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Note The current redbook LotusScript for Visual Basic Programmers is also available in HTML format and in Adobe Acrobat format on the World Wide Web. The URL is http://www.lotus.com/devtools. In addition, the code samples provided throughout the book are available for your use on http://www.lotus.com/redbook. IBM Direct Publications Catalog on the World Wide Web http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/pbl/pbl IBM employees may obtain LIST3820s of redbooks from this page. ITSO4USA category on INEWS Online - send orders to: USIB6FPL at IBMMAIL or DKIBMBSH at IBMMAIL. Internet Listserver With an Internet e-mail address, anyone can subscribe to an IBM Announcement Listserver. To initiate the service, send an e-mail note to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com with the keyword subscribe in the body of the note (leave the subject line blank). A category form and detailed instructions will be sent to you. 216 LotusScript for Visual Basic Programmers
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LotusScript for Visual Basic Progra
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Abstract This redbook describes how
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NotesTimer ................... ....
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Preface This redbook describes how
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Chapter 12, “Using Notes as an OL
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Chapter 1 LotusScript and Visual Ba
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Object-Oriented Terminology LotusSc
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There are many good examples of how
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LotusScript only allows arrays and
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File I/O Code such as the following
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"frmMain::cmdUpdateDB_Click") then
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MessageBox Visual Basic developers
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Extending the Code Visual Basic pro
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Lotus Components You can add Window
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Lotus, creating a cut-down version
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Once you have created the object, y
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Public Function PostError(ErrNumber
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1. Consts move out of the class int
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In Visual Basic sending a message i
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Where LotusScript commands and synt
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Chapter 2 The Notes Integrated Deve
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Action Pane This is the narrow wind
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Run Area The three radio buttons sp
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4. Click the Methods twistie, and a
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When you enter structured programmi
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ut the results are different. Such
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Before we let the code run to the b
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The following figure shows the hier
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NotesACL Every NotesDatabase contai
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NotesAgent NotesAgent is contained
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Method Description New Creates a ne
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Method Description UnprocessedSearc
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NotesDateTime NotesDateTime is cont
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Property Description Name Read-only
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Method Description Save Saves any c
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Property Description UniversalID Re
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NotesEmbeddedObject The NotesEmbedd
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NotesInternational The NotesInterna
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NotesLog Property Description IsNam
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NotesName The NotesName class will
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NotesRichTextItem NotesRichTextItem
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Method Description CreateNewsletter
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NotesTimer The NotesTimer class wil
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Method Description GetPrevSibling G
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NotesUIWorkspace NotesUIWorkspace c
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Method Description FindFreeTimeDial
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NotesUIDatabase The NotesUIDatabase
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The following figure shows how it w
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Dim doc As Object We create a refer
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Declaring Notes Classes in Visual B
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In Visual Basic, we can access the
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Dim doc As Object Dim item As Objec
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The following figure shows a Visual
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Chapter 5 Converting HiTest Applica
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We declare an hgstatus variable. Al
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Converting a HiTest Application Usi
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2. Put the following code on the Cr
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Converting a HiTest Application to
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6. Enter the following code on the
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10. From the Notes menu, choose Fil
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Accessing Notes Session Properties
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Example This example sets the value
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HiTest Functions Notes Class method
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Accessing Notes Sessions in LotusSc
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Chapter 7 Accessing Notes Databases
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We set the property of hgdatabase.
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HiTest Name LotusScript Notes Class
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All of the methods mentioned above
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REM view becomes a NotesView object
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We create a new database on a local
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Dim hgviewid As Long Dim hgview As
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Following is an explanation of the
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We declare a session, db and view w
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The HiTest Visual Basic API does no
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Chapter 9 Accessing Notes Documents
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Following is an explanation of the
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We create and open a new document u
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HiTest Function Name Notes Classes
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Set doc = dc.GetFirstDocument(1247)
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NotesUIDocument = EditDocument([boo
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Set dc = db.AllDocuments Set doc =
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We enter text in the Subject, Categ
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Attachments Internally, Lotus Notes
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