Darren Duke Blog Zone Random rambling about technology, BlackBerry, Lotus Domino, accents and the pursuit of happiness. http://blog.darrenduke.net/Darren/DDBZ.nsf/ en-us Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:29:43 -0400 For those not reading Planet Lotus, Domino and Notes 8.5 is available and there are a few download issues Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:29:43 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/for-those-not-reading-plant-lotus-domino-and-notes-8.5-is-available.htm 8.5 Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/for-those-not-reading-plant-lotus-domino-and-notes-8.5-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/for-those-not-reading-plant-lotus-domino-and-notes-8.5-is-available.htm
  • admin and developer client is missing
  • The "IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 64 bit for Windows English (C1SP8EN.exe)" version seems to be missing despite being listed (it does seem to work via using "http" and not "download director" though)
    • Go get it, the disk savings are incredible, see here. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/for-those-not-reading-plant-lotus-domino-and-notes-8.5-is-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/for-those-not-reading-plant-lotus-domino-and-notes-8.5-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments     Lotus Notes client on CentOS 5.2 crashes and a possible fix Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:37:38 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-client-on-centos-5.2-crashes-and-a-possible-fix.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-client-on-centos-5.2-crashes-and-a-possible-fix.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-client-on-centos-5.2-crashes-and-a-possible-fix.htm
    As it stands today, Notes does not like the XULRunner 1.9 framework that automatically gets installed when you run "yum update" via a Firefox 3 dependency. Notes will install but will always crash with that lovely JVM error screen (really, someone though that was a good idea?).

    Anyway to get around this do the following:
    1.        Log in as root
    2.        Do a "yum remove xulrunner". This will also uninstall firefox.
    3.        Do a "yum install compat-libstdc++-33" to install any needed compat libs
    4.        Install Lotus Notes
    5.        Log out as root
    6.        Log in as a "normal user"
    7.        Configure Notes
    8.        Try to launch Notes once configured, it should start up OK now
    9.        Close Notes
    10.        Open a console and log in switch user to root ("su -")
    11.        Do a "yum install firefox"
    12.        Try Notes once Firefox is installed, you should now be in CentOS/Notes/Firefox nirvana. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/lotus-notes-client-on-centos-5.2-crashes-and-a-possible-fix.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-client-on-centos-5.2-crashes-and-a-possible-fix.htm?opendocument&comments     More 8.5 goodness....this time client side Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:14:09 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/more-8.5-goodness....this-time-client-side.htm 8.5 Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/more-8.5-goodness....this-time-client-side.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/more-8.5-goodness....this-time-client-side.htm http://ideajam.net and add it to the list of wants/desires/etc for Lotus Notes, Domino and Quickr. Well it seems a long standing complaint has been addressed in the Notes R8.5 client. Attachments are now at the top of an email, not the bottom.

    This particular little gem always comes up on an Exchange to Domino migration so one less thing to explain ;)

    See my idea jam post/idea for further details.

    Now, if only we could mimic the "drag an email from Outlook and have it on the desktop/file server/etc". (with attachments included too)

    Incidentally there is a post out there about open sourcing Domino. I demoted it (and was not alone by the look of it) and if I get the inclination I will blog to my reasons as to why. In the meantime I did post a few comments in Ferdy's site and pointed out a free 20 client (or so) collaboration server for SMBs would be a pretty good thing to do. Well, it has been released. Just not by IBM.

    While speaking of IdeaJam you should head over there and browse the list and "promote" the ones that interest you. Not sure of IBM are listening/watching but you never know. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/more-8.5-goodness....this-time-client-side.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/more-8.5-goodness....this-time-client-side.htm?opendocument&comments     Early DAOS testing with Domino 8.5 beta 2...start licking those chops Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:45:25 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/early-daos-testing-with-domino-8.5-beta-2.htm domino Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/early-daos-testing-with-domino-8.5-beta-2.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/early-daos-testing-with-domino-8.5-beta-2.htm STS Articles when published and in the newsletter). I'm going to cover the most of the new stuff but started yesterday testing DAOS. This was too good to sit on for a few days.

    HOLY FRICKEN COW!

