introduce IBM Workplace Forms, the newest addition to the IBM Workplace product family. Learn how IBM Workplace Forms can improve the look and efficiency of the forms upon which many of your corporate processes rely.
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06 Dec 2005 |
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Lotus Domino 7 server performance, Part 3
In the conclusion to our three-part article series, we look at test results we obtained by running the new Server.Load Enterprise Mail workload, introduced in Domino 7.
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29 Nov 2005 |
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Building a JSR 168 portal application for Domino
In an earlier article, we described creating a DXL framework for working with a Lotus Domino database over the Web. We now turn our attention to building a JSR 168 portal application as a frontend to a Domino database.
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29 Nov 2005 |
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Configure IBM WebSphere Information Integrator to access a Lotus Notes database
This article introduces the capabilities of IBM WebSphere Information Integrator for integrating and updating data in IBM Lotus Notes databases. You'll learn how to set up access to the Lotus Notes data sources from IBM DB2 federated database using the DB2 Control Center.
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17 Nov 2005 |
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Understanding the content repository and indexes in IBM Workplace Web Content Management
IBM Workplace Web Content Management provides a systematic approach for managing and rendering content within WebSphere Portal. This article discusses two key components of the product, the content repository and the associated indexes.
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08 Nov 2005 |
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Lotus Domino 7 server performance, Part 2
In this second of a three-part article series, we review the results of tests we performed to determine how Domino 7 compares with Domino 6.5 for supporting Domino Web Access users.
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08 Nov 2005 |
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Using WebSphere Dynamic Cache Service with IBM Workplace Web Content Management
Read about how IBM Workplace Web Content Management handles caching, and how you can take advantage of WebSphere Dynamic Cache Service to help improve the performance of your Workplace Web Content Management applications.
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08 Nov 2005 |
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An inside look at IBM Workplace Designer
Take a "behind the scenes" peek inside IBM Workplace Designer. We discuss the product features that support each design goal, and how developers can take advantage of these features.
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25 Oct 2005 |
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Name resolution and searching: Comparing Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access
In this article, we compare how Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access interact with address books to find and resolve mailing addresses.
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25 Oct 2005 |
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Creating an application with the IBM Workplace Managed Client Developer Toolkit
This article walks you through the process of creating a basic application with the IBM Workplace Managed Client Developer Toolkit.
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18 Oct 2005 |
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Working with application layouts in the IBM Workplace Managed Client
Learn how to control the way in which your application is displayed in the IBM Workplace Managed Client by understanding the RCPML parameters that control how the application is displayed.
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11 Oct 2005 |
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Best practices for large Lotus Notes mail files
Learn how you can manage the ever-growing mail files of your Lotus Notes users, conserving your system resources while ensuring your Notes users continue to enjoy high performance and reliability.
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11 Oct 2005 |
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Integrating Lotus QuickPlace with Lotus Domino Document Manager in real time
This article describes a way to integrate IBM Lotus QuickPlace with IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager (Domino.Doc) in real time. This will allow you to use Domino Document Managerâs revision controls on QuickPlace content.
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04 Oct 2005 |
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Lotus Domino 7 performance in production at IBM on pSeries servers
In this article, we review the performance improvements we achieved by deploying Domino 7 on pSeries servers in a live IBM production environment.
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04 Oct 2005 |
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Lotus Domino 7 server performance, Part 1
How does Lotus Notes/Domino 7 perform compared to its previous release? In this first of a three-part series, we discuss testing we performed to determine how the various Domino 7 platforms stack up against the previous release of Notes/Domino.
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27 Sep 2005 |
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Lotus Notes Out of Office Agent, revisited: Part 2
We conclude our two-part series on the Lotus Notes Out of Office agent with a look at Out of Office agent administration, using Out of Office features with Domino Web Access, and troubleshooting Out of Office issues.
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27 Sep 2005 |
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Implementing notifications in Web applications using Lotus Sametime
Learn how to add event-driven notification functionality to your Web applications with Lotus Sametime.
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20 Sep 2005 |
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Lotus Notes Out of Office Agent, revisited: Part 1
The Lotus Notes Out of Office agent is one of the most widely-used and useful agents in Notes. In this first of a two-part article series, we take a detailed look at how the agent works and how you can customize it.
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20 Sep 2005 |
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Managing IBM Workplace Managed Client applications
Ever wonder what the 'managed' means in IBM Workplace Managed Client? Read this article and learn how to manage Workplace Managed Client applications through both the Web browser and XMLAccess interfaces.
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13 Sep 2005 |
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Single Sign-on in a Multi-directory World: "Never say login again" Part 2
In this conclusion to our two-part series, we look at several different scenarios you may encounter when implementing single sign-on (SSO) functionality at your site.
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13 Sep 2005 |
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Creating hierarchy objects in Lotus Domino Designer
This tip shows you how to create a hierarchy of related objects, using design elements in Lotus Domino Designer. It applies to Domino Designer 6.5 and later.
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07 Sep 2005 |
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Single Sign-on in a Multi-directory World: "Never say login again" Part 1
Learn all about Single Sign-on (SSO) in Notes/Domino from that international man of mystery, Jim Bland. In this first installment of a two-part series, we examine SSO basics and look at issues that arise in multi-directory, multi-identity environments.
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07 Sep 2005 |
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Rooms and Resources design in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
Learn about how we've improved the design and function of the Rooms and Resources feature in Lotus Notes/Domino 7.
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30 Aug 2005 |
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New features in Lotus Notes and Domino Designer 7.0
This article describes new features introduced in Lotus Notes and Domino Designer 7.0. Read about all the ways we've expanded and improved the Lotus Notes client, Domino Designer, Domino Web Access, and Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook.
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30 Aug 2005 |
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What is new in Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) 7
In this article, we provide a quick tour of new features and enhancements introduced in Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) 7.
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30 Aug 2005 |
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All about AutoSave in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
Oops, it's gone -- all your hard work for the last hour has been lost due to a computer crash! Too bad you didn't think to save it along the way. Well, now you don't have to, thanks to the new AutoSave feature introduced in Lotus Notes/Domino 7.
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23 Aug 2005 |
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Introducing IBM Workplace Designer
It's here! Learn all about IBM Workplace Designer, the application development tool that brings Lotus Domino Designer type features and capabilities to the IBM Workplace world.
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23 Aug 2005 |
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Enabling SSL end-to-end on IBM Workplace Collaboration Services
Learn how to make your IBM Workplace Collaboration Services environment more secure by running it with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled. This article is based on our own experiences with configuring Workplace Collaboration Services to run with SSL.
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16 Aug 2005 |
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Comparing IBM Lotus Learning Management System and IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning
IBM currently sells two learning solutions: IBM Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) 1.0.5 and IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.5. Both are robust, full-featured learning management systems, so how do you go about choosing between them? Read on to find out.
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09 Aug 2005 |
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Introduction to the IBM Workplace Managed Client Developer Toolkit
Learn about the IBM Workplace Managed Client Developer Toolkit, currently available on alphaWorks, and how to use it to create IBM Workplace Managed Client applications.
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09 Aug 2005 |
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Integrating Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5 with IBM Sametime 6.5x
This article explains how you can integrate Netegrity SiteMinder with IBM Lotus Sametime to implement a single sign-on (SSO) environment.
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02 Aug 2005 |
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Introducing the IBM Workplace Client Technology API
Develop applications for the IBM Workplace Managed Client (rich client) platform with the IBM Workplace Client Technology API, part of the IBM Workplace Collaboration Services API Toolkit.
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02 Aug 2005 |
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Discovering Activity Explorer in the IBM Workplace Managed Client
Learn about the Activity Explorer in IBM Workplace Managed Client, a productivity tool that helps teams to better manage projects through collaboration.
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26 Jul 2005 |
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Security APIs in Notes/Domino 7.0
Take a sneak peek at the new encryption/decryption APIs offered by Lotus Notes and Domino 7.0.
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26 Jul 2005 |
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Developing applications with the IBM Workplace Collaboration Services API toolkit
This article demonstrates how you can use the IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5 API toolkit to develop applications that extend your Workplace Collaboration Services environment.
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19 Jul 2005 |
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Securing a Lotus Domino Web server
Nowadays, Web security is as big a concern as ever -- so why not take advantage of Lotus Domino's many security features to ensure that your Web data is as safe and secure as possible?
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19 Jul 2005 |
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Developing IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5: Part 2: Development best practices for Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5
We conclude our two-part series by sharing several experiences and best practices we learned and applied during our development of Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5.
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12 Jul 2005 |
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Creating collaborative components for IBM Workplace Collaboration Services
Learn how to build and deploy a collaborative component for IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5, using IBM Rational Application Developer and the free plug-in, Collaborative Component Wizard for IBM Workplace applications.
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12 Jul 2005 |
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WebSphere Portal V5.0.2 Extend Collaboration Installation Guide
This guide is a cookbook for installing an environment which can support collaborative portals. It provides detailed instructions for installing on a Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. Many of the principles from this cookbook can be used for other platforms and other configurations.
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11 Jul 2005 |
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Editable, non-stored form fields in Lotus Notes
This article offers tips that help avoid storing "editing" fields when designing Lotus Notes/Domino applications.
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06 Jul 2005 |
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Create your own Lotus Notes template storage database with revision history
Keep track of your Lotus Notes/Domino database templates with the handy Template Warehouse. This article describes how to create the Template Warehouse, and includes a complete working example you can use at your own site.
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28 Jun 2005 |
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Creating content with three clicks using IBM Workplace Web Content Management
This article provides the step-by-step detailed information on how to deploy and configure the Customizable Template Portlet (CTP) for IBM Workplace Web Content Management (hereafter called Web Content Management) versions 2.5 and 5.1.0.1. This portlet, in conjunction with the sample workflow portlet, creates an environment in which you can create Web content in three clicks of the mouse.
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22 Jun 2005 |
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Netegrity SiteMinder authentication with Domino Document Manager 7
This article explains how you can integrate Netegrity SiteMinder with Lotus Domino Document Manager 7.0 to provide your users with the security and convenience of a single sign-on (SSO) environment.
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21 Jun 2005 |
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Designing Workplace Designer: An interview with the IBM Workplace Designer design team
What better way to learn about IBM Workplace Designer than to talk to the people who built it? In this interview, we speak with three members of the IBM Workplace Designer team, discussing its main features and what we can expect in the future.
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14 Jun 2005 |
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Deploying the IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5 showcase
Take an "under the covers" look at how we deployed our IBM Workplace Collaboration Services product showcase on developerWorks: Lotus.
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14 Jun 2005 |
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Developing IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5: Part 1: Building IBM Workplace Collaboration Services for performance
This article explains how we adapted our software development and testing strategy to ensure IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5 is a high-performing and scalable product.
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07 Jun 2005 |
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Adding presence awareness to your IBM Workplace portlet
Learn how you can use the IBM Workplace Collaboration Services API Toolkit to add presence awareness to an IBM Workplace portlet, and help answer that age-old question: is anybody out there?
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31 May 2005 |
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Using the IBM Workplace Instant Messaging SPI for language translation
Smash the language barrier! This article explains how you can use the Lotus Workplace Instant Messaging SPI to create on-the-fly translation of your chat sessions, allowing two people to communicate without knowing each other's language.
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31 May 2005 |
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Building Lotus Notes/Domino calendar applications
Many people use the Lotus Notes calendar "right out of the box." But did you know you can also incorporate calendar features into your own custom-built applications? This article explains how.
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24 May 2005 |
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New features in IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5
Learn about the new features provided in IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5, the latest addition to the IBM Workplace product family.
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24 May 2005 |
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Configuring LDAP for IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5
Configure IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5 to use your corporate LDAP directory to leverage your existing employee data in your Workplace environment. Use the Workplace Configuration Wizard to make connecting to a supported LDAP server easy!
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17 May 2005 |
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Deploying updates in IBM Workplace
If you're interested in saving time (and who isn't), read this article and learn how to set up a system to automatically deploy updates and applications to your IBM Workplace users.
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10 May 2005 |
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Collaboration in context with IBM Workplace Collaboration Services 2.5
This article examines how people typically work together and interact to achieve their goals, and discusses how IBM Workplace Collaboration Services can help streamline this process and make users more efficient.
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10 May 2005 |
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Integrating Lotus Domino Document Manager and Lotus Instant Messaging
Integrate Lotus Instant Messaging with Lotus Domino Document Manager to add enhanced real-time collaboration features to your document management system with the Who is Online feature and to save transcripts of your instant messaging chats.
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03 May 2005 |
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A custom DXL framework for accessing Notes/Domino data
Use Domino XML (DXL) to enable other applications to create, view, and update Notes documents in Lotus Notes/Domino 6.x. With LotusScript agents, you can view a Notes document in DXL, create a document from DXL, and update a document from DXL.
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03 May 2005 |
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Using XPath with the IBM Workplace data access tool
Use XML Path Language (XPath) with the IBM data access tool to create a database application. With a sample Birthday Journal application, we show you how to create a form, data definition, and grid in data access designer using XPath expressions.
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26 Apr 2005 |
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A technical overview of the IBM Lotus Notes/Domino busytime system
Ever wonder how Notes and Domino keep track of your calendar? This article explains how the Notes Calendar and Scheduling (C&S) busytime system works internally, with a look at features introduced in Notes/Domino 6.
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12 Apr 2005 |
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Creating a database application with the IBM data access tool
Learn how to create a database application with the IBM data access tool. Follow along as we create a simple call tracking database application.
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12 Apr 2005 |
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What is the IBM data access tool?
The IBM data access tool is the latest addition to the IBM Workplace Client Technology, rich edition. It lets you create and view database applications using data access designer and data access viewer. Learn about this new tool and how to use it.
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05 Apr 2005 |
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Working with file attachments in the LCLSX
This article describes how you can work with file attachments in Lotus Connectors LotusScript Extension (LCLSX). We show how LCLSX handles file attachments and present a sample application to demonstrate file attachment processing.
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05 Apr 2005 |
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Troubleshooting application performance: Part 2: New tools in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
We conclude our two-part series on troubleshooting Domino application performance with a look at new tools introduced in Lotus Notes/Domino 7 that can help you identify potential performance issues in your applications.
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05 Apr 2005 |
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Troubleshooting application performance: Part 1: Troubleshooting techniques and code tips
When it comes to application performance, faster is better. In part one of this series, we offer a tried-and-true method for troubleshooting application performance with a real-life example of how we applied this process to a customer's application.
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29 Mar 2005 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Domino and SAP
Learn how to build an application that reads data out of SAP and places it into a Domino database, using powerful tools such as Lotus Enterprise Integrator, Domino Enterprise Connection Services, and Lotus Connectors LotusScript Extension.
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29 Mar 2005 |
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Integrating Lotus Notes with IBM Workplace Client Technology
The Notes Application plug-in for the IBM Workplace Client Technology, rich edition lets you work with your Notes applications in the Workplace rich client just as you would in the Notes 7 client. Discover the benefits this integration has to offer.
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22 Mar 2005 |
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Wrapping calls to the Rational Functional Tester API
Performing simulation testing on an enterprise-wide environment such as IBM Workplace can be a major undertaking. This article explains how you can create wrapper classes in Java that encapsulate calls to the Rational Functional Tester API to simulate common user activities.
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15 Mar 2005 |
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Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere integration solutions: Domino JSP tag libraries
Manage your data in Lotus Domino, but take advantage of IBM WebSphere's highly scalable, transactional J2EE platform using one of these solutions: Domino XML or Domino JSP tag libraries. In part two of this series, we focus on the Domino JSP tag libraries.
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08 Mar 2005 |
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Configuring WebSphere Portal and Lotus Domino for the Common PIM Portlets
Learn how you can use WebSphere Portal 5.1 in your existing Notes/Domino environment by setting up the new Common PIM Portlets to share your Domino Directory and your Notes mail and calendar system.
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08 Mar 2005 |
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Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere integration solutions: Domino XML
Manage your data in Lotus Domino, but take advantage of IBM WebSphere's highly scalable, transactional J2EE platform using one of these solutions: Domino XML or Domino JSP tag libraries. In part one of this series, we focus on Domino XML or DXL.
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01 Mar 2005 |
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Lotus Notes mail: comparing server-based mail and local replica mail
This article offers some fresh insights about a long-standing question: In which situations is it better to use a server-based Lotus Notes mail file, and when should you use a local replica copy?
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01 Mar 2005 |
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Controlling spam: Advanced SMTP settings in Lotus Domino
Find out how to control spam mail using the Configuration Settings document, server mail rules, and inbound SMTP commands and extensions in Lotus Domino 6 and later. This article is part one in a series about Lotus Domino methods of spam control.
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22 Feb 2005 |
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Controlling spam: Advanced SMTP settings in Lotus Domino
Find out how to control spam mail using the Configuration Settings document, server mail rules, and inbound SMTP commands and extensions in Lotus Domino 6 and later. This article is part one in a series about Lotus Domino methods of spam control.
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22 Feb 2005 |
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IBM Workplace Client Technology architecture
This article takes an "under the hood" look at IBM Workplace Client Technology to help you better understand its architecture and how you can use its standards-based technologies to build and manage IBM Workplace client applications.
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15 Feb 2005 |
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Developing an On Demand Workplace, Part 15: Enable learning management with IBM Lotus Learning Management System
Interested in delivering more effective and flexible access to training, enhancing collaboration capability, and increasing productivity across the enterprise? Using IBM Lotus Learning Management System, this article helps you discover how learning management can be enabled within an existing IBM On Demand Workplace environment to provide a cost-effective training mechanism for new employees and on demand access to online courses and learning information. Previous articles in this series describe how self-service and collaboration functions can be integrated into an On Demand Workplace to improve workforce effectiveness.
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15 Feb 2005 |
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Integrating IBM Workplace Web Content Management and Lotus Domino Document Manager
Legacy data stored in Domino Document Manager, but your organization moving to Workplace Web Content Management for Web publication? Don't migrate, integrate! Find out how easy it is to integrate both products and to add approval with Lotus Workflow.
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15 Feb 2005 |
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Creating standard response documents in Lotus Notes
If you find yourself sending email messages often with the same responses, use this solution to create standard response documents in Lotus Notes that can be concatenated into a uniform email message. Requires design changes to your mail database.
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08 Feb 2005 |
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C API programming for Lotus Notes/Domino
Learn the ins and outs of programming with the Lotus Notes/Domino C API. This article explains several important features found in the C API toolkit and offers working examples you can adapt to your own needs.
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01 Feb 2005 |
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Connecting Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime) communities
Lotus Instant Messaging is a valuable tool for communicating with others in your organization. Wouldn't it be great if you could extend this capability so you could exchange instant messages with users in other companiesl? Now you can, using SIP.
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01 Feb 2005 |
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IBM Workplace installation cheat sheet
Get a head start on your IBM Workplace installation with an insider's look at the WebSphere Portal wpsconfig.properties file and the IBM Workplace lwpprops.properties file.
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18 Jan 2005 |
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Customizing the look and feel of Domino Web Access 6.5
Get started customizing Domino Web Access 6.5 for your organization's users and learn what changes you can make to the look and feel of the client with the skin editor tool and the server-side tags that let you change the user interface and layout.
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18 Jan 2005 |
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IBM Workplace application development: Putting it all together and sticking it on a noteboard
In our final article in the IBM Workplace application development series, we apply what we learned in parts 1 and 2 to build a noteboard business component that we add to our Workplace applications. It lets you post notes to a shared message board.
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04 Jan 2005 |
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Working with groups in LotusScript
This article describes how you can work with groups in LotusScript, using the built-in NotesAdministrationProcess class as well as two custom LotusScript classes.
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04 Jan 2005 |
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IBM Workplace application development: IBM Workplace programming model
Part two of our three-article series on application development with IBM Workplace focuses on the Lotus Workplace Products API Toolkit, including the SPIs, JSP tags, and Collaborative Application Component Interfaces, and the component architecture.
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20 Dec 2004 |
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Extend your Web site with JSP support in IBM Workplace Web Content Management 2.0
Content is the life blood of your Web site. But how do you effectively manage it all? This article describes how you can take advantage of two new features in IBM Workplace Web Content Management 2.0, the JSP component and JSP tag library, to extend your Web content management capabilities.
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20 Dec 2004 |
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IBM Workplace application development: IBM Workplace as a collaborative application framework
The first in a three-part article series about IBM Workplace application development options, this article introduces you to Workplace templates and applications and to Workplace Builder, the Web-based editor for template and application creation.
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13 Dec 2004 |
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Using Rational Test Manager as an IBM Workplace 2.0 test harness
Learn how you can use Rational software test tools to simulate user activity and to perform solution testing for IBM Workplace and other IBM/Lotus products and technologies.
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13 Dec 2004 |
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Developing an On Demand Workplace, Part 13: Integrate and implement a task management system
In this series, you learn how to develop an IBM On Demand Workplace for a fictitious company. In previous articles, you discovered how an On Demand Workplace can improve employee effectiveness within a company. You examined how to more effectively enable mobile employees, enhance self-service functions for employees, and provide them access to critical back-end applications, such as the corporate ERP system. A critical component of any effective workplace is task management, and in this article, you learn how tasks can be effectively managed within an On Demand Workplace. The focus is on the retail environment; however, the concepts apply across industries.
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10 Dec 2004 |
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Testing IBM Workplace with IBM Rational XDE Tester
Read about how we used Rational XDE Tester to perform solution testing on IBM Workplace products. This article walks you through the process of creating a sample script that simulates real users performing everyday work.
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06 Dec 2004 |
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Tip: Overcoming the default alphabetical column sort when sorting by rank
Here's a tip to sort names or items by rank, usage, or prioity rather than the default alphabetical sort. This tip uses a hidden column and the Notes formula language. A download of the application described in the tip is available.
