Sacha Chua shares her Lotus Notes mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Toronto’s Connector extraordinaire Sacha Chua developed this super-nifty Lotus Notes script which does a flexible mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to Lotus Notes, as documented and shared in Lotus Notes mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Keep Continue reading Sacha Chua shares her Lotus Notes mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

SNTT : using LotusScript to launch file attachements (EmbeddedObjects) in Lotus Notes

I wanted to launch a excel (xls) file which was stored in a Profile document, from a Notes Client (tested in r8.5 but I see no reason this will not work in versions going back to r5) (Making it available Continue reading SNTT : using LotusScript to launch file attachements (EmbeddedObjects) in Lotus Notes

SNTT : Don’t hard code your Selectedable Years in a Lotus Notes dialog box.

Hard coding is bad, bad , bad. Very bad, okay? (see Avoiding Hard Coding of Group Names). Here’s a quick and dirty way to have a drop down dialog which selects the “Year” and not be hard coded. 1234currentYear := Continue reading SNTT : Don’t hard code your Selectedable Years in a Lotus Notes dialog box.

Found Words: “Ramen Profitable” also “Sirloin Profitable” and “Ferrari Profitable”

Paul Graham has a excellent writeup on the term “Ramen Profitable” : “just enough to pay the founders’ living expenses”. Which leads us to “Sirloin Profitable” and “Ferrari Profitable” as additional milestones in a business, who’s definition should be self Continue reading Found Words: “Ramen Profitable” also “Sirloin Profitable” and “Ferrari Profitable”