    If you thought the new 8.0.1 compression was good, wait until you install and configure this baby! How does 30-40% in savings in disk space sound? Pretty good I guess. Less disk space, faster backups, quicker indexing.....

    Below are some preliminary results from a quick few tests:

    Notes: All mail files are pre-opened (i.e., no view indexes). Domino 8.5 Beta 2 on Windows Server 2003 x64.
    Single Mail file (not an excellent example)
    Mail file NSF size at the OS level (MB) DAOS folder size at the OS level (MB) Total Size (MB)
    Pre DAOS 101 0 101
    Post DAOS 39 58 97
    Difference -4%
    Two mail files
    Pre DAOS 1099 0 1099
    Post DAOS 177 519 696
    Difference -37%


    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/early-daos-testing-with-domino-8.5-beta-2.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/early-daos-testing-with-domino-8.5-beta-2.htm?opendocument&comments     BackupExec for Linux Servers on CentOS Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:55:08 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/backupexec-for-linux-servers-on-centos.htm backupexec Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/backupexec-for-linux-servers-on-centos.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/backupexec-for-linux-servers-on-centos.htm Centos Linux servers. We have a Subversion server, a NAGIOS server, Sametime and Sametime Advanced all running on CentOS Linux servers.

    With all of the config files we created for Nagios and Subversion we decided to install the BackupExec Agent for Linux/UNIX on the machines. Basicall follow these instructions for CentOS 5.2:
    1. Make sure you have a "sg" device in the /dev directory
    2. Install libstdc++.so.5 if not already installed (do a "yum install compat-libstdc++-33" to get it)
    3. Extract the agent tar file on the Linux server
    4. Run "/installralus" and fill in the required fields....make sure to specify a host name for the current CentOS server
    5. Once installed run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/VRTSralus.init start"
    6. If all is well you should now be able to select the CentOS server from a selection list in BackupExec
    7. If all didn't go well check out the "/var/VRTSralus/beremote.service.log" to track down any issues
    8. Don't forget to delete the tar and the extracted folders....they are pretty large
    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/backupexec-for-linux-servers-on-centos.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/backupexec-for-linux-servers-on-centos.htm?opendocument&comments     BES 4.1.6 MR3 documentation available Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:57:07 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/bes-4.1.6-mr3-documentation-available.htm bes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/bes-4.1.6-mr3-documentation-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/bes-4.1.6-mr3-documentation-available.htm
    Image:BES 4.1.6 MR3 documentation available

    This usually signifies that the software release is only a few days away. Go check out the doc to see if anything applies to you. (No, the software is not yet available on the site) ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/bes-4.1.6-mr3-documentation-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/bes-4.1.6-mr3-documentation-available.htm?opendocument&comments     Quickr Connectors HF10 is available Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:14:17 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-hf10-is-available.htm quickr Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-hf10-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-hf10-is-available.htm
    Get it from Fix Central. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/quickr-connectors-hf10-is-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-hf10-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments     Looking for Notes Admin CBTs Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:15:00 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/looking-for-notes-admin-cbts.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/looking-for-notes-admin-cbts.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/looking-for-notes-admin-cbts.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/looking-for-notes-admin-cbts.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/looking-for-notes-admin-cbts.htm?opendocument&comments Phaffing around with 8.0.2 and -c issue....a workaround Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:31:39 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/kerfuffle-around-8.0.2-and-c-issue....a-workaround.htm domino Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/kerfuffle-around-8.0.2-and-c-issue....a-workaround.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/kerfuffle-around-8.0.2-and-c-issue....a-workaround.htm Update:

    Just uncheck "Optimize document map table" in the DB properties (or do my fix below)     ( see Chad's post here.



    Everyone and their dog now knows about this http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21329103.

    A simple but effective possible solution:
    • Upgrade to 8.0.1 Domino server
    • Enable the new compression, see here
    • Upgrade to 8.0.2 Domino server
    • Never use "-c" again

    Cluster f**k avoided.

