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Here is a nice little tip on how to very quickly get to the instantiation point of any variable, subroutine, function, or custom class. I have created the tip as a video because it is simply easier to understand how this works when you see it in action.

How familiar are you with LotusScript’s Like operator? If not very, then you are missing out because Like packs a lot of punch. To demonstrate that I am going to outline a function that I use in my applications to determine if a particular e-mail address is internal to my domain. This function requires that [...]

One of the little functions that I wrote some time ago yet has come in handy time and time again is the AddresseeDomain function. When given the recipient address of an e-mail, this function will pass back the recipient’s domain be it the Internet domain or Domino domain (which is useful if you are in [...]

From time-to-time I have come across Notes applications that customers have written that ask the user for another database. Usually this is done to export data or because some type of processing must take place against this other data source. For whatever reason this is being done, the point which the user is asked for [...]

I have been meaning to post this SnTT for several weeks now, but have not found the time to finish it. Chris Miller’s post yesterday, Do Your Users Understand a Stoplight Signal?, points out the new and improved quota reporting in the 8.0.1 mail template and has prompted me to finish this post. Yes, I [...]

If you create your own Notes applications, modify existing Notes applications, or just want a familiar and structured database for end-user help then you need to download the Notes Help template . This is the template used by IBM to create the Notes, Designer, and Admin help databases.

We all know that we can use the keyword Me to refer to class variables from within the class methods and properties. (If you are not creating your own classes you should be! They are a fantastic way to create reusable, fully unit-tested code.) But, did you know that you can use it to refer [...]

While all Notes developers and many power users know how to create a view with all the data they want spread out across multiple columns, it surprises me how many times I see a database that will have several horizontal screen fulls of data across a dozen or more columns. The intent is usually to [...]

For my first Show n’ Tell Thursday entry I thought I would start off with something that I was working on recently: creating a master checkbox. This would probably fall under the beginner category. If you have never heard of a master checkbox then don’t worry…I made it up. Well, the term anyway, not the [...]