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06 Dec 2004 |
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Jumpstart your Lotus Workplace 2.0.1 installation, Part 2
We conclude our two-part series on Lotus Workplace 2.0.1 installation with a look at how to install the LDAP server, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, and Lotus Workplace itself.
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29 Nov 2004 |
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Exploring the application development options for IBM Lotus Workplace 2.0
Learn about your customization options with the Lotus Workplace Products API Toolkit, which provides you with public APIs and SPIs for Lotus Workplace Messaging and instant messaging, JSP tags, and Collaborative Application Component Interfaces. And take a quick tour of Workplace Builder.
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29 Nov 2004 |
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Jumpstart your Lotus Workplace 2.0.1 installation
Getting ready to install Lotus Workplace 2.0.1? If so, this two-part article series will help you prepare. In part 1, we start with a basic overview of Lotus Workplace installation, then discuss installing and configuring DB2, the first component in the process.
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22 Nov 2004 |
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Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook and the Domino Migration Tool
If you are considering a migration from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Domino, see how Domino Access to Microsoft Outlook and the Domino Migation Tool can help make the transition easier for you and for your users. This article guides you step-by-step through the process for user and mail migration.
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22 Nov 2004 |
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Using Notes/Domino SMTP with a DMZ
We conclude our two-part article series about setting up a DMZ to help protect your company's resources with a look at several different scenarios for hosting Domino servers in the DMZ to control inbound and outbound SMTP mail traffic.
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15 Nov 2004 |
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Tip: Get database agent status with one click!
This tip describes three ways in which you can create an action button that lists the agents in the current database and the agent status, including the day and time that the agent was last run. Code examples and a download sample are available with this tip.
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15 Nov 2004 |
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Using Notes/Domino SMTP with a DMZ, Part 1
Email is everywhere -- and so are people who want to abuse it to gain access to your corporate environment. Help keep them out by setting up a DMZ between the public Internet and your company's users and resources. In this first of a two-part series, we explain how SMTP mail works. We take a look at its potential vulnerabilities and how spammers and hackers try to take advantage of them, and then discuss how a DMZ can help spoil their nefarious plans.
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09 Nov 2004 |
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Tip: Issue a warning about sending unsigned messages with attachments
This tip describes how to create pop-up warning any time you attempt to send an unsigned mail message with a file attachment.
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09 Nov 2004 |
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Creating a Notes/Domino plug-in with Eclipse
Follow along with this article to create a simple Notes/Domino plug-in with the Eclipse PDE. The plug-in accesses the Notes/Domino back-end Java classes using the Notes.jar file and displays birthdays/anniversaries from your Personal Address Book.
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09 Nov 2004 |
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High availability load balancing with IBM WebSphere Edge Server for Lotus Workplace
Want to ensure that Lotus Workplace is highly reliable and scalable? Use the power of the WebSphere Edge Server for load balancing and high availability. This article explains how we set up a WebSphere Edge Server to take advantage of these features as part of our Lotus Workplace test environment.
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01 Nov 2004 |
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Improving Lotus Instant Messaging LDAP performance
Learn how you can improve LDAP directory and server performance for Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime), using INI file variables, a Java custom search filter, and prevention of LDAP group search calls and LDAP directory browsing.
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01 Nov 2004 |
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What you need to know about IBM Workplace
There's a great deal of information available about how end users will benefit from the cross-platform, cross-device functionality in IBM Workplace. What you need to know is how it affects you, and what you need to learn to develop for and get your apps running on it. This article fills the gaps.
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26 Oct 2004 |
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Lotus Notes Calendar and Scheduling explained!
In this conclusion to our two-part tour of Lotus Notes Calendar and Scheduling features, we take a close look at Schedule Manager, autoprocessing, and To Do workflow and offer some suggestions for keeping your Calendar and Scheduling users productive and happy.
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25 Oct 2004 |
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Tip: Using message disclaimers in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
This tip describes how to implement message disclaimers in Notes mail using the new Mail Settings document and Message Disclaimers options in the Configuration Settings document in Lotus Notes/Domino 7.
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25 Oct 2004 |
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IBM Rational Performance Tester on Windows 2000 and Linux: A scalability comparison
This article describes a study we performed to compare the scalability of Robot test scripts on Windows 2000 and Linux, running identical hardware, software, and workload (suite) definition.
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20 Oct 2004 |
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Lotus Notes Calendar and Scheduling explained!
Calendar and Scheduling (C&S) is one of the most popular and widely used features in Lotus Notes. This two-part article series takes a close look at C&S and how its major components work together. In Part 1, we discuss the internal workflow of C&S, and how the preferences you select affect its functionality.
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18 Oct 2004 |
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Tip: Configuring clustered LDAP with Lotus Workplace 2.0
This tip explains how you can help protect your company's vital user information by running Lotus Workplace 2.0 with a clustered LDAP environment.
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18 Oct 2004 |
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Customizing the Lotus Workplace People Finder and Directory Search
Lotus Workplace is all about helping you collaborate with other people. This article tells you how you can customize Lotus Workplace's People Finder and Directory Search features to help you find the right people you need to work with.
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11 Oct 2004 |
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Customizing users in Lotus Workplace
Customize your LDAP directory for Lotus Workplace. This article walks you through the tasks of extending your LDAP schema, mapping new attributes with WebSphere Member Manager, and adding attributes to the People Finder portlet in Lotus Workplace.
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04 Oct 2004 |
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Integrating IBM Lotus Workplace and Lotus Domino
Learn how you can integrate release 2.0 of Lotus Workplace into your existing Notes/Domino environment by setting up Domino and Lotus Workplace to share your Domino LDAP directory and Notes mail system.
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27 Sep 2004 |
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Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Web Services
Web Services is new in Lotus Notes/Domino 7. This article introduces you to the new Web Services design element, showing how to create one in Domino Designer, and describes how to implement Web Services with both LotusScript and Java code examples.
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27 Sep 2004 |
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Using Lotus Notes with Eclipse to manage and run your Java programs
Take advantage of the Eclipse IDE to develop Java agents for Lotus Notes/Domino. Download and install Eclipse and then see how easy it is to create a project, debug Java, refactor your agents with Eclipse, and import your agent into Domino Designer.
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20 Sep 2004 |
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Open Standards, Open Source, and Domino 6: Accessing the Domino Directory through Python and Java
We conclude our article series on open standards and Open Source in Lotus Domino 6 by explaining how you can build two different applications for accessing a Domino Directory. The first is a Python application created with the GIMP Toolkit (GTK), and the second is a Java application created using the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT).
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20 Sep 2004 |
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Domino blogging: Blogs and blogging
Thinking about creating your own Web log or blog? Read this article about Domino blogs and blogging and find out who’s blogging about Lotus Notes and Domino and which Notes applications you may want to use to develop your own Domino blog.
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09 Sep 2004 |
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Integrating Lotus Workplace and Domino LDAP using IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
Managing multiple corporate directories can be a lot easier with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator. This article explains how we used Tivoli Directory Integrator to maintain multiple LDAP directories in an integrated Lotus Workplace and Domino environment.
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07 Sep 2004 |
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Administering the rich client in IBM Lotus Workplace
This article discusses how to administer IBM Workplace Client Technology, rich client edition (a.k.a. the rich client), an important new feature offered in release 2.0 of Lotus Workplace.
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23 Aug 2004 |
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Managing security in release 2.0 of Lotus Workplace
Understand how security is implemented in IBM Lotus Workplace products including the IBM Workplace Client Technology, rich client edition and how to configure the available security options to create a safe and robust Lotus Workplace environment.
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16 Aug 2004 |
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Integrating voice, email, and fax in a single unified messaging store
Check your voice mail, email, and faxes from a single server-based Domino database with Domino Unified Communication. See how easy it is to use this unified messaging solution to store data in one repository and to use almost any device to access it.
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16 Aug 2004 |
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Using IBM Tivoli Monitoring with Lotus Workplace
This article describes how we integrated IBM Tivoli Monitoring into our test Lotus Workplace 2.0 environment to help reduce the administration overhead involved in keeping our servers running smoothly.
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09 Aug 2004 |
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Tip: Using Smart Tags in Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0
This tip shows you how to integrate Lotus Notes 7.0 with Microsoft Office XP with the new Smart Tags feature. It explains how to enable the Smart Tags in Microsoft Word.
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09 Aug 2004 |
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Installing a WebSphere Edge Server as a proxy with Lotus Workplace Messaging
Read this article to learn how we installed and configured a WebSphere Edge Server to serve as a forward proxy, reverse proxy, and transparent proxy in a Lotus Workplace Messaging environment.
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03 Aug 2004 |
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Lotus Domino platform statistics on Linux
The platform statistics feature has long been one of the most powerful system analysis tools in Lotus Domino. In Domino 6.5, this feature has been extended to the Linux platform. This article explains how you can use platform statistics for Lotus Domino on Linux to help make your job as administrator easier.
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02 Aug 2004 |
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Server-based telephony support for Sametime
Now chat two-ways: on-line with your Sametime Connect client or by telephone with your Sametime Connect client. Use the solution described in this article and the next time you want to call a contact from your contact list, youâre only a click away!
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26 Jul 2004 |
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Tip: Find all emails sent and received by the same person
See all emails sent to and received from another user with a single button click! This tip describes a solution for viewing email messages in your Inbox from another user using a SmartIcon (Notes 5.0.x) or toolbar button (Notes 6 and later).
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26 Jul 2004 |
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CPS: Your roadmap to Lotus Notes/Domino and Internet certifiers
Having trouble finding your way through all the ins and outs of Notes/Domino and Internet certification issues? Create a Certification Practice Statement (CPS) and use it as a roadmap for your certification processes and policies. This article explains how you can build a CPS and includes a template you can modify and adapt to your own requirements.
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19 Jul 2004 |
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Open standards in the IBM Workplace Client Technology
An interview with Richard Wilson, architect of the Workplace Client Technology rich client edition, about the use of open standards and industry standards in the IBM Workplace Client Technology. He talks about Java clients and the Eclipse framework.
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19 Jul 2004 |
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Integrating Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0 with Tivoli Access Manager 5.1
TIn this update to an earlier article, we explain how to integrate Tivoli Access Manager 5.1 with Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0 to help streamline the implementation and management of user security.
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12 Jul 2004 |
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Cleaning up your subject lines
Remove those pesky Fw:'s and Re:'s from your mail messages with the click of a button. This article describes how to create a private view and a SmartIcon that removes prefixes from your mail message subject lines using the Notes formula language.
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12 Jul 2004 |
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Integrating Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0 with Tivoli Access Manager 5.1
In this update to an earlier article, we explain how to integrate Tivoli Access Manager 5.1 with Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0 to help streamline the implementation and management of user security.
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12 Jul 2004 |
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Ambient Sametime Active Desktop
Create an ambient Sametime application that indicates when a group or user has come on-line using a virtual orb on your Active Desktop. This article shows you how with the Sametime Links Toolkit, which you can download from developerWorks: Lotus.
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12 Jul 2004 |
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Lessons in secure messaging using Domino 6
This article explains how the major pieces of Notes/Domino 6 messaging security fit together, using a clear, easy to understand example starring a legendary figure in the oil business.
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06 Jul 2004 |
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Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere integration for developers
Many customers have integrated IBM Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere into their environments. This article explains how you can build applications that take advantage of the relative strengths offered by both Domino and WebSphere.
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28 Jun 2004 |
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Applying the Fishbone diagram and Pareto Principle to Domino
Use the Pareto Principle to determine which software-related problems to manage first. This article, part two in our series, introduces you to the Pareto Priniciple, a problem management tool that you can apply to issues with your Domino applications.
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28 Jun 2004 |
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New features in release 2.0 of IBM Lotus Workplace
Learn about all the new features available in release 2.0 of the IBM Lotus Workplace products including IBM Lotus Workplace Documents and IBM Workplace Client Technology.
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21 Jun 2004 |
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Applying the Fishbone diagram and Pareto principle to Domino
The Fishbone diagram is a simple problem-analysis tool that you can use to analyze Lotus software-related issues. This article, part one of two, introduces you to the Fishbone diagram and as an example, applies it to an actual Notes/Domino issue.
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21 Jun 2004 |
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New calendar features in Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0
Time marches on and so does Lotus Workplace Messaging. This article previews new calendar features introduced in Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0 and includes an example of how you can customize the calendar view.
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14 Jun 2004 |
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IBM Workplace: A technical summary
A technical summary of the IBM Workplace: Innovations for people productivity launch event held in Boston on May 26, 2004. The event introduced customers to the new IBM Workplace family of products.
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07 Jun 2004 |
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Using Rational tools to test Lotus Workplace and Notes/Domino integration
In a previous article, we discussed simulating an integrated Lotus Workplace Messaging and Domino environment. We now carry that theme to the next level, describing how we used Rational tools to simulate a complex configuration integrating Notes, Domino, Lotus Workplace, and a number of other IBM and Lotus technologies.
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01 Jun 2004 |
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Doug Wilson on the IBM Workplace Client Technologies
Read an interview with Doug Wilson, Lotus Software Chief Technology Officer, about the IBM Workplace client strategy and the new IBM Workplace Client Technologies for Lotus Workplace Messaging and Lotus Workplace Documents.
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01 Jun 2004 |
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Moving Domino attachments to your RDBMS with LEI, without writing script
Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) 6.x can move attachments from a Domino database into an RDBMS table, making them readable from within the RDBMS itself. Best of all, you can do this quickly without writing a single line of script code!
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24 May 2004 |
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Testing Lotus Workplace Messaging and Domino interoperability
This article explains how you can create an interoperability workload to help determine how Lotus Workplace Messaging and Domino work together, even before Workplace Messaging has been fully deployed at your site.
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17 May 2004 |
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Showing original size of a truncated document
Don't know if you should replicate an entire document or a truncated version of it? Want to know the original document size to make that decision? Now you can! This tip for Notes 4.x/5.x clients tells how to show original document size in your Inbox.
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17 May 2004 |
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Customizing LDAP directory searches in Lotus Instant Messaging 6.5.1
Find out how to improve your Lotus Instant Messaging user experience and how to improve performance with the LDAP directory custom search filter. One new Java method can help you control the formatting of user names and improve your search results.
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17 May 2004 |
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Migrating from Lotus Enterprise Integrator 3.x to Lotus Enterprise Integrator 6.x/7.x
The Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) Migration Utility is a handy tool that helps streamline the process of migrating from LEI 3.x to LEI 6.x and 7.x. This article describes how you can use the Migration Utility to migrate your LEI files and includes a section for troubleshooting the most common issues you may encounter.
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10 May 2004 |
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Improve the performance of the Lotus Connector for SAP
In the world of software, faster means better. This article describes ways you can improve the performance of the Lotus Connector for SAP.
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03 May 2004 |
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Always remember to fill in your subject lines
Never forget to include a subject line again! This tip describes how to create a message prompt to remind yourself to include a subject line in a Notes mail message anytime the Subject field is blank. No experience with the formula language required!
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03 May 2004 |
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Installing Lotus OEM ODBC on Unix
Learn how to set up the Lotus OEM ODBC on Unix. This article provides you with everything you need (including sample code) to install, configure, and troubleshoot your ODBC driver.
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26 Apr 2004 |
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Creating the "Mark unsigned mail with attachment" agent
Don't know if the file attachment you received came from a trusted source? Now you can with the Mark unsigned mail with attachment agent. Use this Notes agent to see if you received an unsigned message with a file attachment right from your Inbox!
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19 Apr 2004 |
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Open Standards, Open Source, and Domino 6: Using Domino 6 Open Source projects
In Part 2 of this article series, we discuss how you can use Domino 6 Open Source features to dynamically convert Domino documents into PDF and JPEG format. We also show how to create a graphic server connection diagram, as well as an RSS generator that lets you use a Personal Journal for blogging.
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12 Apr 2004 |
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Notes application strategies: Document rating
The last article in our series about application strategies for Notes 6 and later, this one focuses on development of a document rating subform to collect feedback from readers and on an agent that tallies the ratings. Rank your documents now!
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05 Apr 2004 |
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Setting up an IBM eServer BladeCenter for Lotus products
Read this article to learn how to set up an IBM eServer BladeCenter to host an integrated Lotus software environment. We describe our experiences setting up a BladeCenter to run Lotus Workplace 1.1, Notes/Domino 6.5, and other Lotus and IBM software products.
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05 Apr 2004 |
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Enabling SSL end-to-end on Lotus Workplace
Learn how to make your Lotus Workplace environment more secure by running it with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled. This article is based on our own experiences with configuring Lotus Workplace to run with SSL.
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29 Mar 2004 |
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Creating an Inbox assistant
Wish you had a personal assistant to help you sort through your Notes mail messages? Create one! Use this agent to indicate if you were included in the To, cc, or bcc field of an email and make prioritizing your messages easy.
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29 Mar 2004 |
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Integrating Lotus Workplace Messaging 1.1 with Tivoli Access Manager 4.1
Would you like your Lotus Workplace Messaging 1.1 environment to be more secure and easier to manage? Integrate it with Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) 4.1 to provide increased security, centralized management of userids, and Single Sign On.
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22 Mar 2004 |
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Developing a business integration solution for Domino with WebSphere Application Server
Part three in our series about Domino and WebSphere business integration dives into the technical details of how to build a business application solution using the WebSphere Application Server and the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Domino.
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22 Mar 2004 |
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Creating course offerings to test Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning
This article describes how you can create a tool to help perform operational profiling for Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning.
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15 Mar 2004 |
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Notes application strategies: User activity tracking
Part four in our series on application development strategies for Notes/Domino 6 and later looks at a user activity tracking tool for database administrators and managers. Track which documents a user opens for reading or editing. Log in now!
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15 Mar 2004 |
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Developing a business integration solution for Domino with WebSphere InterChange Server
Part two in our series about Domino and WebSphere Business Integration dives into the technical details of how to build a business application solution using the WebSphere InterChange Server and the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Domino.
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08 Mar 2004 |
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Simplify your DECS DB2 environment
This article explains how you can make your Domino DECS applications retrieve DB2 data more efficiently, in a way that's easier to maintain and is more scalable. We walk you through a sample employee directory application, showing how you can optimize your DECS/DB2 interactions every step of the way.
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08 Mar 2004 |
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Open Standards, Open Source, and Domino 6, Part 1
This first of a three-part article series presents a quick overview of the Open Standards implemented in Domino 6. We then introduce several Open Source projects that we will examine in more detail in parts 2 and 3 of this series.
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01 Mar 2004 |
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Notes application strategies: Mail processor
Part three in our article series about applications strategies for Notes/Domino 6 and later examines a mail processor application that generates auto-replies to user questions. See how this mail-in database can help you manage your help desk requests.
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01 Mar 2004 |
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Tip: Marking incoming mail
This tip describes a mail agent that indicates if an email was sent to you, if you were copied, if you were blind copied, or if it was sent to a distribution list.
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01 Mar 2004 |
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Creating My Contacts lists to test Lotus Workplace
Want to get started with Lotus Workplace scalability testing at your site? This article describes how you can use IBM Rational tools to capture the activity of a single user adding names to a Lotus Workplace My Contacts list, and then "generalize" the resulting script to perform high-volume Lotus Workplace user simulation.
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23 Feb 2004 |
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Creating My Contacts lists to test Lotus Workplace
Want to get started with Lotus Workplace scalability testing at your site? This article describes how you can use IBM Rational tools to capture the activity of a single user adding names to a Lotus Workplace My Contacts list, and then "generalize" the resulting script to perform high-volume Lotus Workplace user simulation.
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23 Feb 2004 |
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Integrating Domino business applications with WebSphere Business Integration
In Part 1 of our series on Domino and WebSphere Business Integration, we introduce you to WebSphere Business Integration and explain the many components that comprise WebSphere BI, including the adapter for Domino and WebSphere InterChange server.
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23 Feb 2004 |
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Notes application strategies: Interactive search
The second in a series of articles about Notes application strategies, this article examines an interactive search form that you can add to a Notes 6 or later application to enhance search capabilities.
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17 Feb 2004 |
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Running a Sametime Links application in a Lotus Instant Messaging environment
The Sametime Links toolkit lets you create applications that incorporate Lotus Instant Messaging functionality such as presence awareness and chat. But how big an impact does a typical Sametime Links application have on a Lotus Instant Messaging community? To find the answer, we ran a Sametime Links application in a test Lotus Instant Messaging environment. This article describes our results
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09 Feb 2004 |
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Notes application strategies: Rules-based task assignment
What's your strategy? In this first article in a series about Notes application development strategies, we examine rule-based task assignment for your Notes 6 and later applications.
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09 Feb 2004 |
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Introducing the Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning Authoring Tool
This article introduces the Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning authoring tool. We explain what the authoring tool does, how to configure it, and how to use it to create and deliver on-line instructional content.
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26 Jan 2004 |
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Successful Community Services clustering in Lotus Instant Messaging
Provide load-balancing and failover for your Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime) users with Community Service clustering. Read about best practices for clustering Lotus Instant Messaging Community Servers and save yourself a technical support call.
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22 Jan 2004 |
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Lotus Instant Messaging telephony extension
Send an instant message or make a phone call? Now you can make a phone call from your Lotus Instant Messaging Connect client with the Lotus Instant Messaging telephony extension. First call to the server is free with the Community Server Toolkit!
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19 Jan 2004 |
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Keyword magic for the Web, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: How to use a LotusScript agent to build simple or cascading keyword lists that work dynamically in a Web application, and how to build those keyword lists by accessing a relational database using ODBC.
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13 Jan 2004 |
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Creating Lotus Instant Messaging interactive agents with the BuddyScript SDK Part 1
Part 1 of 2: An introduction to interactive agents, including Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime) bots, and discussion of installing the BuddyScript SDK from ActiveBuddy and using it to create Lotus Instant Messaging interactive agents.
