Category: Learning XPages

Notes In 9 – Show 14 – Repeats Repeated

Post author By David Leedy
Post date March 30, 2010
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In the very first episode of Notes In 9 I discussed the new XPages Repeat control. There’s so much you can do with this control I guess it was just a matter of time until I had to come back to it. I’m sure I’ll be talking about this again and again in the future I’m sure.

This show was born on the Notes 8.5 Forum. Judy Kilpinen was posting a question about multi-value fields in XPages. A comment was made that most of the Repeat Control examples only showed repeating views or document collections.

So in today’s show I’ll demonstrate two ways to repeat a multi-value field. The first from a document and the second from a view. The interesting thing about the view is to pull it off I’ll nest a repeat INSIDE a repeat.
How crazy is that? 🙂

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NotesIn9 – Episode 13 – XPages and XML

Post author By David Leedy
Post date March 29, 2010
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This week marks the last couple of days of Wiki Madness. In celebration of the end of what I think was a great event I’m celebrating with a weeks worth of new shows.

In today’s show I talk about XPages and especially the need to start becoming comfortable with the source window. Unlike traditional Notes Development where you only have an IDE, XPages allows you to access the actual XML source of the page. Watch how you can use that to your advantage and do a couple of simple things that can not be done in the IDE alone.

May the source be with you!

Also in this show is a couple of shout-outs to some recent additions to the Lotus Notes screencasting and podcasting world.
Tips In Two
The X Cast
XPages101.net

One note about this show. It’s my first attempt using a new microphone. It’s called a Yeti. I’m not sure if I have it set right just yet. Certainly the keyboard came across too loud in this one. I think it’s better in tomorrow’s show.

Tags Designer, Notes In 9, XML, XPages

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Episode – 011 – SpeedGeeking (XPages and UI Layout)

Post author By David Leedy
Post date February 3, 2010
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In this show I present my material from Lotusphere’s “SpeedGeeking” session.

The point of the show is at the end where I combine XPages, CSS, Blueprint Framework, Themes, and Custom Controls to create a layout (header, sidebars, etc…) that you can easily include on every XPage.

I hope you like it.

UPDATE: Since BluePrint CSS is a dead project I recommend focusing on Bootstrap instead.

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Episode – 009 – Viewer Questions on XPages

Post author By David Leedy
Post date November 27, 2009
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In this show I take some questions from a viewer who’s confused with how XPages interacts with traditional notes web development.

Also on the agenda is some more Notes in 9 announcements and a community Lost and Found message.

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Episode – 007 – A License to TypeAhead

Post author By David Leedy
Post date November 7, 2009
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In this show I talk about XPages built in capability to easily add a Type Ahead to your field. I demo how to deal with the 64k Limit and also the potential pitfalls of Full vs. Partial Mode.
As I mentioned in the show, a big thanks to Mark Hughes who posted a great blog article here and also Paul Hannan and Maire Kehoe who are XPage XPerts from IBM!!

Also a big shoutout to my buddy Chris Toohey who actually beat me in blogging about this! Last night when I finished the show I uploaded it to YouTube and hit the sack. Chris Toohey doesn’t sleep, he just goes into power saving mode.

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Episode – 006 – A Blueprint to XPages

Post author By David Leedy
Post date November 7, 2009
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If you’re a Notes Client person getting started in XPages/Web stuff, you’re going to need to learn CSS on top of other things. Blueprint allows you to place items on your page easily. I really like it.

UPDATE 9/21/2006: Note – Blueprint CSS is a dead project. Suggest you focus on Bootstrap these days.

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Episode – 004 – Intro to Scoped Variables

Post author By David Leedy
Post date November 7, 2009
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In this edition of Notesin9 I talk a little more about Scoped Variables. In addition to that I give an example that is the XPage equivalent of a very common UI component for a Notes Client Developer:
A form with an Embedded View on it that uses Show single Category.

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Episode – 003 – Basic Searching

Post author By David Leedy
Post date November 7, 2009
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Want to know how to do some basic searching inside an XPages application? Look no further then this episode of Notes in 9.

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NotesIn9 002: Busting the Rip and Replace Myth

Post author By David Leedy
Post date July 21, 2009
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Do you need to replace your existing Notes Apps to take advantage of XPages? Maybe not. Tune in for a discussion on the pros and cons and to see how XPages might improve a Notes App, without even modifying the Notes App.