Lotus Software is best known as the creator of Lotus 123 and Lotus Notes. The hugely successful launch of Lotus 123 spreadsheet software in 1983 revolutionized number crunching. The company followed with a SmartSuite of spreadsheet, word processor, presentation software, database manager and personal information organizer. They also have other products such as Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes.
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API to integrate with Domino
I am a relatively newbie to Lotus/Domino world and have been tasked with the following Domino task.
Access user's Domino mailbox (from a middleware server) and delete certain malicious emails from the same.
Additional Background: There is a external…

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Best practices for version control for Lotus Notes/Domino development
Please share how you do version control for Lotus Notes/Domino development.
I want to put in our SVN repository all the scripts, views, custom forms, script libraries, etc.
Semi-automated methods are accepted as well (i.e. if I find a way to get all…

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Way to check is an user a document author?
Hello Domino programmers!
I work on a lotus database + xpages and i ran into a following problem:
I have Authors and Readers fields on document and both can contain users and groups.
Both fields are set on XPage using NamePicker control.
When…

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Ruby on rails workflow engine (like IBM WorkFlow)
Is there any workflow imlementation in RoR?
Several years i developed and supported a IBM Lotus Notes enterprise apps with IBM WorkFlow. This software provides possibility to draw business process scheme (e.g. someone creates document and send it to…

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Mercurial Setup for Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.3
Working on getting the Mercurial Source Control installed and working with Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.3.
Been using Declan's powerpoint from Lotusphere 2012 "AD102: Source Control For The IBM Lotus Domino Developer" as a guide.
What I've done so far…

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Lotus Notes Diff Tool
Is there any diff tool for Lotus Notes which allows to compare scripts, design elements and documents?

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What's wrong with Lotus Notes / Lotus Domino
I have a client who is using Lotus Domino for their web application/server platform. The client has two "web developers" who are more comfortable with Lotus Domino than more mainstream tools and technologies and are not enthusiastic about making a…

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Determine all groups for a defined user
I am currently creating a java method(part of and XPages managed bean) to retrieve a list groups a user(not necessarly current user) is a member of.
Is there any easy method to retieve this information or am i going to have to loop through all the…

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Upgrading Lotus Domino from 8.5.2 to 8.5.3, custom template broken
I have a custom template that is deployed on Domino servers and used by customers for their mail boxes. The hierarchy is like this:
StdRMail85
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Custom Template
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User Mailfile
This template has worked since version Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5…

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Call to getEmbeddedObjects(); (Domino Server API) returns wrong results
The Domino server API getEmbeddedObjects(); returns the wrong result (zero) when a mail containing an attachment (as embedded object) is sent from the script.
Though an attachment is sent as an EmbeddedOBject, getEmbeddedObjects(); returns…

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Flying Saucer in Lotus Notes
I was trying to convert simple XHTML-files to PDF, and used Flying Saucer and iText to do so. It worked without problems in Java, however, when I tried to make a Lotus Notes agent with the same code, I got an exception I am unsure how to deal…

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Lotus 123 to Excel 2003 conversion
I have been asked to convert some Lotus 123 wk4 files with macros to excel 2003, I know the data will convert with most formulas. I am wondering if there is a way to convert the lotus macros also.

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Insert images / files inside Notes document using lotus.domino
I am trying to insert some inline image and inline attachment inside Notes document, using Rich Text format by lotus.domino package Java API, and send it.
The code of inserting is as below.
// Insertion by RichTextItem.embedObject()
RichTextItem…

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How to make automated notification using Lotus Script
I know that using Lotus Script you can make an notification (auto email), ONLY If you have some control that will be triggered manually (like a button etc etc..).
What I want is to trigger the notification automatically (with out human…

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Search for documents by key using Domino Data Service
Domino Data Service is a good thing but is it possible to search for documents by key.
I didnt find anything in the api and the url parameters about it.

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