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13 Jan 2004 |
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Creating Lotus Instant Messaging interactive agents with the BuddyScript SDK Part 2
Part 2 of 2: Using a downloadable sample file, this article explores the SameTime script for an interactive agent that helps users manage a stock portfolio built with the BuddyScript SDK from ActiveBuddy. The script fetches quotes, maintains a portfolio, and watches for target values set by the user.
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13 Jan 2004 |
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Integrating Googleâs Web API service in Domino applications
Add Google Web search functionality to your Domino applications with Google's Web API service. This article shows how to implement that search functionality in an application using a simple agent. Download the code samples and get googling!
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12 Jan 2004 |
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Offloading Lotus Enterprise Integration tasks to the server
This article discusses several different ways of dealing with this problem by moving the actual database work to the Domino server – either in real time or in batch mode.
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05 Jan 2004 |
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Netegrity SiteMinder and Domino-based collaborative services
Want to use SiteMinder for single sign-on with Domino, Lotus Team Workplace (QuickPlace), and Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime), but donât know where to start? This article provides you with a roadmap for implementation.
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22 Dec 2003 |
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Rational ClearCase UCM Migration: A case study
Four million lines of code, more than 500 developers, eight remote locations, and one migration: Find out what we learned when we migrated Lotus Workplace to Rational ClearCase UCM.
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19 Dec 2003 |
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Best practices for migrating LearningSpace to the Lotus learning management systems
Find out what you need to know to migrate your users and courses from LearningSpace to Lotus Learning Management System or to Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning. This article helps you plan the migration with emphasis on LDAP directory decisions.
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15 Dec 2003 |
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Tip: Using policies to manage access in IBM Lotus Workplace
This tip applies to the administrative policy settings in the Lotus Workplace products. It describes how to use policies to restrict user and group access.
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24 Nov 2003 |
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What is Lotus Workplace?
This article presents a brief overview of IBM Lotus Workplace and the latest releases of its products, including Lotus Workplace Messaging 1.1, Lotus Workplace Team Collaboration 1.1, and Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning 1.1.
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24 Nov 2003 |
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Using a LoadRunner workload as a model for a Rational workload
This article explains how we used an existing LoadRunner workload for Lotus Team Workplace (QuickPlace) as a blueprint for an IBM Rational Performance Tester workload.
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17 Nov 2003 |
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Announcing Lotus Workplace: A report from Boston
Read an eyewitness report about the announcement of Lotus Workplace.
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10 Nov 2003 |
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Better by design: Mary Beth Raven on Lotus Workplace
Read our interview about the Lotus Workplace design with Mary Beth Raven, one of the product designers and find out how IBM's philosophy of user-centered design is making better software.
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10 Nov 2003 |
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Better by design: Mary Beth Raven on Lotus Workplace
Read our interview about the Lotus Workplace design with Mary Beth Raven, one of the product designers and find out how IBM's philosophy of user-centered design is making better software.
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10 Nov 2003 |
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Creating dynamic categorized views
This article describes how to use XML, JavaScript, and the the ReadViewEntries URL command to build categorized views that reduce network traffic and server load, and enhance the UI experience for end-users, with code examples.
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03 Nov 2003 |
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A view from the top: Michael Rhodin on Lotus Software
An interview with the new Vice President of development and technical support for Lotus Software. His strategy focuses on componentizing IBM software capabilities on a standards-based infrastructure. Lotus Workplace, he says, is an example.
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03 Nov 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: LDAP related Notes.ini variables
Another installment from our favorite professor: Professor INI. This month's lecture covers the Notes.ini variables that affect LDAP. Get your directories out and your thinking caps on.
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13 Oct 2003 |
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Developing an LWM SMTP workload with Rational Suite TestStudio
Rational Suite TestStudio's Virtual User (VU) programming language is used in this article to create a workload and perform load and capacity testing on Lotus Workplace Messaging 1.0, and development techniques you can used to create your own workloads.
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06 Oct 2003 |
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Keyword magic for the Web, Part 1
Part 1 of 2: How to use @formulas, JavaScript and iframes to create dynamic keyword lists in Web applications. This article shows how to build simple or cascading keyword lists without refreshing the page or building huge JavaScript arrays.
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06 Oct 2003 |
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Installing LEI 6.5 in a Domino partitioned server environment
Lotus Enterprise Integrator 6.5 (LEI) supports Domino partitioned servers. This article provides background information on Domino partitioned servers and tips for preparing for, installing and uninstalling LEI 6.5.
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29 Sep 2003 |
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New features in Notes/Domino 6.5
An introduction to the new Notes/Domino 6.5 release, with discussion of the Domino server, Notes client, Domino Web Access, and Lotus Enterprise Integrators (LEI) that enhance collaboration and productivity, and provide an end-to-end Linux solution.
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29 Sep 2003 |
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Building real-time access to an LDAP directory server from your Notes application
A Java agent can automatically populate a Notes form with information from an LDAP directory server by using the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI). The article includes example code and test scenarios.
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22 Sep 2003 |
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Creating a Lotus Workplace Messaging test scenario with Rational Suite TestStudio
This article describes a study that compares the scalability of Robot test scripts on Windows 2000 and Linux, running identical hardware, software, and workload (suite) definition. The conclusion: Robot test scripts scaled significantly better on Linux.
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22 Sep 2003 |
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Uncommon ground: Lotus Engineering Test Common Services
Members of the Lotus Solutions Engineering team discuss Common Services, an effort to provide a centrally available set of components and products for Lotus development efforts and increase the availability of product technology to the Lotus community.
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22 Sep 2003 |
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Lotus Learning Management System scenario testing
Scenario testing is a way for system testers to put themselves in the shoes of the users to simulate real-world user experiences and activities. This article explains how the Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) team developed scenario testing for LMS.
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15 Sep 2003 |
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Enabling soft deletions in your Notes mail file
This tip shows how to enable soft deletions of messages in your Notes mail by configuring the database settings and adding a ($SoftDeletions) view to your mail file.
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15 Sep 2003 |
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Using DB2 stored procedures with LSX LC, LEI, and DECS
Add Notes/Domino collaborative capabilities to DB2 with Lotus Connectors LotusScript Extensions (LSX LC), Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI), or Domino Enterprise Connection Services (DECS). Use one of these three products with DB2 stored procedures.
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12 Sep 2003 |
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Using Rational Suite TestStudio to analyze a Domino application
This article describes using Rational Suite TestStudio to help analyze and respond to the needs of a large Notes/Domino customer by a process that identifies a application bottleneck, confirms server configurations, and advises them on tuning adjustments.
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08 Sep 2003 |
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Optimizing LEI 6 performance with Virtual Documents and DB2
A recent article described using Rational Suite TestStudio to analyze a Domino Web application. This article expands on that subject. It discusses how TestStudio was used to create a workload test scenario for Lotus Workplace Messaging 1.0.
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08 Sep 2003 |
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Business domain-driven Java class hierarchies for Domino
If you are developing Domino applications with Domino Java classes, a recommended practice is to encapsulate technical Domino database implementation details in a set of common base classes and to build a hierarchy of business domain-driven Java classes.
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02 Sep 2003 |
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The trouble with templates, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: This article covers template best practices, including domain structure, naming conventions, and revision tracking, troubleshooting tips, and new features, such as Single Copy Template and Seamless Mail Upgrade.
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02 Sep 2003 |
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Sametime Links Scalability Report
This paper describes a test to understand how Sametime Links could be scaled to support a very large number of users. Overall, the tests showed that Sametime could support 300,000 concurrent Sametime Links clients in the test environment. (PDF file)
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13 Aug 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Favorite Notes.ini variables
Lotus Business Partners list their favorite Notes.ini variables, and Professor INI provides answers on EVENT_POOL_SIZE, Prompt for Location in Notes 6, and whether one can store ones Notes password in the Notes.ini? (No. Get over it.)
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04 Aug 2003 |
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QuickPlace Place Catalog scalability
This article offers tips on improving the performance of LEI 6 Advanced RealTime Virtual Documents with DB2. It describes how this feature works and suggests system settings you can tweak to help optimize indexing performance.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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Tips for Sametime users
These tips show how to disable the Enter key, create hard returns in instant messages, set the location and size of the Sametime client window, and set the Do not disturb option as your default status.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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The trouble with templates Part 1
Part 1 of 2: This article introduces you to templates and provides the code for a tool to help manage templates. Topics covered include template settings, refreshing the design, retrieving design element inheritance information, and Setting ACLs via templates.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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The Lotus Workplace preview with Jeff Calow
An interview with the lead architect for the Lotus Workplace infrastructure team looks in detail at what Lotus Workplace is -- a collaboration platform built on J2EE and relational databases, with a common application interface based on WebSphere Portal -- and how it's put together.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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LotusScript: Programming views in Notes/Domino 6
Part 5 of 5: This article, fifth in a series on new classes and enhancements to LotusScript in Notes/Domino 6, looks at class enhancements and new features to make elements such as the view selection formula and the view's look and feel programmable.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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Java access to the Domino Objects, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: This article covers advanced topics in developing Java applications using Domino Objects including SSL encryption, servlets, connection pooling, single sign-on, session timeouts, and recycling, and suggests some troubleshooting techniques.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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Enhancements in 5.0.1 through 5.0.12
This article describes enhancements to the Domino 5 code stream in the MRs (Maintenance Releases, formerly QMRs or Quarterly Maintenance Releases) and MUs (Maintenance Updates, formerly QMUs or Quarterly Maintenance Updates) for 5.0, 5.0.1, and 5.0.12.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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Debugging LotusScript: Domino Applications Part 2
Part 2 of 2: A discussion of best practices and advanced techniques for debugging macro formulas, LotusScript in dialog boxes, scheduled agents, and Web agents. Example agents and script libraries help improve your code's error reporting.
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04 Aug 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Desktop revisited and other questions
Professor INI offers more on the Desktop variable, seeing the BCC field, HTTPDisableMethods, Temp_Collection_Threshold, Default_Index_Lifetime_Days, and just what NamedStyle might set in an INI file.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Optimizing Lotus Workplace Messaging: Early experience
The size of the Place Catalog can impact QuickPlace response time. This article describes a study that measured how the Place Catalog scaled in environments with more users and Places. The results can help administrators plan for QuickPlace growth.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Blocking return receipts
Use this @function formula in the QueryOpenDocument event of your mail database's ($Inbox) folder. When you open a message with a return receipt requested, you will be prompted whether or not to delete the return receipt.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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The birthday reminder agent
When this LotusScript agent is scheduled to run daily in your Personal Address Book, it notifies you in a mail message of birthdays that occur the following day. The code is downloadable from the Sandbox.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Copying and pasting documents as response documents
Code for a LotusScript agent that copies a selected document and pastes it as a response to another selected document.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Creating a custom QPTool application
QPTool, a server task new in QuickPlace 3.0, lets you perform administrative tasks directly on the server. Using HTML, JavaScript, and a little Java servlet programming you can create a graphical user interface that can execute QPTool commands remotely.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Java access to the Domino Objects, Part 1
An introduction to Domino Objects for Java programmers, this article covers the basics of local and remote access, then addresses access control. This article focuses on developing Java applications.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Introducing multilanguage applications in Notes/Domino 6
New features in Notes/Domino 6 let you create multilanguage and multilingual applications. This article details differences between the two application types and shows how to create them in Notes/Domino 6 and Domino Global Workbench.(DGW).
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01 Jul 2003 |
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In STEP with Dan Harris and Howard Davidson
Two members of the Sametime Everyplace (STEP) team talk about the STEP 3.0 mobile clients that support Buddy Lists and instant messaging on WAP phones, Mobile Information Device Profile devices (Java-enabled smartphones), Palm and Pocket PC devices.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Debugging LotusScript Part 1
Part 1 of 2: This article examines Designer's LotusScript debugger in detail. It lists several common LotusScript error messages and shows the coding errors that often cause them.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Customizing Lotus Workflow Web Viewer and enabling it in Java
How to enable and use the Web Viewer included in the Lotus Workflow Java API demo: example code allows you to make it accessible from a client's Web page. A follow-up to the LDD Today article "Using the Lotus Workflow Java API in Domino and WebSphere."
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01 Jul 2003 |
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All about AdminP Part 2
Part 2 of 2: Advanced administration of the AdminP server task include cross domain administration requests and how to control AdminP functions through Server document settings, server console commands, the Notes.ini file, and database purge intervals.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Adding a popup menu to your Sametime links
This article describes how to use the Sametime Links Toolkit to add online awareness and instant collaboration to Web applications. Our example code overrides the click behavior of Sametime links and displays a popup menu using dynamic HTML and the Sametime Links JavaScript API.
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01 Jul 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: From the mailbag
Professor INI's bulging mailbag serves up questions on NOTES.INI variable settings related to TcpIPAddress, ECLSetup, Replicator_Log_Nonevents, AdminLastServer, and Update_No_Fulltext, and the good Professor returns answers.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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More on generating dynamic Web reports
This tip updates the tip titled Generating dynamic Web reports, clarifying the need to full-text index the database and the length of the data that can be passed as URL parameters.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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Creating a report for outstanding items
Modify a view to display outstanding items such as overdue to-do tasks by adding a view column that calculates the age in days of the document, and make it a categorized column.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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The evolution of Lotus e-Learning Software
The evolution of Lotus e-learning software from the acquisition of The Human Interest Group in 1994 through the versions of LearningSpace to the newest members of the family: Lotus Virtual Classroom (LVC) and the Lotus Learning Management System (LMS).
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02 Jun 2003 |
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Integrating Amazon Web Services using the Lotus Domino Toolkit for WebSphere Studio
Part 3 of 3: This article shows how to use the Lotus Domino Toolkit for WebSphere Studio to create a Web-services application using the Domino database created in Part 1 of this series which will run on J2EE subset servers such as WebSphere Express and Apache Tomcat.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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Discovery Server QuickSearch best practices
QuickSearch, a downloadable sample program, provides an alternative UI for a Discovery Server that lets users search their intranet for documents and people. This introduction to QuickSearch offers tips and best practices to help you use this tool.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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Creating a Web Services interface to QuickPlace My Places
QuickPlace 3.0 introduces Web Services-accessible features such as My Places, a list of the user's Places. This article looks at Web Services and shows how to expose My Places as a Web Service, allowing Web clients to retrieve the Places of a given user.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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Configuring WebSphere Portal Collaboration Center People Finder portlet
IBM WebSphere Portal Collaboration Center brings instant collaboration to WebSphere Portal with out-of-the-box portlets including People Finder, which lets you search an LDAP directory. This article shows how to configure the People Finder portlet.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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All about AdminP Part 1
Part 1 of 2: This article examines the components of AdminP, how they work, and how they can make the jobs of Domino administrators easier. The AdminP (short for Administration Process) task works with the Administration Requests database.
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02 Jun 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: More logging variables
Last month's answer on logging-related Notes.ini variables was only the tip of the iceberg. This month Professor INI looks at a few more of these logging-related variables.
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01 May 2003 |
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Sametime Chat Network Dispatcher Advisor
This article presents an analysis of distributing client connections across a Sametime cluster using WebSphere Edge Server Network Dispatcher. The analysis uses a Java tool called Network Dispatcher Custom Advisor.
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01 May 2003 |
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Replication performance with network compression
A follow-up to Network compression in Domino 6, this article compares R5 replication to Domino 6 replication with network compression enabled over varying line speeds. Conclusion: Domino 6 replication provides a significant improvement.
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01 May 2003 |
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Using the categorized meetings view
This tip shows how to create a categorized meeting view in Notes/Domino 6.? It's easy to do, but for this tip to work, each of your meeting entries must have a category (like holiday, vacation, projects, and so on).
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01 May 2003 |
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Displaying unicode fonts in Java applets
This tip describes how to display Asian and non-English characters in Java applets. It requires that you be able to edit the registry on your workstation.
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01 May 2003 |
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LotusScript: The NotesAdministrationProcess Class in Notes/Domino 6
Part 4 of 5: This article, fourth in a series on new classes and enhancements to LotusScript in Notes/Domino 6, shows how to use the new NotesAdministrationProcess class to create scripts to automate common administration tasks.
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01 May 2003 |
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Server.Load: At your service with iNotes Web Access analysis!
Domino 6 Server.Load, the workload generation tool, includes an iNotes Web Access workload called R5iNotes. This article describes the R5iNotes workload and how to use it, and differences between the R5iNotes and R6iNotes workloads.
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01 May 2003 |
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QuickPlace Authentication Architecture and Troubleshooting, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: This problem-solving article looks at authentication in QuickPlace, including using QuickPlace as both a DSAPI server and application implementation, user directory customization and configuration, and LDAP debugging.
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01 May 2003 |
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Martha Hoyt on the Lotus Domino Toolkit for WebSphere Studio
An interview with Martha Hoyt, senior product manager for the Lotus Domino Toolkit for WebSphere Studio
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01 May 2003 |
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Creating a rules-based classifier for Discovery Server 2.0
The K-map feature in Discovery Server presents a taxonomy of all your content. There are several ways to customize the K-map. This article explains rules-based taxonomies and shows how to create a custom classifier to use in building your K-map.
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01 May 2003 |
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Creating a custom Administration Process Request Handler
AdminP is a server task for automating administrative tasks in the background on a schedule. This article and accompanying example code explain how to create a custom AdminP request handler and deploy it.
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01 May 2003 |
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Application Performance Tuning, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: This article looks at coding practices that can improve application performance. It also examines some common LotusScript methods to see which ones perform best under different conditions.
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01 May 2003 |
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Discovering Lotus Team Workplace customization
Lost in your room? Learn more about the Lotus Team Workplace Explorer PlaceType and see how it can help you better navigate your Workplaces. We delve into the details of this new PlaceType that provides a Windows Explorer-like view of your Workplace.
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12 Apr 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Logging variables
Professor INI explores some INI variables related to logs and logging (and one bogus variable that slipped in because anything can).
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Sametime Meeting 3.0 vs 2.5 performance comparison
This article compares Sametime 3.0 meeting performance to Sametime 2.5. Sametime 3.0 server logged more users into meetings in a fixed time than the 2.5 server. In addition, Sametime 3.0 users joined meetings faster than Sametime 2.5 users.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Discovery Server 2.0.1 performance
This article looks at performance improvements in Discovery Server 2.0.1. It discusses tests on the Notes spider, Full Text Indexer, and Metrics, and how the server performs under a peak load of users logging in and conducting searches.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Automatically starting LEI on UNIX
Domino 4.6 Startup Scripts gave UNIX platforms the ability to start up Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI> at boot-up, a capability heretofore found only on the Windows platform. Information on Startup Scripts can be found in IBM Redbooks.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Extracting user names from a recipient's list
This tip shows how to extract user names from a recipients list that contains users in different domains using the Notes formula language. You can use this code in a SmartIcon, a view selection or column formula, or in agents or view action buttons.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Generating dynamic Web reports
This tip describes how to generate dynamic Web reports or a list of documents without creating a view. It uses the ?SearchView&Query URL command. (For an update on this tip see More on generating dynamic Web reports.)
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Rolling out a Corporate Welcome Page
The Notes client's Welcome Page feature allows companies to customize their users' view of Notes when it is first launched. This step-by-step article shows how to use new features in Notes 6.0.1 to make customizing even easier.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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QuickPlace Authentication Architecture and Troubleshooting, Part 1
Part 1 of 2: An overview of security features supported by QuickPlace, including Basic Authentication, single sign-on, and the QuickPlace security and user directory settings, with suggestions for diagnosing authentication problems.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Preventing spam mail in Notes/Domino 6
Notes/Domino 6 includes several important features that help prevent spam mail from entering your organization and reaching users. This article looks at general techniques for avoiding spam, and examines Notes/Domino 6 anti-spam features in detail.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Michael Harer on Lotus Workplace Messaging
An interview with the Technical Product Marketing Manager for Lotus Workplace Messaging: This article looks at the messaging marketplace and the role of LWM in extending an existing Notes infrastructure to "unserved" or deskless users.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Life in the fast lane: IBM moves to Sametime 3
This article looks at IBM's transition from Sametime 1.55 to Sametime 3. It details IBM's Sametime network structure for instant messaging and meetings and Sametime Everyplace, and looks at new features of the product.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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John Banks-Binici on Lotus Workplace Messaging
An interview with the development manager for Lotus Workplace Messaging looks at a new product that draws its the features and the technologies from across the IBM software divisions.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Integrating Amazon Web Services with JavaServer Pages
Part 2 of 3: creating a Web-services-based application that queries the Amazon.com search engine using J2EE technologies, first a simple solution using Dreamweaver and JavaServer Pages (JSPs), then using Entity JavaBeans (EJBs), JavaBeans, and Struts.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Application Performance Tuning, Part 1
Part 1 of 2: This article looks at the database, view, and form properties that most commonly affect how well your applications perform.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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An administrator's tour of the Lotus Learning Management System
The IBM Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) builds on LearningSpace to support the planning and delivery of both traditional and online training throughout an organization. This article introduces LMS to both system and course administrators.
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01 Apr 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Spell checker language and other matters
Professor INI says toggling the spell checker between languages using the Spell_Lang variable in NOTES.INI works. He accepts correction on SMTPNoVersionInRcvdHdr and deals with other questions.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Domino 6 IMAP performance
The Domino 6 IMAP server offers several message storage formats. This article reports on tests that measured the effect of mail formats on server transaction counts, CPU usage, memory usage, and response time.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Domino 6 directory performance improvements
This article discusses performance of the Domino 6 Directory and how to best set up your directory architecture to maximize performance and reliability. It indicates Domino 6 can improve name lookups per minute by a factor of 10 compared to R5.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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SSO-enabling Sametime with Netegrity Siteminder
If your organization uses Netegrity Siteminder and Sametime, you can configure the two servers to use Siteminder for single sign-on (SSO) authentication. (This tip works for Sametime 2.5 and Netegrity Siteminder 4.51.)
