Undocumented Open Calendar Command

Posted on June 11, 2003 by qtzar

While the Domino Designer help files describe the @command([OpenCalendar];Username) as a very simple command that will open a users calendar there is an extra undocumented parameter that will instruct the notes client to open the users calendar in the proper calendar frameset.

@command([OpenCalendar];username;[UseFrameSet]) will open the calendar in the calendar frameset.

@command([OpenCalendar];username;[UseMailFrameSet]) will open the users inbox in the mail frameset.

So why is this undocumented? The ND6 mail template uses the undocumented commands as part of it’s functionality to open listed users calendars. Infact why keep things that are useful hidden in the product. Every version of the Notes client that has come out has always had something hidden, like the formula debugger in R5 and the extra admin panel options in R4.

What else is hidden in there that we don’t know about?

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Nifty Fifty Revival

Posted on June 8, 2003 by qtzar

Have you ever heard of the Nifty Fifty? The Nifty Fifty was a collection of 50 notes templates that were provided by Lotus when you purchased Notes V3. The templates are still available on the Lotus FTP site ( and there are now 78 templates ). looking over the templates they are really starting to show their age and could do with an update…

Well Rocky Oliver over at Lotus Geek has been discussing the possibility of doing just this, reviving the collection and updating it with 50 ( or more ) new templates designed to show the power of ND6. A lot has changed since the original templates were created, the advances in the client and web interfaces, formula language updates and the extended power of LotusScript in terms of richtext, xml etc all need to be addressed.

So what would you put on the new Nifty Fifty CD? I know of four blog templates that I’d definitly include, the OpenNTF mail template would be a great contender and I’m sure that a lot of you have small apps out there for business tasks like time keeping, expense reports etc etc that could be included. All ideas welcome…

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Still Missing One Certificate

Posted on June 3, 2003 by qtzar

I received all the certificates for the recent Lotus Exams that I had passed in the post today. The usual affair, A4 sized certificates squashed through a small letter box so that the edges get all mangled.

All my certificates, that is, except for one important one. My CLI certificate seems to have gone missing, and not only has the certificate gone missing but the fact that I ever had CLI status has gone missing.

I did my Instructor Certification Evaluation exam (ICE) back in November 2001 over in Lotus UK. The guy who carried out the eval left IBM about two weeks after this but before he left he sent over a letter to say that I had passed the ICE. I then managed to get somebody to send me a certificate and I thought all was well untill I just requested that I get it upgraded to show that I am also an R6 qualified instructor.

So maybe Barbara Bowen is reading a few of these Blogs and she spots this and can get involved and sort things out because the people that I have been emailing in IBM / Lotus don’t seem to have a clue about how to sort it out.

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LDD Running On Websphere

Posted on June 2, 2003 by qtzar

Looks like IBM have decided to try and show off the power of WebSphere by converting parts of the LDD website to WebSphere Portal based system.

It seems that the ‘Product Pages’ have been the first area to have a face-lift and they say that first impressions count and my first impression is that the conversion has been really well done. I like the way that each product has a good breakdown of areas such as articles, bug fixes, downloads, forums etc.

There’s a nice article about how it was all done and it’s well worth the read as it’s quite interesting. It has certainly gotten me thinking as to how I might be able to use Websphere in the future.

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