I have to migrate a Lotus Application to couchdb/hood.ie.
anyone seen a kind of sync between Lotus Notes/Domino and couchdb?
thx
Pitt
Aside from writing a custom data exporter and re-building the app in web technology, I think you are out of luck. Hoodie/CouchDB are good choices for getting an app out of the Notes land, though :)
a kind of sync
install a RSS feed application into the Lotus Notes DB and start polling (and yes, that could only be a workaround to finally leave the Notes System)
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I have been using the Designer 9 client to modify apps destined to users that have the 8.5.3 client in a company for 2 years, and I never had any issues with users not seeing design elements modified with my Designer 9. New job, same setup: clients are using 8.5.3 and I am using Designer 9.0.1 to modify apps built in 8.5.3. But here, I had issues in 2 apps where some users don't see the nivagator, or a view that has a new alias is not recognized by some users.
I am unsure if this is related to me using Designer 9 to modify apps that end up in the 8.5.3 client, but it has put enough doubts in the admins minds that they asked me to revert to the 8.5.3 Designer.
Anyone had similar issues with a similar setup? I am not adding any new design elements, just modifying things like forms, navigators, outlines.
Any idea what might be the issue? For now, I did return to the 8.5.3 Designer and it seems that the users who had issues are now OK. But is it really the Designer version or just some other issue (like the "refreshed flag" that was not updated properly, or any other obscure thing)?
I'd really like to find the answer so I can install Designer 9 again, and start building XPages demo apps :D
Thanks
I am a consultant and work with Designer 9 since it came out. Lot of my clients still use 8.5.3 clients and I never had any issue with this constellation.
As far as I know there is not even ONE new feature in "classic" development that was not there in 8.5.3...
Of course: When writing xpage- applications for XPinC, then it matters which client. For every "classic" application if for sure doesn't...
My task is to pull the data from lotusnotes database using one of the technologies.... I wanna know which is a better technology... I have already installed NotesSQL odbc driver & configured it
Depends on what exactly you're trying to do, NotesSQL will let you pull data, or you can export from Lotus Notes views in csv format, it's standard functionality. You could also code a scheduled agent to dump data at a regular intervals etc etc.
Your question is similar to this one. My answer goes into some detail about how to access Lotus Notes using Java, setup instructions and what to read for API's supporting it.
Is there a utility, plugin, application that can help an admin of a Lotus Notes(v6.5 Client)/Domino (v5) server to trim the fat from the database? But it needs to skip certain Users. I found the following tool: http://www.virtualobjectives.com.au/notesdomino/mailboxcleaner6.htm
I really do not know anything about administrating the backend of lotus notes. And I am not sure if the above utility will allow me filter the users.
This would've been better served in ServerFault.
You don't need a 3rd party tool, Notes already comes with archiving.
You can enable scheduled archiving. Bring up the Archive Settings in database properties. Enable and customise an archive profile i.e. archive messages old than N days. And finally make sure you select "Just clean up this database without archiving".
For more details check out Lotus Notes help pages.
I am looking for extracting metadata about Notes Applications on a Domino server using Java Notes API. I tried reading the list of applications/databases from catalog.nsf file.
But catalog.nsf does not have new Applications that are created based on a existing template.
So From where can I get the list of applications that are existing on a Domino Server? Will the new Applications be added to catalog? If not how to make them to be added in the catalog?
Any help or Ideas will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Srinivas
So if you want to do this in Java If the catalog.nsf is not upto date, then you can also try the dbdirectory class, look ==>here.
This should have an example to give you an idea how to read through all database on the server. If the Domino server is not registering new applications then catalog process is not running. You can load it by simply type "load catalog" at the console. More details ==>here.
There can still be other issues, but will wait for your response.
This is more of a "Server Fault" answer, but in the Domino Directory, you can turn on the Domain Catalog server task for a server in your domain, and that server will populate (and keep updated) the catalog.nsf file, which will then replicate across your domain.
So just enable that task within the server document, or go to the domino console and type load catalog
I want to setup Lotus Notes on my laptop to mess around with it. I am trying to setup my email, but my email through verizon.net requires authentication. I have it setup in Outlook 07, but Outlook does not have support for Databasing. Does anyone know how to setup authentication for outgoing email in Lotus Notes, let alone is it possible?
In your personal address book in Lotus Notes (File > Database > Open > names.nsf), go to the Advanced > Accounts section and create a new account. You'll need to create one count for POP and one account for SMTP to send and receive email. There are fields in those forms where you can put the authentication info.
Ken is correct, but I would like to counter Todd's remark (although I didn't vote you down, Todd).
Saying that Notes is crappy because it is not a RDBMS is like saying SQL is crappy because it is not a Network Operating System. Notes is tremendously powerful at what it does - indeed, it has no rival. Visual Studion + WinForms is in no way equivalent. There are things you can do in either Notes or a RDBMS - sometimes one platform will be better, sometimes the other.
Enjoy, Mark.
Ken Pespisa's answer is correct.
However, you need to understand that the nsf (Notes Databases) are completely flat files. They are in no way relational. Believe me, there are plenty of ways you can squeeze relational data into a notes database and everyone of them will leave you with TONS of maintanince nightmares and crappy data.
Mitch's comment to you is dead on, just mess around with SQL Server Express or MySQL. If you want the RAD aspect of Notes, just use Visual Studio with WinForms or something.