Monthly Archives: April 2006

Apr 27

SnT Thursday – View Icons as Categories

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I like to check how referrers are getting to this blog, so I use the view ‘Referers\All by Date’ view to monitor it. One of my frustrations about this view is that either a refer is marked as valid or invalid. Which is not totally accurate because not all invalid entries have been validated. So I added a third icon that indicates that the referrer has not been validated. The third icon helped but I still found myself wasting time looking through the documents. To speed things up I added categorization (descending order) to the indicator column and my view now looks like this:
There is only one thing wrong with this, no twisties! As you can see (second picture) I do have them set to show. Even tried using my own ‘Twistie Image’ but still no luck. When ‘Display values as icons’ is disabled the twisties appear in Notes. No matter the setting for this column the twisties always show on the web, thanks Lotus for the consistency. The column formula is very simple: 
@If(Verify = 1; 82; Verify = 0; 81; 162)
Update: It seems that the view icon is the twistie because clicking on the image once expands or collapses it.
Apr 24

Edit Document Fields 6.0.0

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I never thought that this tool would have such a history , but it is still saves me time every day.  I am really exited about this release because a history of the values is being kept.  This history will now be selectable in the prompt when entering a new value.  The error handling and messages have also greatly improved.   Download Edit Document 6.0.0 or if you would like to step threw the code break down and learn what is happening.

Changes
  1. Added the following new data type/actions:
    • Trim
    • Trim then Unique
  2. Added history to prompts.  All prompts that where edits are now edit combo a history of ten values will be kept.  Use ‘cFieldHistoryValues’ to set the amount of history to keep.
  3. Added prompt before updating documents to confirm what is going to happen.  Set ‘cEnableConfirmation’ constant to @False to disable this feature.  This information will always be printed to the status bar.
  4. All constants start with c, some can be customized as noted.
  5. Improved error message when validating the entered formula.
  6. Improved error message when executing the operation on a document.
  7. Added ability to continue executing the operation on all remaining documents even if an error occurs.  Each time an error occurs there is an option to stop execution.  The the failed document NoteID(s) will be shown again at the end and written to the status bar.
The 5 Simple Steps
  1. Select the document(s) to update
  2. Click your toolbar button
  3. Select the field to update
  4. Select the data type or action to be performed
  5. Select or Enter the new information (if prompted)
Limitations
  • Only 1000 documents can be updated at a time
  • All @Prompts are limited to 255, including values and text messages
  • When updating multiple documents only the documents that are selected and visible (expanded) in the view will be updated. Notes needs to be able to navigate to the document in order to update them
Apr 20

SnT Thursday – Tray It!

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This is one of small but useful tools that I have been using for some time.  

allows to save precious Taskbar space for minimized windows. For each application which applies TrayIt! it creates a small icon in the System Tray. (System Tray area is located near the Clock). When application’s window is minimized this icon represents the application on the Taskbar instead of the regular “minimized rectangle”.

It is particularly useful for background tasks you typically keep running on your PC all day long like your favorite E-mail client, Real Player, etc.


Try It! has improved since my last post, it has a much nicer UI.  Even though it is only in beta , it has been very stable for me and worth the risk.  Here is the new improved list of applications running


I have circled the features that I have set.  I am always up for single clicking instead of that double stuff, except for Lotus Notes double right click!
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For some applications like Microsoft Active Sync or Google Talk there is already a system try icon, so selecting the option not to show in the system tray just makes sense.
Apr 13

Answering the phone

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I needed to call someone last week that I don’t talk to often in person or on the phone.  Not a big deal but the person the other end answered with "Hello", that was it.  Not "Hello this is Jane" or "Hello Doe’s, this is John".  I was caught off guard by this and was a little concerned that I might have the wrong number.  What ever happened to introductions?  We are teaching our boys to say "Hello Schelfhout’s, this is Calvin".  I am a little less formal on my cell phone and say "Hello this is Chad".  I understand times are changing but there still needs to be some courtesy.  How do you answer you phone?  Do you wish people would answer with more than hello or ya?  Maybe if this keeps up, the person will pick up the phone and not say anything.