    Now, IBM should really release the 8.0.2 patch via fix central and stop forcing everyone to haggle with support over this. However, these simple steps avoid the need to run away from ODS48 like it is the plague.   ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/kerfuffle-around-8.0.2-and-c-issue....a-workaround.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/kerfuffle-around-8.0.2-and-c-issue....a-workaround.htm?opendocument&comments     Quickr Domino 8.1.0.3 (or fix pack 3 release) Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:53:01 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.1.0.3-or-fix-pack-3-release.htm Quickr Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.1.0.3-or-fix-pack-3-release.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.1.0.3-or-fix-pack-3-release.htm
    Image:Quickr Domino 8.1.0.3 (or fix pack 3 release) ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/quickr-domino-8.1.0.3-or-fix-pack-3-release.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.1.0.3-or-fix-pack-3-release.htm?opendocument&comments     Mail file size Domino vs Exchange....and the winner is..... Mon, 1 Dec 2008 04:31:02 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/mail-file-size-domino-vs-exchange.htm domino Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/mail-file-size-domino-vs-exchange.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/mail-file-size-domino-vs-exchange.htm DOMINO!. But you knew that already right ;)

    So over the past few days Vince and I have migrated a customer back to Domino. They used to be Domino but sometime before STS got involved with them they had migrated mail away to Exchange and left Domino as an apps and CRM platform.

    Anyway they are now back using Domino for mail and I decided to do a comparison over the much hyped disk space savings I have heard tossed about on the wibbly wobbly web, by customers, by colleagues and by competitors. Guess what? Exchange is no better and with the new R8.0.1+ compression Domino is slightly better. I tested on a 2.6GB Exchange mail box, ran the DUS conversion from Exchange to Domino, compacted as outlined in the previous link and now the mail file is 2.1GB.

    My guess is that this is pretty typical in the real (un-FUD'd) world and as Domino 8.5 get released (hopefully later this month) then Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS) will add even larger savings and efficiencies in hard drive space.

    One thing I'm not sure of is if Single Instance Storage was turned on for this Exchange server. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/mail-file-size-domino-vs-exchange.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/mail-file-size-domino-vs-exchange.htm?opendocument&comments     It can cost up to $1,000 per user to move from Notes to Exchange Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:56:47 -0600 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/it-can-cost-up-to-1000-per-user-to-move-from-notes-to-exchange-microsoft-corp.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/it-can-cost-up-to-1000-per-user-to-move-from-notes-to-exchange-microsoft-corp.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/it-can-cost-up-to-1000-per-user-to-move-from-notes-to-exchange-microsoft-corp.htm ZDNet story about Microsoft's new online options it is mentioned that it can cost an organization up to $1,000 to move a user to "move away from Notes". Now, presumably this is to an in-house Exchange server. Again this is per user.

    As Ed Brill points out, it is noteworthy that MS have stopped touting moving Notes applications to Sharepoint, .NET, whatever. This is because you can't! (and on a related note).

    Unless you have a specific business reason why would anyone see the need to change email platforms. I have yet to see a concrete justification, although "people" suggest it will save them money.....yeah, and oil won't run out either. So lets say you have 500 users. You get a new CIO or IT department manager and you are a Notes shop, they want their corporate security hole with built in email Exchange and Outlook. Do the math:

    500 x $1,000 (the MS estimate for a per user move) =  $500,000.

    And if you have applications then you still need the Notes client.

