Connections Glue

Just got news from Steph Preston that his micro blogging client called http://www.connectionsglue.com is available for download. Connections Glue is an Adobe AIR desktop application to post status updates to the Lotus Greenhouse Lotus Connections environment. How cool is that. I haven’t had the time to download it yet to see if it may be used with other Lotus Connection sites but it looks VERY promising.

LotusScript.doc v2 beta 7

Beta 7 (and hopefully the last beta) of LotusScript.doc v2 is out – get it here (lsdoc_200beta7.zip). This beta fixes a minor issue with comment parsing. Unless I hear anything else I will release 2.0.0 this weekend.

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

Comments as always welcome here on the blog or by e-mail to lekkim [at] lsdoc [dot] org.

Signed demo plugin on OpenNTF

Today Niklas Heidloff tweeted about a new demo Java extension that have been published on OpenNTF. Besides being a very nice demo example it also has another noticeable difference from all other Java extensions that have been published so far. The difference is small although very important. The difference is that it’s digitally signed!

When installing Java extensions in Notes you have probably grown used to the “Are you really, really, really, really sure you want to install this unsigned Java extension in your Notes client”-prompt. Without thinking you probably click “Yes” out of habit which is why you may not remember the prompt. If you install this Java extension you wont see this prompt because it’s signed by a certificate you trust (it’s an IBM certificate).

Using jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs on the feature will yield something like this:

[entry was signed on 01-11-09 04:05]
X.509, CN=International Business Machines Corporation,
OU=Lotus Software Group, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Java
Object Signing, O=International Business Machines
Corporation, L=Westford, ST=Massachusetts, C=US

The difference is small but very important. You did notice it didn’t prompt you right?

Sametime 8.5

Lotus Sametime 8.5 Beta for the new meeting rooms have been added to greenhouse.lotus.com and it looks great.

“Sametime 8.5 Meetings are an entirely new way to collaborate with others online. Sametime Meetings are incredibly easy to use. Fully integrated into the Connect client you already use for chat, they make it simple to join a meeting with a single click; invite others by dragging their names from the contact list; upload materials via drag and drop; even share your screen from the Macintosh operating system. Of course, not everyone can participate via a Sametime Connect client, so 8.5 includes a zero-download, firewall friendly browser client as well.

Sametime Meetings are also different. Meeting rooms are reservationless and don’t require scheduling. They can be instantly created and linked to calendar invitations from Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook. Sametime Meeting Rooms can be persistent. You can use the same room over and over for regular meetings and keep frequently used materials on hand during the course of the project.

Learn more about it by going here. Stay tuned for more Sametime capabilities to be available on Lotus Greenhouse soon.”

Eclipse Demo Camp in Copenhagen

Eclipse.dk (Danish website) is now arranging an Eclipse Demo Camp in Copenhagen on 10 December 2009. How cool is that?! I’m also happy to say that I’ll be presenting a technical session at the event. If you’re into Eclipse development or interested in it from a Lotus Notes point of view please mark your calendar already today.

For more information see Eclipse Demo Camp Copenhagen

Awesome link: lntoolbox.com notes.ini Analyzer

Received a link from a colleague yesterday to the notes.ini Analyzer at lntoolbox.com. It’s just amazing. It does require registration but once you have done it you can submit a notes.ini file, specify the version of Notes or Domino and it will highlight obsolete entries, explain what the different entries does etc. Here are the checks you can do:

  • Remove redundant keys (only the first match will be used)
  • Recase/reorder/resort keys
  • Remove comments
  • Allow us to use this notes.ini for analysis and site improvement.
  • Validate this notes.ini
  • Explain this notes.ini
  • Link entrys with description reference (http link).
  • Check for obsolete keys (you need to set the notes versions)
  • Remove apocryphal/bogus notes.ini keys

It’s just awesome!