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
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Currently working at 9.0.1 FP6.
When I Make some changes and run Xpage application at lotus notes it gives me Error 500 : unexpected error condition. To resolve it I sign the application from IBM domino administrator and clean it from designer then I again execute the application it works fine until I make some other changes .
please some one guide me how to resolve this issue permanently.
Firstly, do you have the xpage error page checked?
In Designer >> Application Properties >>Errors and Timeouts >> [Check] Display XPage runtime error page.
Checking that option may give you some more information - Also, is anything extra written to the server log?
Are you making changes to the design of the application or to a document within the database?
If it is with designer, are you building the project? You should do this really after each change before using the application.
Where you say you sign the database from the admin client, are you doing so with an admin id which is different to the id you are normally using, as if it is a different id, it may be the id you are using does not have the correct rights?
Also, is the database is located in a folder within the Notes data directory? If so try putting the database in the Notes data directory and not in any
subdirectories.
Just a couple of quick things:
Your code MUST be signed with the same ID. Just re-check by looking at the design elements in Domino Designer!
What does the logs on the server tell you? You could use the Log File Reader project on OpenNTF to get easy access to these logs and stack traces.
/John
Open the Domino\data\domino\workspace\logs\error-log-0.xml file. It contains full stack trace of the error.
I am doing trend analysis of data from lotus notes. I need to manually export data from lotus notes and import it into excel. Is there a way to automate this? I can even work with Access. I tried to create an agent and I do not have access to do so.
There are many ways to do this, depending on your skills and your access to the Notes database.
First of all, when you say "I do not have access to [create an agent]", are you saying that you don't have designer access to the database where the data lives?
If that is the case, simply build a separate Notes application, and write your export agent there. Put that application on the same server, and you can set the export to run every night 8or whenever you like).
Another option is to use COM in Access and pull the data over that way. You have all the COM classes documnented in the Domino Designer help, and the code should be very similar to what you would writ in Lotusscript.
A third option, if the database is web enabled, is to use HTTP to pull the data out of views. You can read it using ?ReadViewEntries, either as XML or as JSON. This requires that all the data you need is exposed in the view, though.
I think the first option is the best, though. However, if you have been tasked with creating this export, you should be able to ask for proper access to the database...
I know this is a past posting, but someone may need the latest answers get to Domino Data.
You can export any view in Notes. File -> Export -> Select CSV as the option.
Then there is the IBM ODBC driver. There are two versions. One for 8.5.3 and another for 9.x. Download here http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/toolkits.html
Instructions on how to install here http://xpagesbeast.com/uxdesign/dont-forget-about-the-notessql-driver/
Using DomSQL which is a true JDBC driver for Notes Domino data. Non Notes environments can execute SQL SELECT queries using this JDBC driver.
http://www.openntf.org/main.nsf/blog.xsp?permaLink=NHEF-8Q7AW3
Using the Domino REST Services. You can access DominoData through a URL and it returns JSON. There are URLs to get all database instances on the server, then you can get all views in the server, and you can then access documents in the views.
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/xpAPIViewer.xsp?lookupName=IBM+Domino+Access+Services+9.0.1#action=openDocument&content=catcontent&ct=api
If you cannot create an agent (no designer access) you can try to install NotesSQL (ODBC driver) besides your Notes Client and access with Excel, MsQuery, etc. with your user id.
You can find more information here: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/notesdomino/notessql/
Is it possible to convert a .nsf Domino Web Application to HTML? I need the application making available offline without the use of a Domino server. To elaborate on this, we have an external company that host a domino application for us, a document management system. They are soon going to pull the plug on the server and have sent us a .nsf file. If we had a domino server it would be great, we could just place the file on the server. But the problem is that we don't. That is why I was hoping if there was a way to extract all the content so that it could run without a domino server, just as a bunch of HTML files, we don't need the functionality of the DMS, we just need to be able to view the content.
Thanks
If it is an application with logic and actions built on Domino's programming framework, and not just a set of static pages, then the answer is no. First of all, because HTML is just a markup language, not a programming language or framework. And secondly, because the various attempts that have been made to build tools to migrate Domino applications to other frameworks have generally not been very successful. GBS has tools to migrate traditional Domino applications to XPages, but that's probably not what you want.
If the site is static you could copy it using a web site copy tool like HTTrack: http://www.httrack.com/
The tool crawls the entire site and generates HTML pages.
Using the Notes client, create a local replica of the database. With that database open in Notes, click on Actions in the top-line menu, then Preview in Web Browser, and choose Internet Explorer. You may need to change the ACL to allow Anonymous to have Reader access. If the data needs to be secure, create a local copy instead so that you can modify the ACL without putting the production copy at risk.