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Simplifying hide-whens with @True and @False
This tip shows how to use @True and @False to simplify hide-when formulas that include more than one AND/OR condition.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Understanding the architecture of the Lotus Learning Management System
The IBM Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) is a set of software components that allow an organization to create, manage, and deliver employee training.This article presents a technical description of the LMS architecture and its major components.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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LotusScript: More XML classes Notes/Domino 6
Part 3 of 5: Continuing the series on new classes and enhancements to LotusScript in Notes/Domino 6, this article presents examples of XSL transformation to convert Domino data to XML AND HTML, and using the DXL importer to convert XML to NSF format.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Integrating Amazon Web Services with your Notes databases
Part 1 of 3: This article describes Web services and shows how to integrate Amazon Web Services with a Domino application to query the Amazon.com search engine.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Deploying content in the Learning Management System
An introduction to the IBM Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) for for course developers and course administrators: What course content is, where it comes from, and how it is deployed and managed by LMS servers.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Configuring iNotes Web Access with a WebSphere Edge reverse proxy server
How to support SSL access to e-mail with Domino and iNotes Web Access, using a WebSphere Edge proxy server: This article covers configuring your network to include a DMZ and a reverse proxy server to control access to your servers.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Building your own Sametime bots, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: This article shows how to connect an application to Sametime and use Instant Messaging (IM) as an alert system -- and even work it into workflows -- to initiate the conversation with the user, rather than the other way around.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Collaboration Center: An interview with Chris Reckling
An interview with the Senior Product Manager for WebSphere Portal looks at the three parts of the Collaboration Center, a product that adds out-of-the-box collaboration functionality as portlets for team workplaces, Web conferencing, and directory integration.
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03 Mar 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Lotus LearningSpace - Virtual Classroom variables
Professor INI devotes this column to NOTES.INI variables that affect Lotus LearningSpace - Virtual Classroom (LVC). Keep in mind that these variables are undocumented and subject to change without notice from one release to the next.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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iSeries performance with Domino 6, QuickPlace 3, and Sametime 3
This article discusses performance improvements in the IBM eServer iSeries platform for Domino 6, Sametime 3, and QuickPlace 3. It compares Domino 6 to Release 5.0.11, and discusses how Sametime 3 and QuickPlace 3 compare with their previous versions.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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Domino 6 server mail rules
In Domino 6, mail rules have been enhanced to run on MAIL.BOX and to affect all messages on the server. This article looks at Domino 6 server mail rules, how to create them, and how mail rules affect server performance.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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Was it sent to you or were you copied?
This tip shows how to indicate whether an e-mail was sent directly rather than copied or blind-copied. It adds a column to the Inbox folder of the Note mail template with a formula that checks for the user's name in the CC: and BCC: fields of the message.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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Using Web Site Rules to generate URLs to JSPs
Links to JavaServer Pages (JSPs) stored in Domino databases must omit the NSF file extension in the URL, but it's easy to forget. This tip shows how to create Web site rules to to omit the file extension.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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Lessons learned: Fernando Salazar and the LMS architecture
An interview with the chief architect of the Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) 1.0 looks at its relationship to LearningSpace and its use of WebSphere Application Server and J2EE to meet the performance needs of organizations with 100,000-plus users.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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A quick course in LearningSpace - Virtual Classroom
A look at the architecture of LearningSpace - Virtual Classroom (LVC), a Web-based e-learning solution for the delivery of real-time instructor-led classroom teaching. LVC is built on three IBM/Lotus Software products: Domino, QuickPlace, and Sametime.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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A preview of Lotus Learning Management System
The IBM Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) provides modules and features not found in its predecessor, LearningSpace, including resource management, LDAP support, an offline learning client, authoring tool, and report generation.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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What's new in Discovery Server 2.0.1
Discovery Server 2.0.1 adds features that give customers more control of search parameters, the use of meta-data, and affinities in their implementations -- and an accessibility-enabled user interface that supports all K-map features in a screen-reader.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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LotusScript: XML classes in Notes/Domino 6
Part 2 of 5: This article, fourth in a series on new classes and enhancements to LotusScript in Notes/Domino 6, looks at new LotusScript classes for exporting, importing, and processing XML data, with example code.
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03 Feb 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Threads, pools, and other questions
Professor INI gets wound up in Domino thread and pool management, NOTES.INI variables for controlling date format, location variables for desktop5.dsk and bookmark.nsf, and problems with French Daylight Savings Time.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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More on Domino 6 transaction logging
This follow-up to the LDD Today article, "Assessing the impacts of new Transaction Logging features," focuses on Domino 6 transaction logging, presenting and explaining results we obtained testing performance on different protocols and platforms.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Configuring Domino 5 for AIX/pSeries in large physical memory environments
This article describes a study of how to best manage large memory systems. Tests were run on Domino 5.0.9, 5.0.10, and 5.0.11, running on IBM RS6000 or pSeries eServer systems with 4 GB RAM or greater.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Setting font properties with JavaScript
When the JavaScript in this tip is called in the onLoad event of a form, it sets the font and size of all text on a document to preferred settings. (This script works only in Internet Explorer.)
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Creating links to the latest Domino.Doc version
Because a Domino.Doc document may be revised and a new version created, rather than create a link to it in other documents or email, create a bookmark to the document and then link to the bookmark.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Troubleshooting agents in Notes/Domino 5 and 6
An update to "Troubleshooting agents," written for Notes/Domino 4.6, this article covers changes in Notes/Domino 5 and 6. It explores Notes.ini settings, the LotusScript NotesLog class, and server console commands, and discusses common problems.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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QuickPlace and DOLS integration
How to integrate QuickPlace 3 and DOLS from the perspective of the administrator (enabling DOLS on the QuickPlace server and more), application developer (setting up Placebots for offline use), and end user (setting up and using QuickPlace offline).
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Building your own Sametime bots, Part 1
Part 1 of 2: Using Sametime to create an automated agent (known as a bot) to provide an interactive, text-based interface to a back-end data source. This article how to use bots to create automatic alert and workflow programs.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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A preview of browser-side caching enhancements
A follow-up to the LDD Today article, "Building Web applications in Domino 6: Browser caching and response header rules," this article discusses other enhancements in the Domino 6.0.1 maintenance release, and how to diagnose cache validation problems.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Searching legacy data using the Discovery Server XML spider
How to use the XML spider shipped with Discovery Server. With a little programming effort it can access data stored in a variety of legacy and Web applications. The article explains the XML spider in detail and provides sample code for two ways to use it.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Getting platform specific with Eddy Bell
An interview with the lead architect for the Domino platforms about the differences between platforms, which one he prefers, what to expect in Domino 6.0.1, and whether or not there will ever be another Notes client for UNIX.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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A tour of Sametime toolkits
Sametime toolkits make the product highly customizable. Client-side toolkits include Java Toolkit, C++ Toolkit, Sametime Links Toolkit, and COM Toolkit. Server-side toolkits include Community Server Toolkit and Directory and Database Access Toolkit.
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02 Jan 2003 |
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Ask Professor INI: Agent variables
Precocious two-year-old Professor INI answers reader questions on the complete list of agent-related variables, the setting JavaUserClasses, speeding up scheduled Agents, DominoAsynchronizeAgents, turning off agent logging, and why mail Agents don't run.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Running iNotes Web Access with reverse proxies and other security features
This article chronicles the building of an iNotes Web Access configuration with reverse proxy (an IBM WebSphere Edge server), firewall, Web Mail Redirect, and SSL. It shows how each component affects overall site performance.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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QuickPlace 3 performance: authentication and MTBF
This article, a follow-up to Comparing QuickPlace 3.0 with QuickPlace 2.0.8, reports on tests that added consideration of the impact of authentication on a typical QuickPlace site, and also measured server uptime and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Replacing the No documents found error message
When you search a view for documents and no documents are found, you receive the message No documents found. This tip shows how to replace this message with a customized one.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Producing reports in Lotus Workflow
This article shows how to create reports using meta-data stored in Workflow 3.0.1 cover document to detail where the document has been, what decisions were made, and how long each activity took. it also shows how to add custom data to Workflow.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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LotusScript: Rich text objects in Notes/Domino 6
Part 1 of 5: This article looks at the new classes for Rich Text objects and provides example code for extracting meaningful data from Rich Text fields, adding new elements programmatically, and controlling the visual style of the database.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Learn something new: LearningSpace - Virtual Classroom
Interview with John Martin, development team manager, and Amy Travis, product designer, explores the features, requirements and development of Lotus Virtual Classroom, an application built on Lotus QuickPlace and designed specifically for lightweight, real-time learning over the Internet.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Integrating Lotus Workflow and Domino.Doc
This article describes how to use Lotus Workflow 3.0 automated activities and the New Document feature in Domino.Doc to extend each system's functionality. It provides examples of integrating the two applications using the Lotus Workflow Architect.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Domino 6 performs!
Performance testing compares Domino 6 with R5.0.10 and R5.0.11 on Solaris, z/OS, Windows 2000, and AIX using the new Domino 6 NotesBench workloads (a follow-up to "Domino 6 performance features" in the November 2002 LDD Today). Results indicate Domino 6 offers significantly improved performance.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Discovery Server goes global
An overview of Discovery Server's multilingual capabilities and tips for installing and supporting Discovery Server in a multinational, multilingual environment. Discovery Server can process information in 15 languages.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Creating SAP requisitions from a Domino application
Domino can help you reduce training time for SAP R/3 software by front-ending SAP functionality with Domino applications. This article shows how to use Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) to build a sample integration application.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Alternate name support in Domino.Doc and Lotus Workflow
Looks at alternate names using double-byte characters and how they are used in Notes/Domino and Lotus Workflow applications. Code examples cover alternate name support in Domino.Doc 3.1 and using formula language and LotusScript with alternate names.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Using the Lotus Workflow Java API in Domino and WebSphere
Lotus Workflow 3.0 includes JavaScript and Java APIs to support Web applications. The article includes a brief introduction to the Workflow Java API functions, advice on configuring Domino and WebSphere to run them, and an example of using the Lotus Workflow Java API to create your own applications.
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02 Dec 2002 |
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Customizing Lotus Extended Search Web templates
Part 2 of 2: This article shows how to build custom Lotus Extended Search Web templates using JavaServer Pages (JSP) tags. The Extended Search JSP interface requires WebSphere Application Server 3.5 (or later) Advanced edition.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Selectively replicating DOLS subscriptions: One customer's story
How one company solved a tricky selective replication problem for Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS) users with @NameLookup, a new function in Domino 5 that looks up information from the Domino Directory and returns a field from the Person document.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Minimizing delays in the Agent Manager
This article helps determine when the Agent Manager will run an agent and discusses ways to minimize delays in the Agent Manager's queuing, scheduling, and load management of event-triggered agents.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Enhancements to the formula language in Domino 6
Lotus Notes/Domino 6 overhauls the formula language and introduces many new @functions. This article covers new features including looping, error processing, list processing, and functions to help Web developers and improve LDAP directory access.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: New Notes 6 variables
The up-to-date Professor INI discusses new Notes 6 workstation NOTES.INI variables, including two for accessibility, two related to full-text search, the UserInterface variable (undocumented, but useful to international users), and more.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Sametime 3 vs 1.5.5 performance comparison
This article describes the Lotus Product Introduction Engineering team's comparison of Sametime 3 performance to version 1.5.5. using a test environment and workload modeled on IBM's Sametime 1.5.5 community.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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iNotes Web Access on Solaris performance analysis
This article reports on tests that compared R5 iNotes users to R5 Mail users using an R5 iNotes workload on a Sun/Solaris 8 platform. (See iNotes Web Access performance analysis for a report on the same load run on IBM hardware/OS configurations.)
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Attaching and importing image files in one click
This tip presents a code to create a hotspot button that can both attach a file to a document and import it into the document for viewing in one step.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Adding an autosave feature to your Notes mail file
This tip shows how to add an autosave feature to your Notes mail using LotusScript.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Behind the scenes of QuickPlace automation testing
An interview with Anthony (Tony) Venditti, QuickPlace test automation architect, about software testing automation -- its role in regression testing and smoke testing, and how well QuickPlace 3 is taking all these tests.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Using Domino data in Web applications: XML lessons from iNotes Web Access
Part 2 of 2: iNotes Web Access (iWA) made innovative use of Web technologies like DHTML and XML to interact with a Domino server. This article tells how to extract XML from Domino using the ReadViewEntries URL command, using iWA as an example.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Domino 6 performance features
New features in IBM Lotus Domino 6, including a rewritten HTTP stack, enhanced NSF core code, and optimizations to iNotes Web Access (iWA) code mean that performance of not only iWA but all Notes clients and Domino servers is improved dramatically.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Building dynamic collapsible views for Web applications
Collapsible, categorized views are a feature of Notes applications you can extend to the Web by using JavaScript to manipulate small views for Netscape 4.7x/6.2 and Internet Explorer 5 and above. Example code is provided.
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04 Nov 2002 |
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Creating Context-Sensitive Help for Notes/Domino 6 Applications
This article updates the LDD Today article, "Creating Context-Sensitive Help for Applications," written for R5, to describe enhancements in Notes/Domino 6 including the onHelp event, @GetField, and @GetFocusTable, with new example code and databases.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Start using Domino 6 Server Health Monitoring now!
Domino Server Health Monitor, part of IBM Tivoli Analyzer for Lotus Domino, is a tool that watches, analyzes, and reports on server status. It is usable with any Domino server that can produce Platform Statistics, which includes Domino 6 and most Domino 5 installations.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Saving time with Notes 6 Calendar and Scheduling
Design of Notes 6 calendar and scheduling focused on how users think about and perform their jobs. The result: a more "natural" C&S. This article describes new features and user-interface improvements that result in a time-saving time-management tool.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Notes 6 Technical Overview
A technical overview of new features in the Notes 6 client aimed at improving ease of use, enhancing the premier mail, calendar and scheduling, and task management client, improving performance, and streamlining deployment and administration.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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LEI 6 Technical Overview
IBM Lotus Enterprise Integrator for Domino 6 (LEI 6) focuses on quality, usability, and performance. It introducesa new set of activities (collectively referred to as Advanced RealTime Activities) and a significantly improved user interface.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Early adoption of Notes/Domino 6 at IBM
An interview with James Grigsby and Cynthia Mamacos, who coordinated IBM's internal Notes/Domino 6 Early Deployment program. This article discusses the lessons of early deployment at IBM for other early adopter organizations.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Bonding with User Security in Notes 6
This article describes the User Security dialog box, new in Notes 6. It's an easy-to-use interface that unifies user security controls and adds new features like Smartcard login.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Be the authority on the Domino 6 Certificate Authority
Implementing the enhanced Domino 6 certificate authority (CA), which issues and maintains Notes and Internet digital certificates. CA-issued Internet certificates are now compliant with security industry standards, such as X.509 v3 and PKIX.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Domino URL cheat sheet
This article, updated for Domino 6, explains the URLs Domino uses to access servers, databases, and other Web site pieces. Use these URL commands to design links or enter commands directly into a browser to navigate a site or reach components quickly.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Domino Designer 6 Technical Overview
Domino Designer 6 is expanded to match the ever-larger concept of what a Domino application is. It has more capabilities to manage complex applications, reuse code, create Web presentation elements, develop databases, and create and manage agents.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Domino 6 Technical Overview
New features in Domino 6 improve the Domino messaging and collaboration server's scalability and performance, administration, and security. Support for Domino Off-Line Services, Web server enhancements and clustering improvements make it more versatile.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Decoding the new Notes/Domino 6 agent features
Notes/Domino 6 makes many changes in agent security, programmability improvements, and other agent functionality. This article covers accessing remote servers, saving agents on the server, and specifying the person on whose behalf the agent is running.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Building Web applications in Domino 6: Web site rules
Part 2 of 4: This article discusses how to use the Web Site Rule document in Domino 6 to control the interpretation of incoming URLs in ways that allow you to create user-friendly navigation independent of the site's physical organization.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Building Web applications in Domino 6: Accessing and protecting the file system
Part 3 of 4: This article, a follow-up to the LDD Today article, "Building Web applications in Domino 6: Web site rules," covers the directory rules, which allow Web applications to access directories located anywhere on the server, or even on another machine.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Building Web applications in Domino 6: A tutorial on Web site addressing
Part 1 of 4: The Web Site Rule document in the Server\Internet Sites view in the Domino Directory is new to Domino 6. This article covers using the Domino 6 server Web Site document, setting up a default Web site, and mapping a Web site to an IP address.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: A sampling of new Domino 6 variables
Professor INI examines several server-related variables new in Domino 6. Some are associated with components of Domino functionality -- for example, the HTTP server or Java. Others are related to new Domino 6 features, such as full access administrator.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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The New Domino 6 NotesBench workloads: Heavier by request!
This article describes the NotesBench workloads for Domino 6 and explores how workload usage patterns are defined, and changes between Domino 6 workloads and R5 workloads.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Choosing a platform for Domino 6: Storage vendors
This article, the second on hardware configurations for Domino, asks storage vendors, What are the advantages of running Domino on your platform? and reports on replies from Network Appliance Inc, IBM Network-Attached Storage, and IBM eServer iSeries.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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What's cool about the Notes/Domino 6 UI
LDD asked the Notes/Domino development team to what they thought the coolest, most useful UI changes in Notes/Domino 6 were. Here are the results -- great tips for every area of Notes.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Lessons learned from the Notes/Domino 6 Early Deployment program
The Notes/Domino 6 Early Deployment program gave organizations deploying test versions of Notes/Domino 6 support from the Notes/Domino development teams. In this article those team members talk about lessons these early deployment customers learned.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Building Web applications in Domino 6: Browser caching and response header rules
Part 4 of 4: This article looks at the final type of rule you can create using the Web Site Rule document that's new in Domino 6: HTTP response header rules, which an application developer can be used to improve the performance of browser caching.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Making Web browsers look smarter with Domino 6
The Web preferences feature in Domino 6 uses an automatic, built-in virtual URL to create two persistent browser cookies that set time zone and regional preferences for Web users. This article shows how to set up and use Web preferences.
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01 Oct 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: Sametime Notes.ini variables
Stepping over to Sametime, Professor INI says there's only one documented NOTES.INI variable dedicated to Sametime 3.0, STPurgeMeetingPastDays, several others that can affect how Sametime runs -- and some undocumented variables that are best left alone
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Same place, Sametime with Chris Price
An interview with the Sametime team's software architect looks at the server-side architecture of Sametime and especially the Enterprise Meeting Server (EMS), which provides centralized delivery of meeting services in a multi-server environment.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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New features in QuickPlace 3.0
QuickPlace 3.0 offers many features for end users (the My Places listing, real-time awareness and chat), designers (it's easier to use PlaceType templates to refresh Place design), and administrators (the QPTool for administration and much more).
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Extending QuickPlace workflow
This article explores the customization of QuickPlace workflow with an example that extends QuickPlace's out-of-the-box capabilities by providing a Java PlaceBot for automatically moving selected documents into an appropriate folder.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Adding calendar roll-up to QuickPlace
This article demonstrates how to create a LotusScript Placebot that combines multiple QuickPlace calendars into one interface, a process called calendar roll-up. It covers QuickPlace architecture and includes example code.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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A tour of Sametime 3.0 servlets
The Sametime 3.0 server relies on Java servlets to handle server configuration and administration. A working knowledge of servlet managers and the Sametime servlets will help you better understand how to deploy and maintain a Sametime 3.0 server.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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SIPing with Sametime
This article introduces the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIP support in Sametime 3.0. It covers Sametime's support for encryption of instant messages via the Sametime SIP Gateway available with Sametime 3.0 + Service Pack 1.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: QuickPlace Notes.ini variables
Professor INI gets in step with the times and discusses NOTES.INI variables that control the server cache, a new feature in QuickPlace 3.0 that can significantly improve response time of the QuickPlace server.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Comparing QuickPlace 3.0 with QuickPlace 2.0.8
This article reports on the Lotus Product Introduction Engineering team's comparison of QuickPlace 3.0 performance to 2.0.8. Conclusion: QuickPlace 3.0 performance is significantly faster than QuickPlace 2.0.8.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Troubleshooting your Sametime audio problems
If you are having difficulty with a microphone when using Sametime, try these tips. (If the fix involves changing the device in Sametime Connect's Options - Preferences dialog box. you must stop all of your browser windows and re-join the meeting.)
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Best practices for Sametime broadcast services
This article discusses Sametime's Broadcast Services for Sametime server administrators. It reviews the Sametime meeting tools and explores issues that make broadcasts different from other types of online meetings and suggests some solutions.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Ten things you need to know about deploying QuickPlace 3.0
This article lists 10 important pieces of information to help you plan your QuickPlace 3.0 deployment and integration with other Lotus technologies like DOLS and Sametime to enhance and extend the QuickPlace collaboration environment.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Introducing the Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server
This article describes the Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server (EMS), a J2EE application that provides clustering for fail-over, load-balancing and administration, and a centralized Meeting Finder for a group of Domino-based Sametime servers.
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03 Sep 2002 |
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Disabling QuickPlace ActiveX controls to increase bandwidth
Tip: One way to increase your bandwidth is to disable the ActiveX controls on your QuickPlace server or in your individual QuickPlaces. (Remember, however, that the QuickPlace Upload control is an ActiveX control.
