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Do you keep a programming journal?

The last couple months I've started keeping a journal relating to my software development. I've found that's it's been helpful for keeping track of software requests and the changes and discoveries necessary in fixing an issue or keeping track of system infrastructure changes. I've also found that it's a nice way to slow down for a mom...

Sending HTML emails that renders correctly in Notes 7

Does anyone here has any experience on how to send HTML emails that renders correctly on a Lotus Notes Client 7? My email has a couple of complex CSS files and I tried embedding them on <style> tags, but it doesn't seem to work. The thing is that the email renders perfectly in version 8 and on other email clients. Any hints or pointers...

treelike structure plugin for vim

Does anyone know of some plugin for vim which would enable treelike note keeping organization like in many today's notekeeping applications. For example, something alike which would according to the tree on the left create another file in a directory structure to enable keeping several files together, under one tree, but still have them ...

What are the efficient ways to take "programmer" notes?

I run many times into an issue where someone asked me about a bug or a feature I worked on. And it literally takes me a long time to recall it, usually by looking at Bugzila as well as my CVS reports. So I am trying to find a good way to take notes of what the things I have been working on, and looking for your suggestions. In fact, I u...

Adding Notes Using Google Reader's API

Does anyone know how to add a note using Google Reader's API? In looking at some of their code, I've noticed that it might have something to do with the "/reader/api/0/item/edit" URL, but I can't find this documented anywhere. ...

Accessing mails from "mail\ServerMailFile.nsf" file from Domino Server using "Interop.Domino.dll"

I can open contacts,to-do list from "mail/usermail.nsf" file. But unable to open or access mails from it. I am using below code to access "calender": _serverDatabase = _lotesNotesSession.GetDatabase("", "mail\ServerMailFile.nsf", false); NotesView LotusNotesView = _localDatabase.GetView("Calendar"); Is there any similar way to acces...

How to open 2 instances of Lotus Notes using a VB Script

I am having to connect to 1 mail server via LAN for my internal work and to a second mail server outside of my LAN but through a VPN connection in order to do my work as well as both sides of this has information that I cannot access from my LAN. I have 2 Lotus Notes ID files and passwords and would like a VB Script that will create a s...

Web (anchor) link to a Notes database

Hi Is there a way to create a regular web (or anchor) link that will open a Notes client and display a pre-determined database from the workplace? Thanks in advance. Ronnie ...

How get all calendar entries for a given using the Notes.Jar for Java

I am working on a simple java code to extract all calendar entries for a given date. I know it possible using Domingo but I would like to use only Notes.jar for this purpose. It is possible for me to create a session based on a given credentials and get the calendar object. I am looking to extract the current running notes session and us...

Extract/Export attachements from Lotus Notes Email using C#

Hello I need to extract/export the lotus notes email attachment into file system. for that I wrote following method but each time I am receiving an error at line foreach (NotesItem nItem in items).. Can anybody please tell me what I am doing wrong .. Thanks Jwalin public void GetAttachments() { NotesSession session = ...

How to avoid accidental deletions of databases in Lotus Notes?

I have always worried about users deleting lotus notes databases by accident. We had one such case last week and I want to know how we can lock the databases so that users cannot delete them. Is there a way in Lotus Notes - either at the Db level or server level where we can set up the database so that only the administer of the db or t...

Debugging a Domino/Notes DSAPI filter

I've built a DLL for Domino Server 8.5 for Windows and installed it as a DSAPI filter, but every time I restart Domino I get "HTTP Server: Failed to load DSAPI module C:\path_to_filter\filter.dll" Is there any way to determine why this is failing to load? I built the DLL from a C++ project in Visual Studio 2008 and used the libraries a...

Code Golf: Banknote calculator

This question was posted by a C beginner and it was an exercise to calculate, given a dollar value input by the user, the minimum number of bills (or banknotes, depending on your locale) needed to reach that dollar value. So, if the user entered 93, the output would be: $20 bills = 4 $10 bills = 1 $5 bills = 0 $1 bills = 3 Finally su...

c# and lotus notes attachment icon

I am using c# and need to attach a lnk (shortcut/link) file and email to a lotus notes account. the problem is the icon defaults to a generic image and does not show the folder with the arrow as seen in windows explorer. a txt file icon does show as expected. can this be done thru c# or is the notes server the problem? thanks ...

Decoding Window 7 Sticky Notes File

I love the windows 7 sticky note app and need to write a quick script to copy my notes to my iphone (easier than bringing a laptop to meetings). How can I extract my notes from the stick notes file (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\StickNotes.snt). The file stores undo entries, or other meta data, for each note, so I ...

How to export Rich Text fields as HTML from Notes with LotusScript?

I'm working on a data migration task, where I have to export a somewhat large Lotus Notes application into a blogging platform. My first task was to export the articles from Lotus Notes into CSV files. I created a Agent in LotusScript to export the data into CSV files. I use a modified version of this IBM DeveloperWorks forum post. And...

How to implement a calendar like google's with jQuery?

It should provide ease to add event to the calendar. When I click on the cell,should let me edit the notes. EDIT I've looked through many calendars but none of them meet the requirement that it should let the user add notes easily! ...

Vim as a note taking platform: Jump to tag in vertically split windows

In the past, I have used Vim as a note taking platform by creating an index.txt file with a list of tags using the Vim help file format and then creating a bunch of text files that have the normal *Help_Tag* link syntax so that using CTRL-] on a tag in the index.txt file will jump to the respective tag in an arbitrary notes text file. Yo...

html newsletter in lotus notes 8

Hello. I am trying to send HTML newsletters and it works fine in most email clients except Lotus Notes 8. Problem: Table size get converted to 100% width even though set to 640. I have tried to encapsulated everything into one table. Tried the following: <table width=640> <table width="640"> <table cellpadding=5 width=640> <table cel...

How can I embed a link button in mail to be sent to Notes clients?

I have to send an email to several hundred users. Each will have a link tailored to the recipient so I need to generate the emails in script/code - I'm no Notes developer so I can't do this in Notes; I'm using C# and I'm pulling the list out of a SQL database. There are some constraints: The site that the link points to uses Integr...