Sending HTML emails from Domino

With support for MIME programmability in Lotus script, it is very easy to send HTML mails. This custom function, configurable to an extent, allows applications to send HTML mails effortlessly. You just need to have the HTML content in a string before calling this function! Hope this helps..

Client-side database choice

Some resources that can help in knowing choices for Client-side databases

Double Take
Flying out of the gate with Derby
Derby: The Java Relational Database
IBM's Cloudscape Versus MySQL
developerWorks Cloudscape Zone
MySQL Developer Resources

Documenting requirements for a Lotus solution

Lotus being a pack of technologies, it is challenging to come up with a document that captures requirements in a format that can be easily translated into design. In the ‘Good (but not so practical) Real World’ we should not be worried of the technology while the requirements are documented. Since in most cases we approach requirements with a particular platform(s) / technology(s) in mind, it is practical to adulterate requirements with some technical details. The objective though should be to document requirements in a format that is flexible for design (Java/J2EE, lotus component or something else), development (RAD, testing tools, language used for development) and implementation and most importantly - Change!

Suggestion on the documentation part would be to completely cover the requirements and clearly define the scope (without duplication of effort at a later stage of a project). Some key aspects that need to be included in this requirement documentation

• Use Cases
• User interface Details, including fields
• Access/State Matrix - Depict the state of a document/data element in different modes - at various workflow stages - for multiple user roles. This can be really handy at any stage of the project.
• Requirements that are based on the out-of-the box platform capabilities (Replication, Security etc)
• Non-functional requirements – Sizing, availability, scalability, performance related etc.

R7 - New mail features

New features in Lotus Notes 7 mail

Troubleshooting Lotus Domino hangs and crashes

Some ideas to troubleshoot Notes/Lotus Domino hangs and crashes

Performance monitoring tool

Check this performance monitoring tool for Lotus notes

Peace!

Check out these movies

• What Peace is ?
• 10 things you can do to create peace

and try out this test!

IBM Mainframe to Windows

Thinking about lifting and shifting from IBM Mainframe to Windows? Give this a read.

Domino and DB2

This article from IBM illustrates some new capabilities of a Domino application with data in DB2. New features allow domino data to be exposed to other db2 applications. With ‘Db2 query views’, a notes view can be built using a DB2 SQL query!!