Search within a category on the web
Have you ever had the need to search within a category in a Domino web view? By default (at least I can't find any other option), you can't do this with a ?SearchView command. In Ext.nd, we don't use ?SearchView since it doesn't return the data formatted as XML like ?ReadViewEntries does. Therefore, we have our own agent that we call that will do a search and return xml data so we can load it in a nice looking Ext grid. Well, now this search agent will also search WITHIN a category you have your view restricted to. This really comes in handy for our PickList dialog. You can try it out here if you want. Just click the "show picklist using a category" button, and then at the bottom of the dialog, type in your search words and click "search". The search will then be executed but only within the category you are currently viewing. Once we release the next beta of Ext.nd you can try it out in your own apps. more »
28 March 2008 … 1 - COMMENTS
Ext.nd meets categorized views
The next beta release of Ext.nd will include support for categorized views. However, don't get all excited and expect them to work just like categorized views in the Notes client. That is our ultimate goal but for this implementation there will be some limts. These limits are the same limits you see in a view rendered the default way from Domino. First, you can only expand one category at a time. Also, since we currently only support "paging" through views, there will be times that when you expand a category and then go to the next page, you won't be able to see what category was expanded. Hopefully, our next improvement on categorized views will take care of these shortcomings but for now, I'm really pleased with how this turned out. Oh, and if you can't wait for the next release (we still have a few more bugs to fix) and want to see this in action now, just head on over to our demo hosted on OpenNTF. On the outline in the left pane just expand on "View Demos" and then expand "Categorized Views" and from there you'll see many different categorized views setup that we have been testing against. more »
15 March 2008 … 5 - COMMENTS
Ext.nd is OpenNTF´s "Project of the Month"
Thank you OpenNTF for honoring Ext.nd as "Project of the Month". Rich and I have been working hard on the next beta. One of the highlights for me is the drag n drop support we have added to allow documents to be dragged from views/folders into folders displayed in outlines. This feature is going to help me finish up a mail demo app I'm building using Ext.nd. So stay tuned and either Rich or I will let you know when the this next beta is available to download. Also, don't forget to visit the Ext.nd forum on Ext's site. Things are getting very active there and if you are into web development using Ext or Ext.nd, then this is the place to be. more »
16 February 2008 … 4 - COMMENTS
Ext.nd Beta 1 available
Actually, it was available last Tuesday, I'm just finally getting around to blog about it. In any case, you can get the download from here. This beta release is the same release that Rich Waters and I demo'd at Lotusphere this past January. So please try it out and let us know what you like and don't like so we can continue to make it better. more »
10 February 2008 … 1 - COMMENTS
Updated Slides for BP207
Here are the updated slides for the presentation Rich Waters and I did titled: From IBM Lotus Notes Client Application to Ajax-Powered Rich Internet Application in Less than 10 Lines of Code!. I think we had the session with the longest title! Also, stay tuned for more info on Beta 1 of Ext.nd. We're finally moving out of Alpha and into Beta since we feel that we now have enough features in place for developers to take their Notes apps to the web. more »
30 January 2008 … 6 - COMMENTS
Single Category Views in Ext.nd
I know it's been a while since I posted anything. If you are wondering what's going on with Ext.nd, rest assured that we are busy working toward Alpha 2. In the meantime, here's a little taste of what Alpha 2 will include: Single Category View support, see this demo to see it in action. Enjoy! more »
29 June 2007 … 6 - COMMENTS
Ext.nd Alpha 1

Well, we've finally got Ext.nd Alpha 1 posted to the Ext web site. You can go get the code here.

Enjoy!

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26 May 2007 … 3 - COMMENTS
Coming soon...Ext.nd!

DWT is being merged into a new project called Ext.nd. To find out more and who will be working on the project, jump on over to the Taking Notes website and listen to Episode 59

Thank you Julian and Bruce for a great show!

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23 April 2007 … 8 - COMMENTS
DWT 0.3.1 Released
DWT 0.3.1 is now available. It doesn't have support for categorized views yet but that is in the works, I promise. What this version does have is the ability to add a view to any container. So, for instance, if you have a div that you want to render a view in, you can now do that. In fact, you can render as many views on a single page as you want. The other new feature in this release is a PickList. This PickList works about the same as @PickList and NotesUIWorkspace.PickListStrings(). In any case, check out the online demo to see these new features in action (look under *Demos* and do a 'view source' to see the code). Oh, and as always, you can download it here. Enjoy! more »
25 March 2007 … 14 - COMMENTS
Web PickList

Here's a preview of what's coming in a future release of DWT.... a PickList. In the Notes Client there is the @PickList function and the NotesUIWorkspace.PickListStrings and NotesUIWorkspace.PickListCollection. To see a preview of it in action, go here. Or, you can just go to the demo database and from the outline on the left, expand "Demos" and click on "Picklist demo". It still needs some work but I'll have it ready, hopefully, by Sunday for a 0.3.1 release.

Oh, I almost forgot. The 0.3.1 release will also let you to render a view in any *container* you want, in fact, take a look at the Multiple views demo to see 2 views on the same page. Each are rendered in a DIV element on the page.....hmmm, multiple views on the page...Gee, I wonder if anyone would like that feature...

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24 March 2007 … 289 - COMMENTS