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don’t use “finally” in your Java code for XPages
since I have no started digging deeper into the XPages mysteries I want to share some of my learnings. As most of you know: if you use Java in Lotus Notes/Domino you have to take care that you recycle the Notes objects you instantiated (session, database, document etc.) Java has a nice feature called “finally”.…
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requestScope mystery solved
again RTFM!!!! but hey… the FM not always tells you what you want to know! Might that be the reason why we developers tend to NRTFM? dunno.. anyhow… after DAYS of testing / searching (is it called googling nowadays?) / changing code and iterating a (felt) thousand times… I finally came accross the solution how…
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have you ever wondered if i might be possible to make a custom control look nicer in the xPage design view?
It can be done! And it’s actually not even that complicated. Find the instructions here:http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/dx/16102009115724SCAEXA.htm or read on… there is this nice Design Definition property on all custom controls (starting 8.5.3 I think): if you add some xPage source code to it (tip: create a new xpage the way you would like to look this…