dxl

Are the dynamic arrays in DOORS data base worth using?

I am a new developer for a DOORS database and when writing scripts in dxl. If you know there are only 1 dimensional arrays in dxl. I wanted to use more than one dimension so I decided to use a dynamic array, but this slowed my script down a lot, and when we have around 14000 objects per module it would take a day or so for the script to...

String Split in DXL

I have sting Ex: "We prefer questions that can be answered; not just discussed " now i want to split this string from ";" like We prefer questions that can be answered and not just discussed is this possible in DXL. i am learning DXL, so i don't have idea whether we can split or not. Note : This is not a home work. ...

An example of what Notes/Domino DXL cannot express?

Whenever source control in Lotus Notes development is discussed, it is said that an export-import cycle of DXL data doesn't give you the same design as you started with - thus any system relying on DXL will fail. I have no reason to doubt this, since the DXL format seems to be a moving target and constantly a step behind what the Domin...

Remove Lotus Notes design element inheritance programatically

As part of an effort to create a rudimentary revision control system, I would like to programatically disable design element level inheritance on a Lotus Notes template. I have so far tried the following: DXL export (ForceNoteFormat=true) + XSLT. This failed with a validation problem in the importer, on fields(!). DXL export (ForceNote...

Associate DXL with eclipse/notes and kick off handling

I need to be able to double click on a file on the desktop and have Eclipse (or more specifically Lotus Notes) kick off my custom action, to process and display it. I've found http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3648736/Eclipse-Tip-Define-Custom-Content-Types-to-Identify-Your-Data-Files.htm which describes how to setup a ...

Generating custom-form documents from base-form plus XML?

Hi all, this is my first stack overflow, and it's a complex one. Sorry. My task is to generate custom documents from a basic template plus some XML without having a custom form design element for each case. Here's the whole picture: We are building a Lotus Notes (client, not web) application for world-wide application access control;...