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02 Sep 2002 |
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Adding and authenticating users in LearningSpace
This article presents a technical description of LearningSpace 5.0.1 methods for adding and then authenticating users. of these features. It also looks at the Single Logon feature, which streamlines user authentication for multiple Collaboration servers.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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The hitchhiker's guide to Sametime deployment at IBM
This article describes how IBM architected a deployment of Sametime instant messaging and awareness scaled to serve the company's 330,000 users. It also looks at the history of instant messaging and the future of Sametime inside IBM.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Knowledge in the palm of your hand
This article describes Lotus Discovery Server Everyplace, how to download it from the LDD Today Sandbox, install it on a Palm OS-based PDA, and use it to take "snapshots" of your most valuable Discovery Server information to use while disconnected.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Customizing Lotus Extended Search Web templates
Part 1 of 2: This article describes how to create a Web template that interacts with Extended Search Java servlets and Java Beans, and how to use HTML and the custom Extended Search tags to customize these templates.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Best practices for Mobile Notes applications
The "microclient" devices that run Mobile Notes require a major shift in application development strategies. This article takes a look at the limitations of these devices and offers tips for developing or adapting applications for the mobile environment.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: Router variables
This month, Professor INI discusses NOTES.INI variables that affect how the Domino mail router runs. He focuses on variables dedicated to router operation, but notes that there are other variables with at least some connection to the router.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Network compression in Domino 6
This article explores the new network compression feature in Notes/Domino 6 and addresses questions that include, How much network bandwidth do you save with compression? and How does network compression affect server performance?
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Choosing a platform for Domino 6: Hardware platform vendors
This article asks hardware vendors, What are the advantages of running Domino on your platform? Replies come from Sun, COMPAQ (now HP ProLiant servers), HP (HP-UX), IBM eServer pSeries, IBM eServer iSeries, IBM eServer zSeries, and IBM eServer xSeries.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Making Web applications act like Notes applications
This tip shows you how to script the JavaScript onDblClick and onKeyPress events to edit a document when it is double-clicked and to close a document when the Escape key is pressed, just like a Notes application.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Going more (Quick)Places
An interview with members of the QuickPlace development team dives deeper into new features of QuickPlace 3.0 to explore the QPTool administration tool, the Place Catalog, PlaceTypes, Web caching, and Search Places.
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01 Aug 2002 |
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Policy-based system administration with Domino 6
Policy-based system administration is a way to centrally define, organize, and manage the policy-related information and settings stored in the Domino Directory. This article looks at policy hierarchies, tools and examples of using policies.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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What's new in Lotus Extended Search 3.7
This artice covers new features in IBM Lotus Extended Search 3.7 including support for additional Web application servers and OS platforms, Data Source Links for Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Access, data source wizards, and Java API support.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Importing a file system taxonomy into a K-map
This follow-up to the LDD Today article, "Creating meaningful K-map taxonomies," looks at how to jump-start an inclusive K-map by importing an existing file hierarchy as the basis for a taxonomy scheme. A sample Java program, Taxonomy Import, is included.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Going (Quick)Places with Charlie Hill
An interview with Charlie Hill, product designer for QuickPlace 3.0. Re-architected Java and XML, version 3.0 exposes APIs to integrate QuickPlace with Web portals, and allows automation of functions like expiration policies or departmental cross-charges.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Domino.Doc 3.5 technical overview
This article discusses Domino.Doc 3.5 and how to integrate it with Office 2000, other ODMA-compliant applications, and non-ODMA compliant applications, and email. It also discusses the Desktop Administrator interface for configuring Domino.Doc.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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A preview of Sametime 3.0
What's new in Sametime 3.0 -- including Sametime Connect client enhancements like file transfers, new administration tools, new features for Sametime meetings, and additions to the Sametime Software Development Kit (SDK) top a long list of new features.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Creating a Mobile Notes application with Domino Everyplace Enterprise
This article introduces Domino Everyplace Enterprise (DEE) for mobile and wireless devices. It explains how to install DEE and includes example code you can use to develop a test Mobile Notes application for a Palm OS-based PDA device.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Rules-of-thumb for monitoring Sun Solaris statistics
This article focuses on performance of the Sun Solaris operating system, and interpretation of operating statistics. It also suggests some possible OS tuning changes that may help performance.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Starting and stopping Domino with a batch file
This tip shows you how to create a batch file to start and stop your local Domino server on Windows NT, 2000, or XP. Create desktop shortcuts to run the batch file and stop or start the server.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Finding focus in your Web forms
When a Domino form is rendered in a Web browser, no focus is set on any field. This tip shows how to use JavaScript to set the focus (that is, place the cursor) in the first field of a Domino form when the document is opened either to read or to edit.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: Variables that affect iNotes Web Access
The important thing with iNotes Web Access, says Professor INI, is to distinguish between new variables introduced with the product and existing variables that must be set a particular way so iNotes Web Access runs properly. He discusses some of both.
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01 Jul 2002 |
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Using Domino.Doc to manage QuickPlaces
This article describes a process to allow fast access to content from older QuickPlaces in a new QuickPlace by integrating QuickPlace with Domino.Doc so that QuickPlace users can search directly within Domino.Doc.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Selecting and configuring Discovery Server data repositories
This article offers offers guidance on analyzing the format and organization of the data in your repositories and configuring Data Repository forms and Field Maps to so your spiders collect the best data for Discovery Server.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Rules-of-thumb for monitoring Windows NT/2000 and Domino statistics
This article, the first of a series, focuses on performance of the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. It summarizes OS statistics and resource usage bottleneck thresholds known to Domino performance engineers and suggests some tuning tips.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Removing invitations from your Inbox but not your Calendar
This tip shows two ways to remove meeting invitations from your inbox without removing them from your Calendar as well.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Creating a return receipt indicator
Tip: Add a line of code to the untitled attachment column (that is, the first column in the view) of your mail template Inbox folder ($Inbox) to display an icon identifying messages that include a return receipt request.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: Calendar variables
Judging from Professor INI's mailbag, it's obvious that many people want to use their NOTES.INI file to gain control over their Calendar settings. What's not so obvious is where to find those settings. The Professor takes a look.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Jim Rouleau on Domino 6 server availability
An interview with the project leader for RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) for Domino on the Domino 6 server's automatic fault recovery features, which helps speed restarts and minimize downtime.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Creating meaningful K-map taxonomies
This article offers advice on building K-map taxonomies for Lotus Discovery Server -- visual representations of what your organization knows. This article advises on choosing between types of taxonomy schemes and who should be involved in the process.
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04 Jun 2002 |
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Customizing Lotus Workflow: Enhancing approval processes
This article shows how to customize approval processes using LotusScript, JavaScript, and formulas with the Lotus Workflow Architect to perform field-level validation, and create a decision activity that loops back on itself.
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01 May 2002 |
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Understanding the architecture of LearningSpace
Lotus LearningSpace is a client-server framework for managing and delivering online courses. This article looks at that framework and its components, including a third-party RDBMS, and the array of distance-learning features they provide.
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01 May 2002 |
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Setting up and testing Domino.Doc archiving with Tivoli Storage Manager
This article discusses the basics of using Domonio.Doc for archiving and retrieval, and explores the details of setting up, testing, and troubleshooting archiving with the Domino.Doc Storage Manager add-in and Tivoli Storage Manager.
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01 May 2002 |
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Perspectives from Jeanette Horan
The VP of development and support for Lotus discusses customer and developer relations efforts and Lotus's short-term and long-term development priorities such as Notes/Domino 6, collaboration on a J2EE platform, and open-source technologies like Linux.
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01 May 2002 |
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Creating customized QuickPlace forms
How to create a custom QuickPlace form from an HTML file: Example code covers several features include an ActiveX control to create a field for attaching Adobe PDF files, and JavaScript that builds the URLs needed to download or display them.
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01 May 2002 |
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Cool tools for Sametime
This article discusses tools you can use to set up and maintain Sametime, including checklists, monitoring charts, and using the downloadable NPing and JPing tools to diagnose connection problems.
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01 May 2002 |
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Introduction to Lotus Extended Search
This article presents the architecture and components of Extended Search, discusses features of Release 3.5, and previews the upcoming IBM Lotus Extended Search Release 3.7 coming in mid-2002.
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01 May 2002 |
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A preview of Lotus Discovery Server 2.0
This article describes knowledge management (KM) and its benefits, then focuses on Lotus Discovery Server enhancements in version 2.0, including a revamped K-map user interface and editor and easier installation, setup, and maintenance.
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01 May 2002 |
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Assessing the impacts of new transaction logging features
This article looks at three new transaction logging features in Domino 6 and discusses their performance impacts based analysis done by Domino performance engineers -- the lock manager, the improved flush algorithm, and view logging.
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01 May 2002 |
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Adding Notes links to QuickPlace
If you're using QuickPlace and have some of your information in a Notes/Domino database, this tip shows you how to connect the two by adding links to selected Notes documents, views, and databases to your QuickPlace.
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01 May 2002 |
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A quick font change for mail messages
This tip shows how to change the default font for composing memos without using Domino Designer (or changing the NOTES.INI file). This tip uses a SmartIcon and a simple formula, which you easily modify to suit your needs.
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01 May 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: Full-text and Domain Search variables
This month, the Professor reviews a host of NOTES.INI settings for full-text indexing, Domain Search, and the Domain Index -- most of them not covered in the Release 5.0.3 documentation because they shipped with later Maintenance Releases (MRs).
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01 May 2002 |
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Exploiting dynamic HTML: Lessons from iNotes Web Access
Dynamic HTML (DHTML), a combination of several Web technologies, helps developers create the best possible user interface for Web applications. This article explores DHTML using the much praised user interface of iNotes Web Access as an example.
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01 May 2002 |
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Creating a fully initialized, but empty database replica
This tip shows how to create a database replica without documents by creating a dummy formula for the Document by selection formula option on the Advanced tab of the Replication Settings dialog.
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11 Apr 2002 |
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In the winner's circle again
For the third time, Iris Today (predecessor to LDD Today) has been honored with a STACI award from the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical Communications (STC) for Excellence for the 2001 special issue on Security.
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04 Feb 2002 |
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Generating sequential numbers in replicated applications
This article presents a solution to a common need in Domino applications -- sequential numbers that are unique across all replicas of an application. The downloadable AutoNumbering application includes sample design elements to show its functionality.
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04 Feb 2002 |
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Jeff Calow on new Web technologies in Domino 6
Jeff Calow coordinated Web technologies in Domino 6. In this interview he talks about Notes/Domino 6 support features ranging from improvements to Domino Designer to a rewritten HTTP server to J2EE and Domino Objects for Java.
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04 Feb 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI: From the mailbag
Professor INI tries to keep up with the mail, discussing questions about NOTES.INI variables including the Admin Best Practices discussion database, undocumented variables associated with SmartIcons, using a 5.0.3 NOTES.INI file with 5.0.5, and more.
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04 Feb 2002 |
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Analyzing system resources with platform statistics
This article introduces a new Iris Today column, Performance Perspectives, in which the Iris Performance Team will share results of its work. This month: Platform statistics, the operating system statistics tracked and output by Domino.
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04 Feb 2002 |
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iNotes Web Access performance analysis
This article examines benchmark numbers using the R5iNotes workload on hardware configurations in the performance lab and looks at the load an R5iNotes user puts on a Domino server, compared to an R5Mail user, and offers performance and deployment tips.
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02 Jan 2002 |
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Getting a handle on an unsaved document's properties
Until a new document is saved it and its properties exist only in memory. This tip shows how to create a LotusScript formula to get a handle on properties of a newly composed document by declaring and setting the document in the form's Postopen event.
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02 Jan 2002 |
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Ask Professor INI - Programming language toolkit variables
Part 3 of 3: In this column, Professor INI continues his survey of NOTES.INI variables associated with Notes programming, discussing variables related to the Notes/Domino programming language toolkits. for C and C++, COM, Java/CORBA, and NotesSQL.
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02 Jan 2002 |
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Join the search with John Curtis
The leader of the full-text search development team looks at the history of search and the features that make Notes/Domino search stand out. He also talks about what's new and what's next for Lotus Discovery Server Domain Search, and Rnext.
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02 Jan 2002 |
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Mallareddy Karra on the Domino Console
The Java-based Domino Console new in Rnext gives administrators secure remote access to the server console. In this interview, its lead developer discusses its origins in UNIX, its benefits, and why its creators decided to develop it in Java.
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04 Dec 2001 |
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A Notes/Domino solution for the pros
The IBM Professional Reporting Organization Solution (PROS), built on Domino and a core package of custom databases, has been providing flexible, secure managment of high volumes of scouting data for nine Major League baseball teams for five years.
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04 Dec 2001 |
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Creating a quick survey
This tip shows how Domino can help you very quickly field a simple, short survey by creating a database and questionnaire form, and using Actions - Forward in Designer to push the form out to its recipients in mail.
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04 Dec 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Who is Professor INI?
On his first anniversary as an Iris Today columnist, the good Professor reveals his secret identity as . . . several people -- Dick McCarrick, Kevin MacDonald, Amy Smith, and Phil Bocko, who talk about how they approach the subject of the Notes INI file.
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04 Dec 2001 |
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Enhancing e-mail security with S/MIME
This article introduces S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension), looks at public key cryptography, x.509 certificates, and their role in S/MIME authentication, and discusses how to use S/MIME with Domino, Notes, and e-mail applications.
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04 Dec 2001 |
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Developing an advanced settings tool
This article is a follow-up to the Iris Today article, "Applications settings tool: an alternative to profiles." Downloadable code provides examples of the enhanced tool's core design elements which provide many UI and functionality improvements.
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01 Nov 2001 |
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What's in store for the Domino 6 database
A co-project leader of the Database team discusses changes to the database subsystem coming in Rnext, including reducing disk space demands with a Single Copy Template, LZ1 compression for attachments, streaming network transfers, and view logging.
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01 Nov 2001 |
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Notes.net Exposed: How we test Domino beta software
This article looks at the Notes.net Web site's role in deploying and testing early releases of Domino. The ability for Domino to run successfully on Notes.net is an official product requirement for major releases, such the upcoming Notes/Domino 6.
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01 Nov 2001 |
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ID and password recovery
ID and Password Recovery (also called ID Recovery) is built into Lotus Notes R5 and allows administrators to recover lost IDs from backup copies. This article explains how it works and how to implement ID and Password Recovery step-by-step.
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01 Nov 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Java/CORBA and JVM variables
In response to a number of programming related questions, Professor INI decided to run through all the programming related NOTES.INI variables. Last month, we looked at variables associated with LotusScript, Lotus Connectors, and the formula language. This month, we move on to variables that relate to Java and answer the question:
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01 Nov 2001 |
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Preventing users from editing [Replication or Save Conflict] documents
This tip shows how to program the QueryOpen or QuerySave event (or both) of a form to keep users from editing Conflict documents created in it.
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01 Nov 2001 |
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Command Performance 3: The Domino Performance Team
In this interview, the Domino Performance Team talks about their dual goals of supporting performance analysis on the Domino server and development and quality-engineering review of performance tools, and the art and science of performance testing.
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01 Oct 2001 |
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DXL roadmap: Understanding Domino's XML language
This article offers an overview of XML in the context of R5, the Lotus XML Toolkit, and Domino Rnext. It looks at the parts of XML for Domino -- the Domino DTD and DXL (Domino XML Language), the Lotus XML Toolkit, and XSLT -- and the Rnext roadmap.
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01 Oct 2001 |
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Categories on the fly
This tip shows how to use a column formula to build a quick categorized view based on the combination of several fields or temporary computed values.
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01 Oct 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Formula language, LotusScript, and Lotus Domino Connector variables
Part 1 of 3: Professor INI sets out to visit all the NOTES.INI variables related to Notes programming. In this column he discusses the formula language, LotusScript, and the Lotus Domino Connectors. He starts with a look at the Domino Designer IDE.
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01 Oct 2001 |
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Using the object-oriented features of LotusScript
This article develops five LotusScript classes that demonstrate object-oriented (OO) development techniques. It teaches how to extend existing classes and data types by composition and by inheritance. Sample code is include in the Iris Sandbox.
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01 Oct 2001 |
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Milestones in Notes/Domino security
From user IDs with passwords in Notes 1.0 to dynamic update of ECLs in Rnext, a version-by-version guide to the history of security features in Notes and Domino.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Understanding password quality
This article describes the password quality algorithm in R5 and how administrators can use the quality ratings it produces and Domino security settings to encourage users to choose better passwords to protect their ID files.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Overview of Notes/Domino security
This article provides an inventory of the security features from user IDs to hide-whens available in a Notes/Domino environment and how they support authentication of users and control access to servers, applications, and data.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Notes from Support: Password checking
This article examines how password checking is implemented in Notes/Domino, explores the intricacies of authentication with password checking, and provides some hints and tips for administering and troubleshooting the password checking process.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Notes and Domino security: Past, present, and future
An interview with three members of the Notes/Domino security team -- Alan Eldridge, Charlie Kaufman, and Katherine Spanbauer -- who discuss the role of security in the product, its evolution, current challenges, and what to expect for Rnext security.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Using field encryption in applications
This article explains the basics of encryption and shows how to implement Domino's field encryption feature in a version of the Document Library template as an example of how encryption can be built into applications.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Hiding e-mail recipients from each other
This tip shows how to send an e-mail to more than one person with each person as the main recipient and without any indication that the e-mail was sent to anyone else.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Security variables
On the occasion of an Iris Today special issue on security, Professor INI contributes a variation on the theme: an exploration of NOTES.INI security variables that affect everything from ECLs to S/MIME to Web security to SSL.
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04 Sep 2001 |
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Integrating the enterprise
This interview with members of the Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) team discusses the history of Lotus data integration tools beginning with the HiTest API and NotesPump, and new features in LEI 3.2 an future versions.
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01 Aug 2001 |
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Think globally: Creating a multilingual Notes/Domino environment
Notes/Domino has a worldwide customer base, so globalization is important. This article looks at what a a global, multilingual environment means and how Lotus deals with language versions, character sets and Unicode, international MIME, and time zones.
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01 Aug 2001 |
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Creating a Favorites SmartIcon
This tip shows how to create and program a SmartIcon that opens a group of databases.
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01 Aug 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI: Mystery variables
Professor INI takes the case of the mystery variables -- NOTES.INI variables that don't actually exist or that exist but are undocumented. In this column the Professor unravels a few of these mysteries.
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01 Aug 2001 |
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Application settings tool: an alternative to profiles
This article presents a reusable Application Settings tool and covers important development standards that increase the tool's reusability. (An advanced version of this tool is described in the LDD Today article Developing an advanced settings tool.)
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02 Jul 2001 |
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Meet the developer: Damien Katz on the Domino 6 formula language
In this interview, a lead developer for the formula language talks about Domino 6 enhancements and why it took a complete rewrite of Ray Ozzie's compute engine to add looping and list manipulation functionality.
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02 Jul 2001 |
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Face to face with Notes designer Bill Andreas
As product designer for the Notes client and Domino Designer, Bill Andreas has been a leader in developing the Notes/Domino user interface. He talks about its history, the influence of the Internet, and plans for Notes/Domino 6 and the future.
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02 Jul 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Low-priority mail notifications and more
Professor INI starts off by explaining how you can control notification to users about the low priority status of a mail message and then moves on to a smattering of other topics -- all in answer to your pressing NOTES.INI questions.
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02 Jul 2001 |
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Creating a custom letterhead
This tip shows how to create a custom letterhead for your company's Notes R5 mail by adding the necessary graphics files to the image resources of your company's mail template.
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02 Jul 2001 |
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Overview of the Domino 6 Web Application Server
(Contents of this article have been superceded by the LDD Today articles Domino 6 technical overview, Domino Designer 6 technical overview. and the Building Web applications in Domino 6 series of three articles.)
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01 Jun 2001 |
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Understanding iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook
This article focuses on technical aspects of iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook to help administrators prepare to migrate from Exchange server to Domino while allowing their users to remain on the Outlook client.
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01 Jun 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Using debugging variables
Professor INI knows that one of the best ways to improve application performance is to use debugging to reveal why some actions take so much longer than others. So this month he takes a look at some of the NOTES.INI settings related to debugging.
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01 Jun 2001 |
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Generating alternating row colors for Web views
This tip shows how to use a JavaScript function in the JSHeader to add alternating row colors to R5 Web views. (The Domino 6 server automatically supports alternating row colors for both Notes and Web views.) This tip does not work if the view is categorized and has lines per row set to anything other than 1.
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01 Jun 2001 |
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Notes.net Exposed: The Lotusphere 2001 contest database
Notes.net's Lotusphere survey and contest required a database that would automate entry validation, handle survey forms, and randomly select 16 winners each day. This article looks at the database developed by Knowledge Resource Group to do the job.
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01 May 2001 |
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Jekyll & Hyde: Linux or Windows 2000?
In this joint interview Kenneth Brunsen (representing Linux) and Joe Linehan (representing Windows 2000) discuss the differences between the two platforms, the way Domino works with both, and plans for Domino/Windows 2000 and Domino/Linux in Rnext.
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01 May 2001 |
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An alternative to the OpenServer URL command
This article discusses a LotusScript agent that provides an alternative to the OpenServer URL for Domino R5.0.6a and later. It provides a much more flexible, controllable user interface for selecting from the list of databases on a Domino server.
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01 May 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Preferences and other matters
Professor INI gives the preferences variable preferred treatment and discusses NOTES.INI variables related to preventing mail spamming and the Extension Manager, among other topics.
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01 May 2001 |
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Jump ahead with type-ahead
This tip tells how to use the type-ahead feature in mail, Bookmarks, the Replicator page and other areas of Notes as an accelerator key.
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01 May 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI: From the mailbag
Once again, Professor INI dips into his ever-present mailbag to answer your questions about NOTES.INI variables such as ECLSetup and AdminLastServer.
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02 Apr 2001 |
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On the move with the Domino Everyplace Enterprise Server team
Developers of the Domino Everyplace Enterprise Server (DEES) talk about its three components -- a sync server for offline applications, a development tool, and the Mobile Notes client -- and its support for custom Domino applications on handheld devices.
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02 Apr 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI: From the mailbag
Once again Professor INI answers your NOTES.INI mail, discussing questions concerning variables for ECLs, full-text indexing, TCP/IP port addressing, and replication.
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02 Apr 2001 |
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Adding a priority icon to the Inbox
This tip shows how to add an action that displays a priority icon to messages in your Inbox so that you are reminded to return to them later.
