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| XPage Control: Multi Select Dialog PickerSteve Castledine 16 March 2010 11:18:43 GMTI have just released an XPages Multi Select Dialog Picker control on OpenNTF. The multi-select dialog picker allows you to specify a Lotus Notes View/column based data source, or via an api any list
Just a teaser of some new XPages samplesSteve Castledine 25 February 2010 11:07:45 GMTThere's some XPages code that I have been trying to finish so I can upload to OpenNTF - so here's just a teaser (as I think there will be some good reusable parts):
XPages: Validating Radio Groups Client SideSteve Castledine 17 February 2010 09:45:48 GMTThis has come up twice recently so thought I would share a few tips. Server side validation of radio groups and also check box groups on a basic level is very simple. You navigate to the component pr
XPages: Hide Detail RowsSteve Castledine 16 February 2010 14:41:42 GMTVery quiet around here as very busy (some very cool stuff) and still catching up on "I will document that for you" from Lotusphere. So here's one off that list "Hide Detail Rows". So in Notes develop
XPages Discussion Template - new build available on OpenNTFSteve Castledine 13 January 2010 16:31:41 GMTI have uploaded a new build of the XPages Discussion forum to OpenNTF. You can download from here. This update enhances the existing XPage interface allowing more topics to be visible within the view
XPages Wiki build 0.06 availableSteve Castledine 23 December 2009 18:13:54 GMTWent through the reported bugs and fixed as many as possible and so a new build is available here. Template is Domino XPages 8.5.1 only at this point. Will upload another update soon.
Simple XPages Theme TipSteve Castledine 18 December 2009 11:56:34 GMTThere was a question "how do I allocate a particular theme to a particular XPage?", this is because in general the theme set is for the entire nsf and changing it for one XPage means changing it for a
XPages - common "upgrade my existing application" questionsSteve Castledine 7 December 2009 10:45:53 GMTA bit of a call for help, but at the same time an offer of help. One of my Lotusphere sessions, with Stephan Wissel, will be about upgrading "existing" applications to using XPages, and also showing
XPages - multiple data sources different read/edit modesSteve Castledine 17 November 2009 10:08:45 GMTSlow rate of posting right now, hopefully will pick it up over the coming months as I do have a list of topics waiting to be blogged about. So a quick one which personally I had been stuck on for a
Some titbits for when developing XPages for the clientSteve Castledine 29 October 2009 16:33:34 GMTI need to create a wiki page for this really to note down everything as I find it when developing XPages for web and client. To start, one of the things I often need to handle is I do not always use
Providing illustration for your XPage custom controls (Design Definition)Steve Castledine 16 October 2009 10:09:34 GMTSomething added to Lotus Domino Designer (DD) in 8.5.1 was the ability to better illustrate our custom controls when laid out within an XPage (within Designer itself). For example in 8.5 a tag cloud
XPages Repeat Control enhancement for 8.5.1Steve Castledine 14 October 2009 10:50:00 GMTRepeat controls are probably one of the top tools in an XPage developers box. By their very nature we, the developer, decide how they are used and the html that is sent to the browser. So typically
XPages, Rich Text, Filtering, Custom Converters all in one postSteve Castledine 1 October 2009 11:00:00 GMTAlmost forgotten how to blog such is the lack of time I give this activity right now. Blame it on the kids (oh and work and twitter). Anyway on the subject of XPages, Rich Text and filtering I thoug
Using html characters in XPagesSteve Castledine 18 August 2009 10:45:44 GMTJust a quick tip for using html characters in your XPages. Because XPages are essentially xml, you cannot add, for example, " " for a space etc directly into the source. You need to use ins
XPages Wiki update and request for helpSteve Castledine 29 July 2009 14:28:12 GMTSo been getting hit on the head (in a nice way) with regards an update of the XPages wiki on OpenNTF. Well I have been working on it, but I have been slowed by work schedule, testing it on 8.51 and
XPages Memory Usage and Performance Tips - 8.5Steve Castledine 9 July 2009 10:00:00 GMTThis maybe a two part post, but just before I went on holiday we did some analysis/work on a few XPage apps to improve performance and memory consumption. So heres a few tips that will help your appli
XPage Login Control for basic and session authentication plus detection codeSteve Castledine 23 April 2009 09:52:50 GMTYesterday I uploaded a new XPage Login custom control to the openntf catalog. Wow you must think, this is going to change my life ;) In all seriousness it occurred to me that there is not a set of l
Xpages Wiki Iteration 4 availableSteve Castledine 21 April 2009 11:27:25 GMTI have posted an updated XPages wiki template on openntf.org here. This is a minor release aimed at bug fixing, performance improvements and general tidy up to create a good platform to move forward
Usage log for XPages wikiSteve Castledine 7 April 2009 16:46:54 GMTIn order to monitor usage so we can make decisions on where to spend resource on openntf, I have setup a usage log on openntf for the XPages wiki. There is no need to give company and/or your name (
XPages Wiki Iteration 3 availableSteve Castledine 2 April 2009 19:15:19 GMTI have uploaded iteration 3 of the XPages wiki to openntf. The main change being the wiki markup engine based on the Creole standard has been implemented. There is also a documentation, demo, sandbox
XPage Wiki - Iteration 2 availableSteve Castledine 12 March 2009 15:22:32 GMTI have uploaded iteration 2 of the XPages wiki on openNTF. Release information is in the help document within the zip file. There are only bug fixes from the first release and the addition of comment
XPages - Getting the count from a repeat control outside of the repeat controlSteve Castledine 11 March 2009 10:58:10 GMTA common pattern of design in a domino application and really any web application is to have a list of data, say comments, and have a "counter" display how many are in the list. So in the image below
Using standard java packages in your XPage codeSteve Castledine 6 March 2009 12:53:07 GMTOne thing that makes XPages very powerful is the fact that you can use standard java packages/classes directly in your XPage "javascript". Take for example something I needed to do recently to the to
XPages Demonstration/Test/Education application now on openNTFSteve Castledine 27 February 2009 17:03:25 GMTA new project has been added to openNTF (by Paul in the Dublin Labs). A very useful demonstration database that shows pretty much all the controls, @formulas etc in action. It makes a great demonstr
XPages - webQuerySave equivalent or using Lotusscript to process dataSteve Castledine 7 November 2008 09:28:52 GMTI'm planning some "how to" XPages posts for "Domino Developers", in the meantime here's something for this week's "tip" theme. You may currently have a lot of logic sitting in Lotusscript agents o
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