You can download the Notes designer client from IBM with no restrictions as well as the Notes and administrator clients with a 90-day evaluation period.
I'm in a machine that has already SharePoint installed, so when I started the SharePoint Central Administration to config, this message appear to me: "Can not connect to the database configuration."
How do I know which database is configured SharePoint?
Normally the Admin database is created using the naming convention SharePoint_AdminContent_{GUID}. However if there's more than one, you'll need to use SQL Management studo or other tool to look inside the DBs, look for a table called "DatabaseInformation" which will contain two items, look in the AlternateAccessMappingXML entry and look for the XML tage IncomingUrl, that should help you narrow it down.
Or just use the SQL profiler and watch for connections.
By default SharePoint will install the Database on the same machine as the web server, but you can ask whoever installed SharePoint on the machine.
Anyhow, most likely it's not relevant and something else is the problem, follow the resolution methods described here and you'll probably have it fixed.
How do you manage deploying InfoPath forms to different sharepoint servers? Is there a better way to deal all the data connections being site-specific without opening the forms, editing the data connections and republishing for each environment?
This is a common problem, if you are working on a dev-system and need deployments to a productive system from time to time. I use a script that performs (plain text) replacements based on regular expressions.
on each deploy:
make a backup of your form ;-)
Save your form as source code. (I suggest you work on source code files rather than the .xsn, because the xsn is only a renamed .cab with the source files in it. And you are able to use source control in a more satisfying way.)
open the manifest.xsf file
search for the xml node "DataConnections"
search and replace the site-url part
(Do not forget the save-path, file-&site attributes and publishUrl)
deploy from the InfoPath Designer
I use a script that does all the replacements. That works fine and already saved me a lot of work.
If I understand your scenario correctly:
You have an InfoPath form, with data connections that submit your data.
You wish to deploy this form on multiple SharePoint Servers and have those data connections submit data to the currently deployed server.
You can't really get around needing to do work on every SharePoint server that you would want to deploy the form to. However, you can get around needing to modify the InfoPath Form Template.
If you use the SharePoint Data Connection Library (DCL), and create a UDC file from your data connection, on every SharePoint Server that you would want to use...then your InfoPath Template can just talk to the UDC file.
Here's a link to an article about integrating InfoPath with SharePoint's DCL:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267335.aspx
If you go into the submit options, there is an option to perform custom action using rules. If you have all of the data connections set up, you can configure rules to select which connection to submit to.
re: speedfox's answer, try to stay away from editing the manifest whenever possible. It'll just lead to head aches.
If I understand your problem, you're deploying to multiple servers (DEV, UAT, Production) and need to edit the data connection manually every time you go from one environment to another? Forgive me if I've over simplified the problem
I've found the best way to make data connections site relative is to:
Use data connection files in your form. Open the data connection wizard in infopath and for all of you data conencting click "Convert..." this changes your data connection from being embedded in the form to being an independant XML file. You'll need a Data Conenction Library on you sharepoint site to store these in. Create that in the browser.
After you've converted and the connection go back into it and there will be a Connection Options... button use it to change from "Local data connection library" to "Centrally managed connection library"
Upload the data connection that is in your sites Data Connection Library to central admin
When you publish your form make sure you're publishing to a centrally managed location (Central Admin)
Use your form as a content type in any forms library on that site collection.
To use the form on another site, upload the data connection file to the new servers central admin and publish the (unchanged) form to the centrally managed forms.
See my blog post where I take you step-by-step with relevant snapshots covering the following:
a. Converting InfoPath Data Connections to DCL library in SharePoint.
b. Publishing InfoPath form to a SharePoint List/Library
c. Creating a .wsp solution package for the InfoPath form and its code-behind
d. Creating a batch script that will deploy the InfoPath form on your Production site.
e. Ensuring the InfoPath form has been deployed as a feature
f. Modify the DCL's in the production environment.
g. Associate the InfoPath Content Type with the Document/Forms Library
See the full blog post at: http://www.sharepointfix.com/2009/12/infopath-2007-form-and-nintex-workflows.html
By site-specific, do you mean that the data connections in your forms refer to the server the form is deployed to? If that's the case perhaps you could tweak your connections to use localhost instead of the server name for the hostname part of the data connection URLs.
In my scenario, I am not using the built-in "save" button. I have a data connection that I use to "post" the data to another list.
Yes, that's what I mean by site-specific. I don't think you can use localhost 'cos then when a user saves the form, it'll try to post to the user's computer (i.e. localhost). I have tried to use relative paths but that doesn't seem to work.