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02 Apr 2001 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Creating expiring registration
The Notes.net site's iNotes Web Access demo expires user accounts after seven days. Example code shows how two agents do the job: Timekeeper deletes seven-day-old Person documents from the Domino Directory and Housekeeper deletes their mail files.
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01 Mar 2001 |
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The Discovery Server Team
This interview with the Discovery Server team explores Lotus's Knowledge Discovery System (KDS), focusing particularly on the recently announced back-end, the Discovery Server, and tools including K-station, a knowledge management portal.
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01 Mar 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI: From the mailbag
Professor INI tries to keep up with the mail, discussing questions about NOTES.INI variables for full-text indexing and more.
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01 Mar 2001 |
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Displaying the contents of rich text fields in views
This tip shows how to use the @Abstract function to display the contents of rich text fields in a view.
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01 Mar 2001 |
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Brian White and Peter Mierswa on implementing ASP features in Domino
Brian White of Lotus and Peter Mierswa of Iris talk about the Application Service Provider (ASP) project for Domino Rnext. An ASP hosts applications for their customers at the ASP's data center and provides access to those applications via a network.
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01 Feb 2001 |
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Security for Web-based mail: A case study
Web-based access to mail is increasingly popular among Domino users, but it increases the risk of security problems. This article inventories Web mail architectures and examines potential threats and security countermeasures you can take.
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01 Feb 2001 |
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Managing and administering Web users
A primer on supporting Web browser access to Domino services. Topics include setting up access to servers and databases, managing mail and calendar expectations, and understanding the security model associated with browser access.
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01 Feb 2001 |
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Domino development with servlets
This article provides basic information about Java servlets in Domino R5: how they differ from agents; how to use the Java Servlet Development Kit (JSDK), and to set up your server to work with servlets. It explores example servlets in detail.
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01 Feb 2001 |
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Creating a successful extranet with Domino (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: This article focuses on the administrative needs of an extranet or portal site, including registration services, password services for users, and contact services such as getting help, providing feedback, and making requests.
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02 Jan 2001 |
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Taking your Domino applications to the Web
This article provides a framework for analyzing your Notes application in preparation for redeploying it as a Web application and offers tips and techniques for making your applications shine on the Web.
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02 Jan 2001 |
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Exercising XML with Domino Designer
This primer on how to work with XML in Domino Designer shows how to make Domino applications both consumers and producers of XML data. It includes two sample databases and requires the R5.0.3 Notes client and Designer, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5.
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02 Jan 2001 |
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Creating a mail signature SmartIcon
This tip shows how to create a SmartIcon that adds a signature to your e-mail that includes graphics and styled text.
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02 Jan 2001 |
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Ask Professor INI - Timely information in NOTES.INI
What better time than the New Year for Professor INI to hold class on NOTES.INI time and date settings? He starts with information about the NOTES.INI time and date variables, and then moves on to answer some specific time and date questions.
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02 Jan 2001 |
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Setting the value of new computed fields
This LotusScript agent will set the value of a new computed field for all selected documents in a view.
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01 Jan 2001 |
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Send us your tips!
An invitation to Notes.net to submit tips and the offer of an incentive -- a Notes.net mug.
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01 Dec 2000 |
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Putting the right spin on Domino server performance (Part 3)
Part 3 of 3: Monitoring memory utilization and allocation are keys to managing server performance. This article also offers tips on improving application performance by limiting server-intensive elements such as Rich Text fields and script libraries. This is the third in a series of articles that identifies and clarifies issues and misconceptions that Domino administrators, users, consultants, and Business Partners often confront.
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01 Dec 2000 |
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Creating a successful extranet with Domino (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2: This article focuses on developing tools for managing the content of an extranet or portal site (and empowering others to share in the management as well) and setting appropriate access for contributors and users.
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01 Dec 2000 |
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Anatomy of a Domino e-commerce Web site (Part 3)
Part 3 of 3: This article examines the design and coding of the shopping cart and the ordering process, including the finalization of cart contents, collecting customer information, and basic credit card processing. Example code is included.
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01 Dec 2000 |
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Quality counts: The Mail and C&S Quality Engineering Team
At Iris, testers are integrated into the development team, and work together from the design phase on, a recognition of the important place of testing in a product's success, say the members of the Iris Mail and C&A QE team.
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01 Dec 2000 |
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Ask Professor INI: Managing memory allocation using NOTES.INI variables
Professor INI looks at a couple of NOTES.INI variables that can help fine-tune management of memory resources on a Domino server -- PercentAvailSysResources in 5.0.4 and later, and NSF_Buffer_Pool_Size in 5.0.3 and earlier.
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01 Dec 2000 |
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Jason Dumont and Vinod Seraphin on iNotes Web Access
Interviews with iNotes Web Access product manager Jason Dumont and lead architect Vinod Seraphin look in detail at goals for, and development technologies (including DHTML and XML islands) behind the innovative Web client for mail and PIM information.
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01 Nov 2000 |
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Designing accessible Notes applications
This article discusses problems people with disabilities encounter in R5 applications, catalogs accessibility issues with keyboards, field help, graphics, and Web navigation, and offers guidelines and tips from the IBM Accessibility Center checklists.
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01 Nov 2000 |
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Anatomy of a Domino e-commerce Web site (Part 2)
Part 2 of 3: This article looks at the design and coding of three important aspects of any e-commerce site: session tracking, add-to-cart shopping capabilities, and product availability notifications. Example code is included.
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01 Nov 2000 |
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Notes from Support: Reader Names fields can impact performance
A Domino 4.5.7 application nearly ground to a halt because of a bad interaction between Reader Names fields and a large All documents view. The solution? Categorize and collapse the view and split it up into smaller views. R5 offered further improvements.
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01 Nov 2000 |
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Changing to the Web palette
This tip shows how to change from the default Lotus color palette to the Web color palette, a set of colors that well across different Web browsers and platforms.
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01 Nov 2000 |
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Ask Professor INI - Introducing Professor INI
This column introduces Professor INI, who will put the NOTES.INI file and the variables it controls under the microscope, discussing documented -- and undocumented -- variables and when to use the INI settings . . . and when not to.
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01 Nov 2000 |
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Iris at the Sydney 2000 Olympics 10-3
Part 5 of 5: Some stats -- FanMail (based on the Notes client in kiosk mode) handled more than 360,000 messages; the official Olympic Games Web site had 10.9 billion hits from 8.5 million unique users and peaked at 1.2 million hits a minute.
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03 Oct 2000 |
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Anatomy of a Domino e-commerce Web site (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3: This article examines the techniques used to transform an online catalog into a true e-commerce site. The design and coding of site navigation and searching take advantage of such features as shared fields and single-category views.
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02 Oct 2000 |
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Being Administrator designer Thomas Gumz
The product designer for the Domino Administrator client talks about what it's like to be a designer, reaction to Administrator R5, and future features of the Administrator.
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02 Oct 2000 |
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Creating Web sites for Domino using HTML authoring tools
When to use a third-party tool and when to use Domino Designer to design a site? Sometimes you might want to use both. Read about Domino Design Components, Domino Import Service (no longer available) and other tips for blending an HTML tool with Domino.
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02 Oct 2000 |
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Finding all the replicas on a server
Tip: Press and hold down Shift-Ctrl to find all the replicas of all the databases that you have bookmarked. (On a Macintosh, the keystroke is Shift-Command. The Command key is the one with the apple on it.)
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02 Oct 2000 |
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Inside Notes: Documentation about Notes architecture
Inside Notes, available for download from the Documentation Library on Notes.net, is aimed at an audience that must make technical decisions about the product. Experienced Notes hands will find it a useful reference for expanding their knowledge, too.
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02 Oct 2000 |
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Iris at the Sydney 2000 Olympics 9-21
Part 4 of 5: With the Games under way, the pace of things have picked up in Sydney. Art Thomas and Mike Gagnon, our on-the-spot Iris representatives, report IBM's Technology Command Center where a few hundred people monitor the computer systems.
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21 Sep 2000 |
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Iris at the Sydney 2000 Olympics 9-15
Part 3 of 5: With opening ceremonies days away, Art Thomas and Mike Gagnon pass the Olympic cellphone and report that the Domino installation is extremely well-behaved; it's the weather that's causing the problems.
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15 Sep 2000 |
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Iris at the Sydney 2000 Olympics 9-12
Part 2 of 5: Iris employees Mike Gagnon and Art Thomas are in Sydney to provide Notes and Domino on-site support for IBM's systems at the Olympic Games. They arrived early and report that after a couple of weeks all software is pretty much locked down.
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12 Sep 2000 |
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Building standard interfaces without changing your applications
This article shows how to use R5 framesets, outlines, and pages design components to create a navigational format that lends a standardized look and feel to existing applications without changing their design. Example code is included.
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01 Sep 2000 |
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Putting the right spin on Domino server performance (Part 2)
Part 2 of 3: This article discusses steps administrators can take to improve system performance, including adjusting system parameters, optimizing user files, and implementing sound application development practices.
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01 Sep 2000 |
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Broadcast messages in a dialog box
This tip shows how to use the R5 Domino Administrator client to broadcast a message to all Notes clients in a dialog box, rather than in the status bar. (Use this tip with caution because users must clear the dialog by clicking OK or pressing Enter.)
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01 Sep 2000 |
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Introduction to Domino performance tuning
This article introduces the basics of analyzing Notes/Domino performance to identify bottlenecks at the OS and application levels. It discusses performance testing tools and analyzing test results, and lists resources for tuning and capacity planning.
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01 Sep 2000 |
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By Design: The Iris Template Team
Four members of the Iris template team -- Debbie Branco, Scott O'Keefe, Richard Watts, and Murray Hurvitz -- discuss what templates are, details of those they're responsible for, and some ideas for future template features.
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01 Sep 2000 |
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Revealing the hidden secrets of "hide-when"
Hide-whens are an important tool for building a quality user interface, but sometimes they seem to have a mind of their own. This article explores the ins and outs of using hide-whens, and offers tips on some of the problems you may encounter.
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01 Sep 2000 |
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R5 Bookmarks: Adding customized images
You can substitute a custom image for the standard bookmark icon used by the Notes client. This article tells you how to prepare a graphic image, save it in an application and use it, and points to a set of customized icons in the Iris Sandbox.
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01 Aug 2000 |
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Setting your browser to use Notes R5 for e-mail
This tip shows how to make the Notes R5 client your browser's default e-mail application -- the one it opens whenever you click on a mailto link in a Web page.
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01 Aug 2000 |
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Teach Domino new Web tricks with DHTML
This article shows how to use DHTML to work around two common annoyances in Domino Web development: one example switches between tabs of a tabbed table without hitting the server to refresh the page; another puts more than one embedded view on a form.
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01 Aug 2000 |
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Putting the right spin on Domino server performance (Part 1)
This article covers some common misconceptions about Domino performance statistics such as Mem.Allocated and Pages/Sec, and recommends some new features not yet in widespread use (although they should be).
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01 Aug 2000 |
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Command Performance 2: The Iris Domino Performance Team
This interview covers tips, insights, and information from the Performance Team (the common theme: Pay attention; use platform stats and monitoring) and some hints about what's coming up.
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01 Aug 2000 |
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Extending the Resource Reservations database
The Resource Reservations template used by Notes Calendaring & Scheduling has new features in R5. This article shows you ways you can extend the functionality of the template to customize a Resource Reservations database.
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05 Jul 2000 |
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Interview with Al Zollar
Lotus President and CEO Al Zollar talks about technology, markets, strategy, and and says he prefers continuous improvement rather than change -- improvements like being a truly global company and focusing on support, quality engineering, and products.
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30 Jun 2000 |
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View Go Up Level SmartIcon
This tip is a reminder that when you are reading in a database, the standard View Go Up Level SmartIcon will open the view that the document is in. This is a standard SmartIcon that appears when you are reading (not editing) documents.
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30 Jun 2000 |
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Quick setup of your AS/400 Dedicated Server for Domino
This article helps simplify the steps necessary to bring an AS/400 Dedicated Server for Domino (DSD) online. By following these nine steps, you should be able to configure and bring a DSD online in less than one hour.
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30 Jun 2000 |
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Java mail forwarding agent
This article shows how to use Java and Notes R5 to develop an intelligent forwarding agent for Notes mail. Example code is provided for an agent that can flexibly process messages and run either on a schedule or when new mail arrives.
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30 Jun 2000 |
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Creating servlets for Domino with VisualAge for Java
This article shows how to create Java servlets that call Domino backend classes. It starts by going through setup of IBM VisualAge for Java Standard Edition, then creates an example servlet , debugs it, and deploys it on Domino R5.
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02 Jun 2000 |
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Fast startup of Domino Administrator
This tip shows how to accelerate the Domino Administrator client's startup by holding down the Ctrl key so that it connects to the Local file system, rather than its default behavior of reconnecting to a domain server or the last server you administered.
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02 Jun 2000 |
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Web application development with Domino Import Service 2.0
With the Domino Import Service (DIS) 2.0 and a little XML you can publish Web sites created with HTML editors or Web authoring tools from a file system to a Domino server, turning the site into an NSF file. (DIS is no longer a supported product.)
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02 Jun 2000 |
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R5 Bookmarks: Your fast, flexible path to information
Notes R5 bookmarks may look familiar to browser users, but they have capabilities browser bookmarks (even the old Notes Workspace) do not. This article offers tips for managing them, changing their icons, using a bookmark as a Notes home page, and more.
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02 Jun 2000 |
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Pooter talks about Domino Off-Line Services
Carl (Pooter) Kraenzel directs the Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS) project. DOLS, he says in this interview, unbundles the Notes replication experience so that users of Domino Web applications can download and work with them offline.
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02 Jun 2000 |
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Configuring Sametime servers in your Domino environment
This article shows how to integrate Sametime servers in a Domino environment. It explains in detail the Sametime server configuration used at Lotus and Iris that spans Domino domains to unify several organizations into a single Sametime community.
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01 May 2000 |
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Bookmark new documents
In Notes R5, you can Bookmark almost anything. This tip shows how to Bookmark a task button. The example creates a Bookmark that, when clicked, creates a new document in the target database.
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01 May 2000 |
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Using XML data islands in Domino Designer
Using XML data islands, a feature in Internet Explorer, you can keep most of the existing design of a Domino Web application and use a little JavaScript to fetch a small amount of XML data, apply XSL, and display the island when the document is loaded.
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01 May 2000 |
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Roaming users with Pam Taylor-Paris
Being a roaming user means having your Notes desktop on any machine. In this interview, the lead designer of roaming user/multi-user features in the Notes client talks about plans for roaming user features in the next major release of Notes.
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01 May 2000 |
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Getting the most from Domino R5 user registration
This article offers tips and tricks for getting the most from the new R5 registration UI. It covers the registration queue, Domino's three methods of setting user registration defaults, and how to use registration when migrating users populations.
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01 May 2000 |
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Adding Domain Search to IE5
Domain Search in Domino R5 searches for content across a domain, in NSFs and the file system, using either a browser or a Notes client. Domain Search uses ACLs to controls the results users can see, and central administration to control what is indexed.
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03 Apr 2000 |
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Control your twisties
This tip shows how to can use the * key on the numeric keypad to exert fine control over expanding or collapsing twisties below categories or documents in a view.
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03 Apr 2000 |
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John Banks-Binici on Domino and WebSphere integration
In this interview the lead software architect for Domino/WebSphere integration talks about what WebSphere is and lays to rest rumors and misinformation about competition between WebSphere and Domino.
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03 Apr 2000 |
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Helping keep e-mail pack rats under control (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: How to use database quotas to keep a handle on the size of users' mail files -- how to set them; how to set warning thresholds and generate mail alerts when they're reached, and how to stop message delivery when a quota is exceeded.
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03 Mar 2000 |
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The Graphic Truth about Notes
The Web has made graphics are more important than ever to Domino. This article offers a primer on graphics files and formats, and how to get the best-looking graphics possible into and out of Domino applications both in Notes clients and Web browsers.
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03 Mar 2000 |
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Interview: Notes/Domino Usability Team
Kara Coyne, Eileen Driscoll, Rich Buttiglieri, and Sheri Branco discuss the role usability testing played in R5 development and how they work with development to make Notes and Domino easy to use for many types of users.
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03 Mar 2000 |
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Jerald Schoudt: HotMedia Connect for Domino
The lead architect for HotMedia Connect for Domino (HMC -- formerly Domino Media Connection Services) explains how HMC brings RealNetworks audio and video technologies to Notes and Domino, and his plans for integrating rich media with Domino applications.
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01 Feb 2000 |
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Common ground: COM access to Domino objects
As of Domino 5.0.2b you can access the back-end Domino objects from any software that supports COM. This article shows examples in Visual Basic and VBScript and discusses porting between Visual Basic and LotusScript.
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03 Jan 2000 |
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Send Notes links through the Internet
This tip shows how to send a Notes link -- a document, view, or database link -- via the Internet through an SMTP gateway to a user who has access to the target Notes database.
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03 Jan 2000 |
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Notes.net Exposed: We win again!
The Notes.net Webzine, Iris Today, has been awarded an Excellence award from the Boston chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for the R5 Special Edition of Iris Today.
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03 Jan 2000 |
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Helping keep e-mail pack rats under control (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2: This article looks at what e-mail pack rats can can do with archiving to keep the size of their Domino mail files under control and why this is important for both users and administrators.
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03 Jan 2000 |
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Andrew Wharton: Web Master
In this interview, Iris caching and performance expert Andrew Wharton talks about the Domino R5 Web server's performance and security architecture, and future enhancements to support Web-based standards like Java Server Pages (JSPs) and servlets.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Create your own formula debugger
This tip shows how to make it easier to use @Prompts in formulas as breakpoints for debugging by using an environment variable to tell formulas to display or ignore the prompts.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Using Notes to customize QuickPlace
QuickPlace is great out of the box, but that doesn't mean there's no room for customization. This article shows examples of how you can use Domino/Notes, along with the QuickPlace Developer's Kit (QDK), to further customize your QuickPlace applications.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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This just in! Understanding database subscriptions
This article introduces database subscriptions, also known as Headlines. It covers how to set up and use subscriptions, performance implications, and application design tips to designate the information a subscription delivers.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Staying alert with Execution Control Lists
This primer on execution control lists (ECLs) in Domino 5.0.2 describes how ECLs work to control anything that can be executed on a workstation, their importance in user workstation security, and how administrators can deploy and manage them effectively.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Run and RunOnServer: Adding Parameters
Release 5.0.2 of Notes/Domino enhances the ability of one agent to call another by allowing allowing the call to include the Note ID of a document that passes parameters between the agents. This article shows how with LotusScript and Java examples.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Semaphores (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: This article looks at application design and LotusScript as causes of semaphore timeouts and offers troubleshooting tips and techniques, and some R5-specific troubleshooting guidelines.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Predicting Domino cluster performance
High database availability in Domino clusters has a performance price. This article offers a predictive model that considers many factors related to users, configurations, and resources to help administrators improve resource planning.
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01 Dec 1999 |
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Take "Ctrl"
In this tip we have two ways to take "control" in a view -- that is, using the Ctrl key.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Server monitoring in R5
The server monitor, included in the Domino R5 Administrator, displays all the servers and tasks running on your network in a graphical user interface. This primer tells you how to set up the monitor and how to use it as a troubleshooting tool.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Semaphores (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2: This article discusses semaphores (software flags that ensure a server completes certain tasks before it can begin another) and why they produce timeout messages, and offers tips on how to read and troubleshoot messages.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Domino clusters (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: This article focuses on performance tests of R5 clusters. It covers new features in R5 clustering and discusses load balancing, mail workload, and cluster replicators. It offers insight into sizing a new cluster.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Notes spam mail filtering: Notes mail rules
Part 1 of 3: How to use the mail rules, a standard feature of Notes mail, to filter spam mail from individuals or entire Internet domains, and how to filter based on the subject or content of the message.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Notes spam mail filtering: Introduction
Part 1 of 3: How to use the mail rules, a standard feature of Notes mail, to filter spam mail from individuals or entire Internet domains, and how to filter based on the subject or content of the message.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Notes spam mail filtering: Domino messaging restrictions and controls
Part 2 of 3: How administrators can configure Domino messaging restrictions and controls to reduce Internet spam mail by using Configuration Settings to restrict who can send and receive Internet e-mail and control inbound connections and relay access.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Notes spam mail filtering: AntiSpamFilter agent
Part 3 of 3: This article presents an anti-spam filter agent (available for download from the Iris Sandbox) and shows how to set up and run it in your R5 mail database to filter messages based on the sender's address.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Ned Batchelder: eXtending Domino with XML
This interview with the primary architect for XML (eXtensible Markup Language) in Domino looks at the importance of XML as a new model for Web application development that separates data from presentation -- something Domino has known all along.
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01 Nov 1999 |
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Notes.net Exposed: What's new in the Registration template
This article describes the design of the new features and explains how they were implemented so you can modify the design for use on your Web site.
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01 Oct 1999 |
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Extending the Domino Administrator
This article shows how to customize and extend the interface of the Server Monitor in Domino Administrator R5 for third-party server tasks by defining new task forms in the Administrator database, domadmin.nsf.
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01 Oct 1999 |
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Domino and Notes User Assistance: Helping the customer
In this interview Domino and Notes User Assistance group members discuss changes and improvements made to Help for R5, the importance of customer contact and feedback, the Documentation Library Web site, and some ideas and plans for future releases.
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01 Oct 1999 |
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Customizing the Welcome Page
The layout and content of the Notes R5 Welcome page can easily be personalized by users. Administrators can customize the Welcome page for their companies as well. This article takes you through the steps of creating and installing a custom Welcome page.
