Found in [[http://dominoextnd.blogspot.com/2009/05/xpages-how-to-create-view-picklist.html | Mark Hughes Blog]]: - Create a custom control with a panel, a view inside the panel and other componets as you like - this control will become the dialog. Set for example "picklistDialogPanel" as name for ...

You can use server side javascript in a XPage to write custom content to the browser, just like with agents and "print" statements in classic web development. This tip is taken from Stephan Wissel from [[http://www.wissel.net/blog/d6plinks/SHWL-7MGFBN]]. - create a Xpage - set the "rendered" ...

Non breaking space Using {code:} nbsp; {code} is not allowed, but you can use {code:} 160; {code} instead. Other special chars Use the <number>; notation.

==Round corners== Firefox and other Mozilla browsers and Safari, Konqueror and other Webkit browsers support round edges: {code:} -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; {code} InternetExplorer does not support round edges via CSS, even not in IE 8. See also ...

Here are some various snippets. ==Get the current username== Use {code:}session.getEffectiveUserName(){code} to the the name of the user who is logged on. Use @Name() to convert it for exampel to a CN name: {code:} @Name("[CN]", session.getEffectiveUserName()) {code} ==Check if a user contains a ...

==Use the result of a server side script in the client== For example, use the result of a @DbName in your client script: {code:} dbname='#{javascript:@DbName()}'; {code} ==Get the runtime id of a control== In the XPage you set a name / id for a control, for example "panelSidebar". But at runtime, ...

==Where to define a datasource== You can define a datasource on different levels: * in the XPage properties * in the properties of a custom component * in the properties of a panel Use the folowing rule of thumb: If you need a datasource in your whole XPage and even in custom components which are ...

==General Tips== While working with dates in server side javascript, I noticed some glichtes in Domino 8.5.0. Here are some rules of thumb: Trying to convert a text to date with @TextToTime() may work, but in my case it mixed day and month values. My solution: parse the string yourself into year, ...

@DbColumn and @DbLookup (mind the case!) expect an array of servername and filepath as first parameter. ==Example get a name of all people of the Domino Directory== {code:} db = new Array(@DbName()[0], 'names.nsf'); @DbColumn(db, "(People)", 2) {code} Note: use ($People) instead of (People) as ...

==Get and set a field on the XPage== ===Server JS=== {code:} getComponent("elementName").getValue(); getComponent("elementName").setValue("something"); {code} Note: you cannot access or set fields with visible=false. If you want to work with a field, but don't want to display it, give the field a ...