My Life With IT

I love using Domino R6 onwards. The Designer interface is a lot easier to find the elements. There’re 3 libraries to be built, LotusScript, Java and JavaScript. There are easier to be used and called upon. For JavaScript libraries, they can be called from when inserted in the JSHeader. The downside is that the loading time is exponential. The more JavaScript libraries being loaded in the JS Header, the longer it takes to load the page. I’ve done it before. However, there wasn’t a thing I could do. The page needed all those scripts.

I use the libraries because functions are usually called upon and they are usually similar in ways on how you want it to work. Commonly used JavaScript functions that I’ve built are hide/unhide tabs, hide/unhide options upon selection of dropdown/radio/checkbox/texbox, insert/delete table row with input options, count checkboxes that have been selected and many others. It’s easy to find the scripts on forums and online because of the common usage.

I’m trying to find a good way to build LotusScript library. Commonly used names for use in functions shouldn’t be needed to be declared everytime. I feel that the variables should be stored in a script library and be referenced to it. Unfortunately, JavaScript library in Lotus Notes doesn’t allow me to do the same.
I haven’t tried out the Java library yet. I’m still wondering if I should install in server and client versions in a PC at home and play around with Domino. Any advice on the hardware specifications if I were to overload the poor PC?