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01 Oct 1999 |
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Centrally managing the desktop
Administrators can centrally manage user desktops through the Domino Administrator by using the dynamic client configuration features of Domino R5 -- location, connection, and account documents, bookmarks, replicas, and the Mobile Directory.
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01 Oct 1999 |
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Musical Notes: R5 update
This tip shows how to choose a new mail notification sound from within Notes -- without editing NOTES.INI, which was required in Notes 4.6.
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01 Oct 1999 |
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Command Performance: The Domino Performance Team
Performance Team members say administrators will see improvements in number of concurrent users, message throughput, and higher server availability in R5. The article includes a sidebar, "Top 10 ways to improve your server performance."
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Transaction logging
Domino R5 includes transaction logging for reliable data storage. This means not only the end of long Fixup sessions, but an overall increase in system performance. This article looks at a performance analysis of Domino transaction logging on Windows NT.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Port encryption & Buffer Pool settings
This article examines the impact of two I/O- and CPU-intensive processes on server performance in several test scenarios as a model for your own evaluation process. It describes the benchmarking tools used and the conclusions reached.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: I/O subsystems
This article looks at the performance of Domino R5 on various system configurations, with special attention to the I/O subsystems. It reviews lessons learned and makes some recommendations for I/O subsystem configurations.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: HTTP Threads settings
This article describes performance analysis of Domino Web server resource utilization on Windows NT. The test shows the impact of changing the HTTP threads setting on both server response time and resource utilization.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Handling the curves like a pro
This article examines results of six evaluation scenarios and how each configuration measured up under a particular workload. Evaluating the "curves" of the performance graphs yields an overall picture of Domino performance under a given workload.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: Domino clusters (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2: This article covers the general concepts of Domino clustering and discusses clustering performance with illustrations from from R4 testing data. It also includes recommendations from performance testing on R4.6.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Optimizing server performance: CPU scalability
Analysis of tests showing how server response time is affected by the number of CPUs running in your Domino server, and by changing the disk RAID (redundant array of independent disks) level for the Domino data directory from RAID0 to RAID5.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Improving Web site performance
This case study describes server performance monitoring and analysis in the Notes.net environment. It looks at tools and monitoring techniques, changes that were made, and the impact of those changes on site performance.
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02 Aug 1999 |
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Using the Iris Sandbox
Changes in The Iris Sandbox area of the Notes.net site make it the place not only for downloads, but uploads of your templates, sample applications, and tools. This article explores how to use the Sandbox and what you'll find there.
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29 Jul 1999 |
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Creating context-sensitive help for applications
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01 Jul 1999 |
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From A to Z: Creating an alphabetical navigation bar
This tip shows how to create an alphabetical navigation bar for Web applications. This allows you to click the letter C, for example, and go directly to people with a last name that begins with C. (Downloadable example database included.)
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Worldwide messaging: Using International MIME in R5
This article describes the international settings for MIME in Domino/Notes R5, how to configure them, and how to set up MIME for single- or multiple-language environments.
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Up-to-date with the Domino R5 Administration Process
This article discusses the enhanced Domino R5 Administration Process. It covers cross-domain processing of requests, moving and deleting mail files, requests for updating the Server document, and new views in the Administration Requests database.
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Surveying the results
This article digs into the design of the Notes.net Lotusphere survey. It discusses elements of surveys, looks at the survey database design, shows how to design a simple survey and discusses how the results are helping improve the Notes.net site.
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Notes R5: Making mail shine
In this article, we'll tour the Notes R5 mail interface and some of its basic features. We'll work through the process of composing and sending a memo, including such tasks as copying an existing memo into a new one, and using separate addressing, highlighting, spell checking, and print preview. We'll also show you how to create a mail filtering rule. For in-depth information on using the Notes R5 mail features, see the Notes 5 Help .
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Notes from Support: Calling Support with a Domino server crash
This month's article focuses on the information you need to gather when you encounter a server crash.
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01 Jul 1999 |
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John Paganetti: Reliability Guy
Fresh from receiving the 1998 Lotus Commitment award for outstanding service, John Paganetti personifies reliability. He spent many weekends and all-nighters, working toward the goal of 99.6 percent uptime for Domino R5 servers. Here's the story behind the R5 scalability and reliability numbers.
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Exploring LDAP features in Domino R5
From the very beginning, the directory has been a key part of the Domino architecture. At its simplest level, you use the Domino Directory (formerly known as the Public Address Book) for secure communication between servers and clients. But when you add support for LDAP to the mix, the capabilities of the Domino Directory expand to make it a solution for any infrastructure.
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01 Jul 1999 |
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Brian Levine: Java applets
In this interview, a developer of the Java applets in R5 talks about the design goals for applets to duplicate the functionality of Notes client components for users of Domino applications in Web browsers -- the view, the outline, the action bar, and the rich text field.
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01 Apr 1999 |
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Managing replication conflicts with LotusScript
This tip shows you three different ways to remove replication conflicts from a database by using LotusScript. Two examples use the Notes entry.IsConflict property in R5. The third shows an R4.x method for resolving replication conflicts.
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01 Apr 1999 |
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Out of the Inbox: Mail processing with the new R5 mail agents
This article introduces pre-delivery mail Agents that can process incoming mail before it reaches a user's mail box. These Agents can file new messages in folders other than the Inbox, remove large attachments to conserve disk space, or even delete it.
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01 Apr 1999 |
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Notes R5 Technical Overview
This technical overview looks at new features in Notes R5.0. This version of the Notes client was designed to be server independent, combining under a new user interface access to improved Domino applications and native support of Internet standards.
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01 Apr 1999 |
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Domino R5 Technical Overview
This technical overview of Domino R5.0 takes a look at new features for Internet messaging and directories, expanded Web application services, database improvements, and easier administration.
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01 Apr 1999 |
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Domino Designer R5 Technical Overview
This technical overview describes features in Domino Designer R5.0, which was designed to give Web developers and Notes developers a way to come together and begin designing one application for both the Web and Notes clients.
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01 Apr 1999 |
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Using Notes.net registration
Get the most out of Notes.net by registering with us!
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04 Mar 1999 |
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Domino R5: Domain Search
Domain Search in R5 lets you search all servers in your domain and find information any document, be it in an NSF or on the file system. This article looks at the architecture and capabilities of a key element in the Lotus knowledge management strategy.
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01 Mar 1999 |
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Keyboard shortcuts
This tip brings together several keyboard shortcuts submitted as tips by Notes.net readers.
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01 Mar 1999 |
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The IDE & more: JavaScript support in Designer R5
Ready to spice up your R5 applications with some JavaScript? Want to code your JavaScript directly within the new Domino Designer IDE? Write JavaScript that runs in both a Web browser and the Notes client? You can do all this with R5! Whether or not you've written any JavaScript in your Domino R4.6 applications, you'll be impressed by what you can do with JavaScript in R5, because R5 introduces broad support for JavaScript -- both for coding it in Domino Designer and running it in the Notes client.
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01 Mar 1999 |
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R5 Template Graphics: The High Resolution Revolution
This article introduces you to the new graphics included across R5 in Notes, Domino, and Domino Designer, looks at the goals behind the new graphic look, and then walks through the specific graphic elements. It'll cover some tips for creating your own graphics.
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01 Mar 1999 |
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QuickPlace: Brave, New Workplace
In this interview the developers who created QuickPlace talk about its origins in the simplicity and connectivity of the Web, and what a QuickPlace should be -- a very game-like space where end users feel in control of what is being presented to them.
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01 Mar 1999 |
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Notes from Support: Does more memory really help?
This article describes a performance analysis on the AIX platform. Tests and analysis like this can help you decide whether to buy a new server or install more memory to extend the life of your current hardware.
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01 Mar 1999 |
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Dave Delay: News Developments
In R5 the Notes client adds support for many Internet protocols, NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) among them. Internet Client Project leader Dave Delay explains how it all works to allow Notes to interoperate with other standards-based clients.
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01 Feb 1999 |
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Design basics: Quotes, tab order, & aliases
This tip shows you how to enter quotes in the design pane, control the tab order in a layout region, and use aliases for more efficient coding.
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01 Feb 1999 |
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Domino Designer R5: Framesets
Frameset Designer is one of the features in Domino Designer R5 that brings Web and Notes development closer together -- and makes it easier and quicker. This article steps through the design of a Web application that uses Frameset Designer.
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01 Feb 1999 |
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Notes.net Exposed: And the winners are...
The Notes.net team received two merit awards from the Society of Technical Communication (STC) -- one in the Web Site category for Iris Today, and the other in Technical Marketing for the Iris Today article "History of Notes and Domino."
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01 Feb 1999 |
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Notes from Support: SMTP MTA International Character Sets
This article discusses details of how the Domino Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) correctly identifies and maintains character set information for messages using the MTA Tables database.
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01 Feb 1999 |
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Knowledge Management in R5
This article introduces the concept of knowledge management, and shows how to use the new knowledge management tools in R5. It discusses Domain Search, content mapping, Welcome pages, real-time with Sametime, and TeamRoom.
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01 Feb 1999 |
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Creating field help for your Domino applications (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: This article shows how to create field help that can be reused for multiple fields in your application. It also discusses an alternative field help solution for Netscape 4.x browsers, which has a problem with JavaScript in field events.
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04 Jan 1999 |
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Changing your calendar display
Tip: If you have Manager or Designer access to your mail file, you can change the calendar view elements, including color, lines per row, table formatting, and text formatting.
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04 Jan 1999 |
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Tips for using OLE in Notes
Notes provides extensive support of object linking and embedding (OLE) and OLE custom controls (OCX). This article looks in particular at new properties in LotusScript in Notes R4.6 through R4.6.2. Example code is included.
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04 Jan 1999 |
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Notes R5: Accessibility
One of the main goals for Notes R5 was to improve accessibility for the blind. If you are a blind user, you can now use the Notes client to do all of your normal day-to-day work. Let's take a look at how we achieved this goal.
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04 Jan 1999 |
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Mark Judd: JavaScript Integration
Here we learn how creating Web applications just became a whole lot easier!
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04 Jan 1999 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Using Domino clusters for your Web site
This article, based on Notes.net's own experiences, looks at the benefits of clusters and discusses how Notes.net's server cluster was designed and implemented for high availability, balanced workloads, and replicated data. (Updated for R5.)
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01 Dec 1998 |
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Creating field help for your Domino applications (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2: This article shows how to create context-sensitive field help for your Domino applications three different ways -- in a separate help frame, as basic field help that appears when users tab into a field, and pop-up help.
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01 Dec 1998 |
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View usage: Count me in
This tip shows you how to create a report that shows how often each of the views in an application is opened. It works by adding a ViewCount form to the application and a LotusScript formula to the Queryopen event of each view that updates the form each time a view is opened.
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01 Dec 1998 |
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Notes R5: Calendar & Scheduling
Notes R5 moves the code for your mail and calendar into the core product. This cuts the size of the mail template, boosts performance, and gives you a new interface and makes improvements in many areas including printing, customization, and PIM support.
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01 Dec 1998 |
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Mike Brown: Positive Migration
The creator of the Domino R5 Exchange-to-Notes migration tool talks about his twin goals: to make it incredibly easy and to maintain the fidelity of messages. His solution yielded an open API developers can use to create other custom migration services.
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01 Dec 1998 |
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Domino Designer R5: New, versatile tables
This article discusses the changes to the user interface for creating tables, and inventories new types of tables you can create -- nested tables, tabbed tables, animated tables, and programmed tables -- with examples.
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01 Dec 1998 |
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Creating a Recycling Bin for your Notes applications
This article looks at what happens when a user deletes a document and describes how to create a Recycling Bin in your own applications with LotusScript and formula language. An example database is available from the Sandbox.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Combining complex @formulas with LotusScript
This tip describes a form-based method for combining The @formulas with LotusScript. It works by creating a form called function worksheet that contains all the complex @formulas which is called by the LotusScript ComputeWithForm method.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Simplifying your LotusScript with the Evaluate statement
This article will show you how the Evaluate statement works and give you examples of some of the more powerful formula language constructs you can exploit from your LotusScript routines.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Our home page bookmarks
This article looks at the JavaScript code behind the "bookmarks" on the Notes.net. You can see the code by downloading the Welcome database from the Sandbox.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Notes from Support: Decommission your Domino server
Domino R5 introduces a new The Decommission Server Analysis tool that aims at reducing the tedium of server combines and name changes, and even works with pre-R5 servers. This article looks at how to use the tool and work with the report it produces.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Domino Designer R5: The Outline Designer
The Outline in Domino Designer R5 is a design element that brings together everything you can do with Notes views, folders, and navigators, and Web applications' use of HTML links into a new generation of navigation.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Demystifying the Out of Office agent
The Out of Office agent in Notes mail automatically responds to incoming mail with a message you can customize. This article looks at how to use it, how it works, and its impact on performance.
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02 Nov 1998 |
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Cleaning up Categorized Views with @Soundex
The @Soundex function returns the phonetic spelling of a string. In this article example code shows how to use it to reduce misspellings and variants and standardize the contents of a field used to categorize a view.
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01 Oct 1998 |
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Finding the Top-level Document
This tip shows how to create a LotusScript function that returns the top-level document in a response thread.
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01 Oct 1998 |
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Shared Mail: Today and Tomorrow
Domino shared mail, also known as "single copy object store," was introduced in R4 as a way to conserve disk space. This primer explains the basics of Domino shared mail and offers tips on enabling and maintaining it. It also looks at what's coming in R5.
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01 Oct 1998 |
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Notes R5: Into the future with Internet standards
This article looks at how the Iris developers have added support for Internet standards to make Notes R5 a unified workplace for users. It covers POP3 and SMTP, IMAP, NNTP, HTML, MIME, and LDAP, and discusses what implementing them in Notes means.
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01 Oct 1998 |
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Notes from Support: Domino Replication
This primer on Domino replication digs into the nitty-gritty details of a core technology (know the difference between push-pull replication and pull-pull?) and peeks into the R5 future.
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01 Oct 1998 |
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Creating doclinks on the Web
This article shows how to create a Notes-like interface for Web browser clients to create hyperlinks between Domino Web page using HTML and JavaScript. It also discusses how to create Agents that programmatically use the information from the link.
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01 Sep 1998 |
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Rebuilding hidden views
This tip shows how to use keyboard shortcuts to force the update of views in a database, including any hidden views used to store information accessed through lookups -- either all the views in a database, or an individual selected view.
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01 Sep 1998 |
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Ryan Jansen: Calendar Keeper
The developer of new features in Notes R5 calendar and scheduling discusses the new functionality and performance increases, including faster scheduling of repeated meetings, group calendars, and a new look and feel.
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01 Sep 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Just the FAQs
This article is the next in our series exposing how the Notes.net site is run. This time we'll look at how we create FAQs for the site by using the FAQ template that ships with Domino 4.6.
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01 Sep 1998 |
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Mapping it out: Generated maps for your Web applications
This article shows how to include maps in Domino Web applications by generating URLs that include parameters recognized by mapping sites that allow external applications to run queries against them. It also discusses how to "frame" the map.
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01 Sep 1998 |
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Musical Notes
This tip shows how to replace the mail alert sound in Notes 4.6 by editing the NOTES.INI to specify the path and filename of the new sound file.
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04 Aug 1998 |
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Notes from Support:The Add-in and Delivery Report Task of the SMTP MTA
This month's article is the final article in a three-part series on the SMTP MTA, and explores the Add-In Controller and Delivery Report Task (DRT).
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Domino R5: The Domino Internet Cluster Manager
The Domino Internet Cluster Manager (ICM) is a major enhancement to clustering in Domino R5. This article provides an overview of Domino clustering and introduces the ICM and discusses its failover and load-balancing features, and how to configure it.
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Scrolling to the End of a View with One Click
Create a LotusScript agent that counts the number of documents in the target view and then displays the last page of entries. (In the webmail.ntf template the $$ViewTemplate for Discussion Threads form contains an example of this agent.)
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Opening Mail from the Taskbar
Tip: To open mail quickly, use the mail tray icon on the taskbar. The mail icon works whether the mail database is open or closed.
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Implementing a View Navigation Bar Across Frames
This tip shows how to use JavaScript to access embedded invisible GIF files and make the default view navigation bar work in frames.
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: A Day in the Life of Notes.net
This article is the next in our series exposing how the Notes.net site is run. This time, we literally "expose" ourselves (well, almost!), and take you behind-the-scenes to see a typical day of running our site.
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Logging your Web Site Traffic
You can record hits (page retrievals) to a Domino Web site using either the Domino Log database or direct logging to text files. This article covers how Domino creates its log files and suggests ways to use log files to create statistics for a Web site.
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03 Aug 1998 |
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Art Thomas: Domino R5 Administration
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01 Jul 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Creating a Web community
The communities fostered by its discussion groups are an integral part of Notes.net. This article introduces the Notes.net forums and describes how to create similar forums by customizing the Discussion - Notes and Web (R4.6) template.
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01 Jul 1998 |
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NotesPeek: X-ray vision into Notes databases
The NotesPeek tool displays a graphical representation of the Notes API containment hierarchy. Developed by Ned Batchelder originally for the use of API programmers, it can help you answer all kinds of questions about the databases you're working on.
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01 Jul 1998 |
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Notes from Support: Special Report--Creating a Sent Mail folder
The different behaviors of views and folders can confuse users. Often the solution is to make the view act like a folder. Sent Mail is a good example. If you're willing to alter the standard mail database the changes are simple, as this article shows.
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01 Jul 1998 |
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Notes from Support: Conversion Services of the SMTP MTA
Part 2 of 3: This article covers conversion services of the SMTP Message Transfer Agent (MTA) and explained how the MTA converts messages from Notes to Internet format, and vice versa.
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01 Jul 1998 |
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Displaying marquees on your applications
This article shows how to add marquees that display constantly changing headlines on a page in both Notes and a Web browser. The application is coded in LotusScript, HTML, and JavaScript. (Downloadable example code is included.)
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01 Jul 1998 |
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Russ Holden: Domino R5 Database Improvements
Holden, in the Database Project Group, talks about changes to the datastore architecture in R5 including transaction logging and ODS that will make major improvements in performance and database integrity.
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01 Jun 1998 |
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Notes from Support: Notes Encryption - Locks for a Digital World
This article presents a primer on data encryption technology and looks at the ways it is used in Notes to protect databases, documents, field contents, mail, and traffic on a port.
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01 Jun 1998 |
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Fine Points of Configuring a Cluster
This article covers some of the finer points of how to set up a Domino server cluster, including determining the number of servers in the cluster, network configuration, replication settings, mail set-up, and ACLs.
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01 Jun 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Downloads
This article shows you how to use Domino and Notes to create a central database for downloads based on the Notes.net database designed to hold "Other Downloads." This database template is itself for available for downloading and customization.
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01 Jun 1998 |
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Notes From Support:Transitioning from cc:Mail to Notes Mail using Agents
This month's article focuses on a customer solution for moving from cc:Mail to Notes Mail by writing agents to ease the transition.
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01 Jun 1998 |
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Notes from Support: From the Field--Managing CACHE.DSK size when serving the Notes client
The From the Field column is brought to you by Lotus Support, and features technical articles based on our experiences with helping customers to find solutions in the field. This month's article focuses on a customer solution for managing the size of the CACHE.DSK file when serving the Notes client from a network file server.
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01 May 1998 |
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Troubleshooting Free Time Lookups in Notes
Notes supports free-time lookups in a distributed fashion across calendars kept in other applications and platforms and this process can get out of whack. This article looks at how to troubleshoot and resolve common problems with free-time lookup.
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01 May 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Planning content for your Web site
This article looks at how using a Notes database can make it easier to plan, create, and review a Web site's content. It uses Notes.Net's own planning database as an example, and discusses the workflow agent that manages technical reviews of articles.
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01 May 1998 |
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Notes from Support: Under the Microscope--Transport Services of the SMTP MTA
This month's article is the first in a three-part series on the SMTP MTA, and explores the transport services.
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01 May 1998 |
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Ned Batchelder: Designing Domino Designer
The project leader for the Domino Designer R5 talks about making the Designer a premier development tool for both the Notes client and Web browsers, and new features like Outlines and Frameset Designer that will make it happen.
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01 May 1998 |
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Measuring your Domino server's reliability
This article describes a new tool called Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), which you can use to monitor the uptime of your Domino servers. MTBF is not an official product of Lotus or Iris, and is therefore, unsupported.
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01 May 1998 |
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Book Review: Programming Domino 4.6 with Java
"Iris Today" staffer Barbara Burch finds this book by long-time Lotus and Iris developer Bob Balaban especially strong on basic concepts behind the Java Notes Object Interface classes and why developers "should care about Lotus Domino, or Java, or both."
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01 Apr 1998 |
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Designing Domino 4.6 sites using frames
This article introduces frames, describes how they work, and shows how to implement them using the Frameset template in Domino 4.6. It uses the Lotus Web site as an example. Example code is included.
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01 Apr 1998 |
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The upgrade is in the mail
This tutorial explains how to use the Upgrade by Mail to have users upgrade their mail files or client software. Send them a notice that includes a button. They click to run the upgrade process, and Notes can send you a message confirming the upgrade.
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01 Apr 1998 |
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The ABC's of using the ACL
This primer explains why and how the ACL evolved into its present key role in the Notes/Domino architecture. It reviews ACL components and the ACL dialog box and offers tips for developers and users on using ACLs.
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01 Apr 1998 |
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Robby Shaver: UI Guy
Robby Shaver, the designer for the Notes R5 client, talks about new user-interface features that make it easier to navigate and use, like the Welcome page and tabs.
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01 Apr 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Gathering feedback on your Web site
This article uses the Notes.Net customized feedback forms as an example of how to collect feedback into a central database, sort it into views, and use an agent to respond to messages. The database is available for download.
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01 Apr 1998 |
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SSL client authentication: It's a matter of trust
This article introduces client authentication with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer, a security protocol), discusses its benefits and explains how to set up SSL client authentication on a Domino 4.6 or 4.6.1 server.