    So, today I have a email platform, that is open standards based (even more so in R8), secure, can be accessed remotely (iNotes/DWA), has a myriad of mobile options (BES, Traveler, etc) and I'm going to drop $500,000  to move my 500 users to Exchange (plus a possible hardware refresh, and up to 4x more physical servers than I currently run Domino on) and what do I have to show for that investment? Erm, an email platform. These people should be take out and shot for throwing shareholders money into these stupid decisions. It is almost criminal. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/it-can-cost-up-to-1000-per-user-to-move-from-notes-to-exchange-microsoft-corp.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/it-can-cost-up-to-1000-per-user-to-move-from-notes-to-exchange-microsoft-corp.htm?opendocument&comments     My ultimate Notes pet peeve, help and debugger Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:00:00 -0600 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-ultimate-notes-pet-peeve-help-and-debugger.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-ultimate-notes-pet-peeve-help-and-debugger.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-ultimate-notes-pet-peeve-help-and-debugger.htm
    Why? Oh, why? ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/my-ultimate-notes-pet-peeve-help-and-debugger.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-ultimate-notes-pet-peeve-help-and-debugger.htm?opendocument&comments     Good news and bad news for conference presenting (and blowing my own trumpet) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:48:15 -0600 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/good-news-and-bad-news-for-conference-presenting.htm bbdevcon Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/good-news-and-bad-news-for-conference-presenting.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/good-news-and-bad-news-for-conference-presenting.htm Good news
    The speaker evaluations for the 2008 BlackBerry Developer Conference are in. And I got pretty good feedback from the attendees. There were 53 attendees at my session. Here are the feedback numbers:
    Image:Good news and bad news for conference presenting (and blowing my own trumpet)
    Also, all the the additional comments were really upbeat:

    Image:Good news and bad news for conference presenting (and blowing my own trumpet)
    I'm sure I've said this before, but thank you to RIM for inviting me, and to all the attendees.


    Bad news

    Like others on the yellow side of the wibbly wobbly web, I had my Lotusphere abstract rejected. I didn't get a reason, but I'll give my reason why it was wrong to reject me ;)

    I think it was a mistake rejecting it (well, I would now wouldn't I) but it was about extending applications from Domino to the BlackBerry using MDS and hence, making the platform even that more sticky.


    Now, I'm sure some are thinking sour grapes, and that maybe a small piece of it, but in reality the BlackBerry is a crucial piece of the Domino portfolio or maybe someone more knowledgeable than I has a similar session at LS09. It would be nice to know. Oh, and I am still going to LS this will in no way affect that. My participation at a conference is in no way tied to me getting a freebie.

    Bottom line
    If you are looking for a Domino and/or BlackBerry speaker for your conference feel free to contact me.   ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/good-news-and-bad-news-for-conference-presenting.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/good-news-and-bad-news-for-conference-presenting.htm?opendocument&comments     Lotus Notes 8.0.2 CCH1 released without need to call IBM Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:27:20 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-8.0.2-cch1-release.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-8.0.2-cch1-release.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-8.0.2-cch1-release.htm Gregory Engels 8.0.2 Cumulative Client Hotfix (CCH) has been released by IBM into IBM's Fix Central repository. This means no more hassling the tech support folks at IBM to get the fix.

    Ironically as a BP we had issues actually getting hold of this too. Grip aside, go get it from IBM Fix Central. Also read the IBM Support Tech Note.

    Here is the SPR list of fixes addressed:






    SPR     		Description
     KUMA7FWPXR Fix Basic ST configuration appearing during Standard client setup
    STAA7EUB4L Fix CD->MIME Conversion: Some Symbolic characters in subject being garbage
    TAIA7EKEEX Fix a Notes Client hang when previewing a document with the scroll bar
    RCFE7DJNKD Prevent the client from trying to update the design of a read-only database
    LKIM7JCMB6 Fix a Client hang upon authentication
    MFRL6YD599 Fix a problem where deleting in inbox attempts to delete side calendar entries
    THIO76GCTW Prevent IME setting from being changed when performing quick search
    RCFE79FK2F Fix client launches separate browser instances for url's in memo using external browser
    JPDC7HAA6A Fix failure with to "Add to place","Open from place".
    ZPEG7H45AX Fix XPD closing when open "Portal Application" by setting PAC configuration
    LFOS7JJM5Y Brazilian time zone changes
    MBUT7J4L99 Pakistan time zone changes
    JMOE7GBUH5 Fix RSS Feeds not working when server protected via TAM
    BLIE7FPPVZ Update manifest import-package to use version and matching attributes
    MHAR7AAELQ fix maximized chat window aligns to the right and down after the previous window was closed
    WWGO7CP494 fix Rich text tools and file transfer buttons greyed out in Sametime chat window
    GFLY763S2Z fix 'Your Lotus Notes password is missing or incorrect" entering password in Sametime Calendar Service
    GAKI7DXEYH fix Integrated Sametime Calendar integration: Auto-status-change not configurable via plugin_customization.ini.
    CSMH7FPMR5 fix intermittent login issue with integrated Sametime
    VROI7GFL3C fix string in Instant Meeting join dialog is incorrect
    RDES7J5MJ9 fix starting the Notes client, the entire Sametime Shelf on the right side of the Notes client is greyed out.
    n/a fix cursor keys becoming unresponsive in Sametime chat window, apparently specific to left-right arrow keys.
    SSYD7JQLA5 fix client error dialog popping up when closing Sametime chat



