Author: lekkim

Positive, competent, out-spoken, frank and customer focused architect and developer with a strong foundation in web, cloud and product development. I'm a strong advocate for API first and cloud based solutions and development. I have a knack for being able to communicate and present technically complicated matters in conference, customer and training settings. I've previously acted as team member and leader in a product organisation.

LotusScript.doc v2 beta 4

Beta 4 of LotusScript.doc v2 is out – get it here (lsdoc_200beta4.zip). This beta adds additional logging, makes the log output easier to read and fixes an issue where the sub/function parser would receive “empty source code” if the code contained a sub/function where all code was commented out using pings(‘) or %REM sections.

The code has now also been stress tested thanks to databases from Nathan and Julian Buss. These two databases combined have around 300 script libraries!! 🙂

Update: Please remember to adjust the Java heap size. For more information see this post.

Update: If using Notes 7 beta 4 will not work. Please wait for beta 5.

Celebrating Yellow Day – LotusScript.doc v2 beta for download

To celebrate Yellow Day I’m releasing the first public LotusScript.doc v2 beta for download. To get it download the lsdoc_200beta3.zip file, unzip it and create a new database from the template. I’ll soon blog about all the new goodness in version 2 but for now suffice to say there’s a host of stuff. If nothing else you should notice a major increase in performance meaning documenting databases now take a fraction of the time it used it with version 1.

Please note that this is a beta but it should be ready for prime time. It documents my databases just fine. If you do experience anything you deem weird, or dare I say a bug, please report it by e-mail to lekkim [at] lsdoc.org.

Looking forward to hearing you comments. Thanks.

The fine print

LotusScript.doc is now written in Java and to run LotusScript.doc on non-trivial databases you need to allocate more memory to Java than what’s the standard in the Notes client. To do this follow the description below.

  1. Change the maximum possible Java heap size in notes.ini by setting JavaMaxHeapSize=256M to allow for 256 mb of Java heap.
  2. (optional) Change the /jvm/lib/security/java.
    policy and add the two following lines at the bottom of the first “grant” section. For more information see this blog post. This is only required to enable logging and it’s not required.

    // LotusScript.doc
permission java.util.logging.LoggingPermission "control";

Lotus Knows how much geography matters

I was very excited when I read the announcements by IBM Lotus at the IamLUG event last week about the Lotus Knows marketing initiative being kicked off soon (late summer). I have been outright about the lack of initiatives from IBM previously (Lotus: We’ll give you the air cover you need! Humbug, I say! Humbug!) so I’m going to hold my breath and see what actually comes out of the campaign and what the message is going to be. The announcement mentioned it was going to be a global campaign which us here in non-USA would love to see. Besides living in non-USA I’m unfortunately also in a small market if you take Denmark alone. The Nordics is probably easier to spot on a map but hopefully by addressing Europe some of it will affect us here. I’m for sure going to do what I can to make sure the campaigns stops by Northern Europe as well.

Will IBM and Lotus ever turn into stealth bombers flying in perfect formation? I’m not sure and I’m not even sure that’s the desired goal. I would however love to see more awareness brought to the Lotus brand and maybe make sure the analogy is a Hercules transport plane rather than the Hindenburg. It may not be lean and advanced and maybe we don’t have an full fighter wing but we know we can trust it and it’s there to help us with air cover and at least call in some guys that can help us win the battle.

If you do not get the reference check this post out: LMAO – Air cover as provided by leading software companies

LotusScript.doc v2 beta is eminent

Just a quick note to inform you who are interested that a LotusScript.doc v2 beta is eminent. It’s currently out at two select people who are stress testing it and feedback is great. Performance seems to be a major selling points among a brand new engine entirely in Java. A few more adjustments and a public beta should be ready. Follow @lsdoc on Twitter for updates.

Domino Server Extensions: RunJava or Eclipse Plugins? – PLEASE GO VOTE!!

A little while back I mentioned that Bob Balfe was inquiring about Domino server extensions in Java and whether it was of interest to us as developers (JavaAPI for Servertasks – Documented and Supported). Interesting? Are you kidding me? It would be VERY interesting.

Now Bob in his blog post “Domino Server Extensions: RunJava or Eclipse Plugins?” is asking which extension mechanism we would prefer so PLEASE GO VOTE! This is really important and would make the Domino server much more approachable and much easier extensible.