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02 Mar 1998 |
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Troubleshooting agents
This article introduces tools you can use to troubleshoot Domino 4.6 agents, and looks at some common problems with agents and their solutions. (For help with R5 and Notes/Domino 6, see the LDD Today article Troubleshooting agents in Notes/Domino 5 and 6.)
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02 Mar 1998 |
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Combining forms and views for friendlier Web applications (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2: This article focuses on how to create views using Designer 4.6 that allow users to select and perform actions on multiple documents and edit directly in the view.
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02 Mar 1998 |
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Julie Kadashevich: Managing the Agent Manager
In this interview the developer in charge of the Agent Manager talks about the basics of agents and Agent Manager, trouble-shooting, security, and where it's going in R5.0.
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02 Mar 1998 |
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Combining forms and views for friendlier Web applications (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2: This article shows how to use Designer 4.6 to make forms and views work together on the Web. As an example it shows how to add a quick-find search bar to your Web applications.
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02 Feb 1998 |
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Shocking your Domino Web site
This article describes Shockwave technology for adding sound, animation to Web pages, and shows how to add Shockwave files to a Domino 4.5 or later Web site. It discusses the EntreVision, Inc. Chile Pepper site built to show off Domino on the Web.
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02 Feb 1998 |
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Putting Connection documents to work
Part 3 of 3: This article discusses specific connection scenarios using LANs, dial-up, the Internet, and remote LAN service -- and how to use Server Connection documents to extend the reach of the Notes client.
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02 Feb 1998 |
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Notes.Net Exposed: Registering users on your Domino Web site
This article dissects the Notes.net registration database and its forms and agents and discusses the challenges of the clustered environment. (For changes since R5, see What's new in the Registration template and download the new template.)
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02 Feb 1998 |
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Java servlets: Extending your Domino applications
Servlets are server-side Java components that perform better and are more easily extensible than CGI programs for Web applications. This article introduces servlets and how to use them with Domino and shows how to code the Hello World servlet.
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02 Feb 1998 |
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Java introspection: Easier reading and writing of Notes documents
This article tells how to create a new, reusable Java class called NotesDocumentObject that simplifies reading and writing with the back-end classes for Java by using introspection, a Java program's ability to examine itself.
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02 Feb 1998 |
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Expanded Command Caching in Domino 4.61
The Domino HTTP server keeps a volatile, in-memory cache of requested HTML pages called the Command Cache. This article describes how the Command Cache works so your applications can take advantage of its capabilities and performance gains it provides.
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26 Jan 1998 |
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Server Connections: Just passing thru
Part 2 of 3: This article discusses the basics of passthru connections. It shows how to set them up in a personal address book and how to use them with LAN, dial-up, and Internet connections.
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15 Jan 1998 |
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Domino and JavaScript: Dynamic Partners (Part 3)
Part 3 of 3: This article explains how to create interactive dialog boxes for Web applications using Notes forms, pass-thru HTML and JavaScript. It uses the functionality and look of the native Domino Public Address Book for the Web as an example.
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05 Jan 1998 |
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Trust Yourself: Become your own Certification Authority
This article describes certificate-based SSL security for Web applications, discusses the benefits of using an internal Certification Authority (CA) versus obtaining certificates from an external CA, and explains the process for setting up a CA server.
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05 Jan 1998 |
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Notes.net Exposed: Searching the site from our home page
This article looks at how searching works on the Notes.Net. It discusses the methods for searching Domino Web sites, the details of exactly how it's done on Notes.net, and what you can learn from it.
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05 Jan 1998 |
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Matt Siess: Mixing Java, JavaBeans and Notes
In this interview, an Iris developer talks about his work to integrate Java, Java applets, and JavaBeans into Domino and Notes 4.6 and R5. He discusses Java technologies, and whether Domino developers should learn Java.
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05 Jan 1998 |
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Making server connections from Notes
Part 1 of 3: This tutorial focuses on the types of connections a Notes client can use to access a Domino server, how they are set up using the address book and location documents, and how they work.
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05 Jan 1998 |
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Filtering data for Domino Web users
This short article discusses three techniques for filtering data so that Web users see only the data they want to see (or you want them to see) -- ad hoc queries, drill-down views, and Reader fields.
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05 Jan 1998 |
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Notes.Net Exposed: Using a database to store Web site graphics
This article looks at how Notes.net serves up its graphics from a separate database on its Domino servers. The database, Files.nsf, can be downloaded, studied and customized.
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01 Dec 1997 |
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Workload balancing with Domino clusters
This article explores some of the common approaches to workload balancing available to Domino administrators, with special emphasis on the server workload balancing capabilities of Domino Advanced Services' clustering feature.
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01 Dec 1997 |
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The hidden power of Profile documents
Profile documents are a useful tool for storing and retrieving user-specific or database-specific values. This tutorial shows how to create a profile form, use @commands and LotusScript to create and edit profiles, and edit profile documents from the Web.
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01 Dec 1997 |
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On top of the discussion with Responder 3.0
Responder is a Notes 4.6 proxy agent that watches databases you're interested in and pushes the particular content you're interested in to you in newsletter format in mail. Responder is available for download.
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01 Dec 1997 |
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Design Synopsis: Creating database blueprints
This article explores the features of Design Synopsis in Designer 4.6, discusses who needs the tool and how to run it, and looks at future enhancements.
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03 Nov 1997 |
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Tips on monitoring Domino statistics and events
This article looks at the tools for monitoring Domino's statistics and events and how they help administrators keep track of server conditions by issuing notices and alerts -- for example, whenever a server is running low on disk space.
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03 Nov 1997 |
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Signing on with Domino Remote:DISPLAY
Domino Remote:DISPLAY is a server add-in that lets you use Domino to send messages to a remote LED display. It can be operated from the server, a Notes workstation or a Web browser. This article tells you how to download and set up Domino Remote:DISPLAY.
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03 Nov 1997 |
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Interview: Doug Conmy
The developer of many innovative features in the Notes 4.6 mobile client talks about some of the most important, like the replicator page and stacked replicas, and looks ahead to mobility features in the upcoming R5.
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03 Nov 1997 |
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Tips on debugging Java agents
Domino 4.6 Java agents, but doesn't include a Java IDE (integrated development environment) like the one for LotusScript, so how to debug your Java agents? This article describes how to rewrite the agent to run stand-alone so you can use any Java IDE for debugging.
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01 Oct 1997 |
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Webifying an existing Notes application
This article presents a process to follow when modifying an existing application for the Web. Topics include planning your application, designing forms and views, and putting your application to work.
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01 Oct 1997 |
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Notes: A sustainable platform architecture
This article is an in-depth examination of the Notes/Domino architecture, which it presents as a series of layers radiating out from a central core of operating-system-style services -- object store, security, replication, directory services, and more.
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01 Oct 1997 |
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Interview: Charlie Kaufman
In this interview, Notes security expert Charlie Kaufman talks about SSL, S/MIME, X.509 v.3 certificates for R5, and how he figured out how to make the exportable edition of Notes nearly as secure as the North American 64-bit edition.
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01 Oct 1997 |
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Domino and JavaScript: Dynamic Partners (Part 2)
Part 2 of 3: This article explains how to do field validation with JavaScript, and covers topics including testing for browser type, JavaScript functions, input data types, retrieving field values, and cleaning up strings. Code examples are included.
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01 Oct 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Editing mail with Lotus WordPro or Microsoft Word
Integration features in Notes 4.6 let users choose Lotus WordPro or Word for Windows (or, indeed, native Notes editing services) as their mail editor. This article looks at how (OLE DocObjects) and why (International settings and alternate languages).
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Managing documents with the MS Office Library template
Domino 4.6 updates the Microsoft Office Library template with better OLE/ActiveX integration of the MS applications. This article looks at how to get started with the template, and how to customize it and use it with other OLE/ActiveX applications.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes Designer 4.6: Developer tools for building better Web sites
This article looks at tools to help develop better Web sites using Notes. It describes: the Lotus BeanMachine, for creating Java applets; Domino.Action, for creating template-driven Domino Web sites, and Notes Global Designer, a database translation tool.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Editing mail with Lotus WordPro and Microsoft Word (interview)
Notes 4.6 lets users integrate either Lotus WordPro or Microsoft Word for Windows as their Notes mail editor. Ryan Jansen tells how he modified the Notes Mail template, while Dollie Gansz describes the Notes an ActiveX Document Container.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Contact management features (interview)
Robby Shaver, the designer, and Raj Patil and Rob Slapikoff, developers of the new Notes 4.6 Personal Portfolio feature, talk about how this searchable collections of Notes databases with a centralized navigator came into being.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Contact management features
The Notes 4.6 client is the first step towards integrating personal information and contact management (PIM) features into Notes. This article tours the new features and user interface of Notes 4.6 contact management.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: Up and running with Domino 4.6 (interview)
Senior developers talk about new features in the soon-to-be-released Domino 4.6 server, including support for Internet protocols, administration tools, a faster HTTP server, and support for server-side Java agents, and better integration with Windows NT.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: NNTP News server
Domino 4.6 supports the Internet standard Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). This article discusses the benefits of using Domino to serve newsgroups, and how to set up and configure NNTP on a Domino server.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: New graphical tools for easier Domino administration
Domino 4.6 includes new graphical tools that make it easier to set up and administer a server. These are comprised of a server setup database and a browser-based administration tool. This article takes you on a tour of both features.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: MIME support
Domino 4.6 supports Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). This article looks at what that means for recipients of Internet mail, users of Internet mail clients --and Domino administrators who will set up and configure it.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: Internet messaging with the SMTP MTA
Domino 4.6 makes the SMTP MTA (Message Transfer Agent) part of the core Domino server, so Notes mail can connect to the Internet and other e-mail networks. This article explains how the SMTP MTA works and the benefits of its integration with Domino.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: Getting more out of Internet mail with IMAP
Domino 4.6 supports Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), a standard for managing an Internet-based mailbox. This article describes how Domino supports the standard and shows how to get the service set up in Domino.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: Accessing the Domino directory with LDAP
The Domino 4.6 support for LDAP is a step towards getting true directory assistance for Internet mail. This article describes LDAP, looks at how Domino supports it, and shows how to set up LDAP support on a Domino network.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Domino 4.6: Running Java agents in Domino
This article describes how Java agents differ from Java servlets and JavaBeans, and how they are imported, scheduled, tested, and executed in Notes.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes Designer 4.6: New Web design features
Notes Designer for Domino 4.6 is the first step towards a true Web design client. This article looks at new features for designing Web applications, including embedded elements, navigators, buttons, computed text, HTML, and anchor links.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes Designer 4.6: Integrating Java applets into Notes
Domino 4.6 can insert Java applets into Notes forms and documents either directly or as a referenced URL. This article looks at how to create an applet and insert it or link to it, and offers tips on limitations and troubleshooting.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: POP3 and SMTP support (interview)
Developer Jackie Ferguson talks about her role in charge of adding SMTP and POP3 mail support to the Notes 4.6 client, the differences between POP3 and IMAP, and the hardest part of the project -- support for international languages.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: POP3 and SMTP support
Notes 4.6 support for POP3 and SMTP brings Internet mail to Notes users, and brings Internet mail users the benefits of the Notes tools and user interface. This article looks at setting up the Notes client for Internet mail, sending, and receiving.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Microsoft Internet Explorer integration (interview)
In this interview developers Teresa Deane and Jay Rosenthal discuss how the Notes 4.6 client uses Microsoft's WebBrowser Control to make Internet Explorer an integrated Notes application.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Microsoft Internet Explorer integration
Notes 4.6 support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) ActiveX control in Domino applications. This article shows how to install the control and discusses its ties to the system registry, LotusScript enhancements, and Web browser control events.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Managing documents with the MS Office Library template (interview)
Developer Ryan Jansen talks about his work on enhancing the document library templates to provide Active Doc support for Microsoft Office, as well as the alternate mail editor templates for Microsoft Word and Lotus Wordpro.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Notes Designer 4.6: Down to earth with Notes Designer for Domino (interview)
The Designer 4.6 development team talks about the convergence in the audience for Designer -- it's both Web and Notes designers -- and the work that went into getting rid of $$ constructs and making Notes elements like views and folder usable on the Web.
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03 Sep 1997 |
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Controlling the agents in your system
This article introduces the controls on agent execution, including access control lists (ACLs), agent types, the difference between shared and personal agents, and execution location. It also discusses LotusScript properties that help control agents.
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26 Aug 1997 |
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Notes 4.6: Overview
With version 4.6 the Notes client becomes a strong standalone application for managing personal information. This article catalogs enhancements in information management, Internet mail and browsing, and desktop integration.
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17 Jun 1997 |
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Merging Domino domains into one
This article is a step-by-step guide to merging multiple domains into one by merging the separate address books into one composite Public Address Book for the domain. It also discusses ways to customize the merge process.
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Testing TCP/IP connections with NotesCONNECT
NotesCONNECT (a Notes application downloadable from the Sandbox) troubleshoots Notes TCP/IP connection problems by using Notes API calls (but not the Public Address Book or Notes address resolution logic) to make TCP/IP connections.
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Domino and JavaScript: dynamic partners (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3: This article compares Java and JavaScript, looks at JavaScript as part of a new Webthink application model, and discusses some guidelines for when and where you might want to use JavaScript in your applications.
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Designing a secure Domino app
This article examines the security issues in making Domino databases available to Web users. Its description of the hierarchy of access controls will help developers and administrators plan and create security for Web applications.
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Adding a Friendly Ad-hoc Query Tool to Domino applications
This article describes how to add a powerful, easy-to-use, ad-hoc query capability to any Domino 4.5 application. The design uses formula language and LotusScript to create a Custom Query form and submit it to the Notes full-text search engine.
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Setting up phone numbers for mobile connections
This article explains the steps in setting up a Notes client to a dial-up connections: set up and enable ports, create Location documents, and add server connection documents. (This article does not cover RAS or other third-party software.)
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Michael Clark: Easy Install
The developer in charge of all of the installation kits for Notes clients and servers talks about how he got to be the install expert, how the Web has changed his job, and the brand new, lighter Web-downloadable Notes client coming in Notes 4.6.
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16 Jun 1997 |
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Administration process gotchas and hints, part 3
Part 3 of 3: This article provides tips and guidelines to help you use the Release 4.5 Administration Process. It covers using correct certifiers and public keys, updating Reader and Author fields, recertifying IDs, renaming, and database moves.
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28 Apr 1997 |
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SSL: it's not just for commerce anymore
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) was created to add certificate-authenticated encryption to HTTP transmissions. This article discusses what SSL is, how it co-exists with existing Domino and Notes security protocols, and how Domino implements SSL support.
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28 Apr 1997 |
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Managing users in Domino 4.5 and Windows NT
This tutorial shows how to get started with the Release 4.5 User Synchronization feature, which synchronizes Domino/Notes user information and Windows NT user accounts. It provides step-by-step instructions for three scenarios.
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28 Apr 1997 |
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Jeff Eisen: Making Java practical
The developer of Notes 4.5 client support for Java applets talks about the current state of Java as a development language, Java security and letting Java applets use new Notes trusted host and trusted proxy features, and his observations on JavaScript.
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28 Apr 1997 |
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Integrating C&S into a group application
This article describes how to integrate C&S into applications. It shows the steps to follow to implement three types of C&S applications: centralized group scheduling, event scheduling, and ad hoc applications.
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28 Apr 1997 |
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Bob Balaban: Inventing the future
Developer Bob Balaban wrote the Notes back-end class libraries for LotusScript and helped develop agents for Notes. In this interview he talks about his work on creating Java back-end classes, CORBA, and Notes support for Java.
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31 Mar 1997 |
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The Architecture of the Domino Web Server, Part 2
Part 2 of 2: This article looks at the back end of the Web server and describes how the application server responds to URL command handlers to present static pages and modifiable forms, accept fill-out forms, perform searches, and execute agents.
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31 Mar 1997 |
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Simulating Your Workload Environment with Domino Server.Planner
Domino Server.Planner runs on any Notes 4.5 workstation and analyzes NotesBench production environment loads against certified vendor data across a range of systems. Domino Server.Planner can be downloaded from the Sandbox.
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31 Mar 1997 |
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Roadmap of Administration Process Requests
Part 2 of 3: This article illustrates how the Release 4.5 Administration Process performs its tasks with flowcharts for renaming, converting to hierarchical naming, deleting a people, groups and servers and groups, and moving databases from a cluster server.
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31 Mar 1997 |
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In Focus with Domino.Remote:CAM
Domino.Remote:CAM is a Domino 4.5 server add-in that adds snapshots from a digital camera to a database. This article shows how to set up and control the application from a server or a workstation. Domino.Remote:CAM can be downloaded from the Sandbox.
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31 Mar 1997 |
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Interview: Mike Kudla
Mike Kudla leads the team working on the Notes R5 Mail client, code-named Maui, which he describes as a messaging client that has all the functionality of today's Notes Mail plus support for Internet standard protocols like NNTP, LDAP, and IMAP4.
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10 Mar 1997 |
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The future of Notes and Java
This article describes the next generation of Notes programmability: Java application support for server-based and Notes client execution, to be followed by CORBA-based Java applet integration with all Web browsers.
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10 Mar 1997 |
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The Architecture of the Domino Web Server, Part 1
Part 1 of 2: The Domino Web Server is comprised of a front end, the HTTP Server, and a back end, the Domino App Server. This article focuses on the HTTP Server, a multi-threaded task that listens for Web client requests and sends responses.
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10 Mar 1997 |
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Setting up the Administration Process in your Domain
Part 1 of 3: This article on setting up the Release 4.5 Administration Process in a domain covers designating administration servers, setting up the Administration Requests and Certification Log databases, and configuring access rights for administrators.
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10 Mar 1997 |
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Playing with firewalls
This tutorial explains the basics of firewalls and discusses how Notes and Domino work with all types of firewalls from packet filtering, circuit level, and application proxies, to HTTP proxies.
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10 Mar 1997 |
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Benchmarking the Next Generation of Internet Servers
This article presents DBench, a benchmark designed to overcome limitations of current Web application server benchmarks. It describes how to use DBench in evaluating the performance of a Web discussion application implemented with Domino.
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01 Mar 1997 |
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Michelle Peterson: Principal Software Engineer
Michelle Peterson talks about her career in performance testing, the Iris way, and the nitty-gritty of semaphores, context switching vs. I/0 completion ports, and other technical issues of getting a Domino server to support 1,500 users.
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18 Feb 1997 |
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Creating agents in the Personal Web Navigator
This article describes the Personal Web Navigator in Notes Release 4.5 and shows how two agents written for it to automate tasks of Web access: Web Ahead, a worm agent, and Page Minder, an agent that watches a Web page for changes.
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18 Feb 1997 |
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Replication Tuning For Mobile Users
This article discusses replication for mobile users of Notes, and offers tips on space-saving management of replicas, configuring locations, initiating and ending connections, and editing database settings on the Replicator Page.
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18 Feb 1997 |
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POSTnet wins Beacon award
The St. Louis Post Dispatch won Lotusphere's 1997 Beacon award for Best Web site Powered by Domino for POSTnet (www.stlnet.com). In this article, Rich Truex and Joe Ashkar, the site's developers, talk about why they chose Domino.
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18 Feb 1997 |
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Notes Gains All-Star Status in Cleveland
This article describes the Jam Session information station, a Notes application created for the NBA's premiere traveling fan event. This walk-up information terminal application was based on an unofficial feature in Release 4.5 called Kiosk Mode.
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18 Feb 1997 |
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ActiveDocuments deliver next-generation in-place editing
Domino/Notes 4.5 ActiveDocuments expand on the visual or in-place editing functionality provided through OLE 2.0. The sample template (downloadable from the Sandbox) supports documents created in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Paintbrush.
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27 Jan 1997 |
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White paper: Lotus Notes and Distributed Objects
This article lays out the Lotus roadmap for using the open protocols of the Internet. It describes the Notes Object Interfaces (NOI) and Lotus' adoption of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) and the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP).
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27 Jan 1997 |
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Interview: Domino Web Server Team
The team that developed the Domino Web Server talks about its origins in Web Publisher, designing for the limitations of browsers and HTML, the big win in serving dynamic pages, and how a small team did the big job.
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27 Jan 1997 |
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Integrating the Web browser control into your databases
This article describes Microsoft's Web Browser control, an ActiveX control that exposes the IE internal properties and methods, and shows how to build it into a Notes application using a downloadable example template.
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27 Jan 1997 |
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Executing Java Applets Using Trusted Hosts
This article focuses on Java applet security within Notes. It discusses the design of Java for secure application delivery, running Java within a secure environment, establishing trust, looks at the future of Java for mission-critical applications.
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13 Jan 1997 |
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Jack Ozzie: "Data Man"
In this interview, the No. 6 employee of Iris (he started in 1987) has worked on everything from getting 1-2-3 data into Notes to graphics, rich data types, OLE and ActiveX. For the future, he sees more Java and better Web applications for browsers.
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13 Jan 1997 |
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Using the Notes Date/Time Values
In Notes 4.5 the rich Time/Date format and new time/date graphical controls make it easy to pick dates and display data adjusted to the user's context. This article shows how to use these enhancements in Notes applications, with downloadable example code.
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13 Jan 1997 |
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Creating a Calendar view in Notes
The Notes 4.5 Calendar view displays documents on a calendar, rather than in a traditional tabular view format. This article shows how to use the Calendar view in any application. (Downloadable examples are available in the Sandbox.)
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13 Jan 1997 |
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Lotus Domino Advanced Services: High Availability Powered By Notes
This article defines high availability (continuous access to networked resources despite failures in network components) and describes Lotus Domino Advanced Services, a set of advanced server features of which Domino server clusters are a key part.
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13 Jan 1997 |
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