    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/lotus-notes-8.0.2-cch1-release.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-8.0.2-cch1-release.htm?opendocument&comments     BlackBerry Storm release date is 11/21/2008 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:18:47 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-storm-release-date-is-11212008.htm blackberry Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-storm-release-date-is-11212008.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-storm-release-date-is-11212008.htm
    I guess that means my Storm should be arriving at STS Galactic HQ sometime before Christmas.

    Read more over at Internet News. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/blackberry-storm-release-date-is-11212008.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-storm-release-date-is-11212008.htm?opendocument&comments     BlackBerry DevCon MDS Runtime Region Example Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:14:57 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-devcon-mds-runtime-region-example.htm blackberry Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-devcon-mds-runtime-region-example.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-devcon-mds-runtime-region-example.htm presentation. By mistake, I should have known once I said that I'd be traveling nonstop for the next month (or longer).

    Anyway after many hours being board on planes and waiting to fly into Atlanta airport on a Friday (why can't they land/take off in the rain? If that was the case I'd never have left England), I decided to get the first one out of the way.

    This demos a screen with multiple regions that are all hidden. Depending on user input (or in the real world from an inbound message or data element) the screen is "dynamic". This drastically cuts done on the number of screens in an app and also makes debugging far easier. Additionally, it also shows why you should use scripts to enter and exit screens (also in the presentation). The screen in question is scrDisplay and has four different fields. A text, number list and radio, only one of these is shown depending on what you select in the scrMain screen. Not a whole lot there, but hopefully this will get fellow MDS developers thinking. See, not only can you do this on the way into a screen, but also on the way out.

    The demo was written in MDS Studio 1.1, but you should be able to import it in MDS Studio 2.0 (it will get converted but it should be OK).

    If you don't have MDS Studio get it from the BlackBerry site here.

    BBDevCon_Region_Example.zip

    DevConPresentationE12.pdf ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/blackberry-devcon-mds-runtime-region-example.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-devcon-mds-runtime-region-example.htm?opendocument&comments     Can you beat 7 million (yes million) documents in a Notes database? Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:51:27 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/can-you-beat-7-million-yes-million-documents-in-a-notes-database.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/can-you-beat-7-million-yes-million-documents-in-a-notes-database.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/can-you-beat-7-million-yes-million-documents-in-a-notes-database.htm
    Image:Can you beat 7 million (yes million) documents in a Notes database?

    Have you got any higher in a single DB? ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/can-you-beat-7-million-yes-million-documents-in-a-notes-database.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/can-you-beat-7-million-yes-million-documents-in-a-notes-database.htm?opendocument&comments     BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1.6 MR2 released Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:35:39 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-enterprise-server-4.1.6-mr2-released.htm bes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-enterprise-server-4.1.6-mr2-released.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-enterprise-server-4.1.6-mr2-released.htm here.

    Get it from the BlackBerry site.

    FYI, STS is not yet running MR2 (probably later this week), so be sure to test before you go to production. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/blackberry-enterprise-server-4.1.6-mr2-released.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/blackberry-enterprise-server-4.1.6-mr2-released.htm?opendocument&comments     Lotus Notes password change dialog Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:13:00 -0500 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-password-change-dialog.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-password-change-dialog.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-password-change-dialog.htm
    Image:Lotus Notes password change dialog

    It is very hard for a user to discern that they need a 6 char long, 1 number, 1 special char password to be able to leave this box. It would be nice if the dialog only showed what was set in the policy to avoid confusing new users. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/lotus-notes-password-change-dialog.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-password-change-dialog.htm?opendocument&comments