OpenNTF Blast from ILUG 2007

OpenNTF Blast! Kevin Pettitt Vince Schuurman Bruce Elgort

Today’s Agenda
About the speakers
The OpenNTF Mission
The Best of What’s around
from the Code Bin
from the Project Templates
Other Cool Free Stuff
Wrap up

What’s OpenNTF all about?

Your hosts for today's session…
Kevin Pettitt Independent Consultant Blog: www.LotusGuru.com
Vince Schuurman OpenNTF Co-Founder / Independent Consultant Blog: blog.vinceschuurman.com
Bruce Elgort OpenNTF Co-Founder / Independent Consultant / Taking Notes Podcast Blog: www.bruceelgort.com

OpenNTF Mission
To provide a framework, for the IBM Lotus community that allows developers to create templates for Lotus Notes and Domino than can be shared as open source

The OpenNTF Site
Projects
Complete Applications
Application Components
Code Bin
Lotusscript
Java
JavaScript
@Formulas
Application Catalog
Includes many non-OpenNTF but still free applications

Making Code Your Own (Sort of) Arghhh!

Making Code Your Own (Sort of)
Use Ytria ScanEZ to “Design Clean” downloaded code
Purges $UpdateBy field on design elements
Avoid cross-certificate notifications
Avoid ECL alerts
Goes beyond simply “signing” the database
Helps hide the “foreign” origin of open source code from “not written here bigots”

BlogSphere V3

BlogSphere V3
Head Chef: Declan Lynch
Type: Web Application
What can I do with it?
Create your own blog using Lotus Notes
Quickly set up attractive web interface using pre-defined skins

DominoWiki
Head Chef: Ben Poole
Type: Web Application
Setup a full-featured Domino-based Wiki site
Enable your user base to build your content for you!
Allow open access or lock down with Domino security

VIC CRM

VIC CRM
Head Chef: Dave Leigh
Type: Complete Notes Client Application
Manage customer contacts, meetings, phone calls, and other correspondence
Track contracts and warranty information for your customers
Manage schedule for all sales activity
“ And so much more!” 
This and other downloads: http://www. cratchit .org

NoteFix

NoteFix
Head Chef: Ferhat Ikbal Bulut
Type: Development Tools
View and modify all document fields
Compare 2 documents
Perform batch changes to multiple documents
Directly manipulate profile documents

ScriptLibReorder Class (The VIEW)

ScriptLibReorder Class (The VIEW)
Creator: Kenneth Haggman
Type: Development Tools
Cleanup and reorder functions and subroutines in your script libraries
Preserve your sanity when dealing with especially large numbers of functions and subs
This and other downloads: http://www. eview .com THE VIEW, March/April 2005

Spreadsheet Import Wizard (The VIEW) This and other downloads: http://www. eview .com THE VIEW, March/April 2007

Spreadsheet Import Wizard (The VIEW) THE VIEW, March/April 2007 This and other downloads: http://www. eview .com

Spreadsheet Import Wizard (The VIEW)
Creator: Thierry Seunevel
Type: Data Utility
Quickly import basic spreadsheet data into Notes
Map spreadsheet columns to form fields or view columns
Save import profiles for later reuse
This and other downloads: http://www. eview .com THE VIEW, March/April 2007

Import (AGE Consulting - Australia) Download: http://www. agecom .com.au

Import (AGE Consulting - Australia)
Creator: AGE Computer Consultancy
Import spreadsheet data to update *existing* Notes documents
Useful when LEI or Notrix is overkill but you don’t want to write a custom import agent
Define key matching, update behavior, field mapping, data transformations, et. al.
Scheduled recurring import jobs to run automatically
This and other downloads: http://www. agecom .com.au

mPortal

mPortal
Head Chef: Mike McPoyle
Type: Website Framework
Create an entirely Domino-based web portal
Drag and drop portlets (sound familiar?)
highly configurable

Qenos Workflow Application Framework

Qenos Workflow Application Framework
Head Chefs: Mark Demicoli & Ray Thomas
Type: Application Component
Workflow-enable any Notes application
Control all aspects of workflow through extensive configuration
Track and secure each step in the workflow process

History Class

History Class
Contributor: Michael Woehrer
Record changes to select fields when document is saved
Easily add document auditing capability to applications
Incorporated into SuperNTF

Application Activity Tracking

Application Activity Tracking
Head Chefs: Chris Blatnick & Kevin Pettitt
Record document read and edit activity
View activity history by user or date across entire database
Answer questions like “Who’s using this database?” and “Did the boss read my report yet?”

LS @Formula Functions

LS @Formula Functions
Author: Jean-Pierre Ledure
Emulate @Formula functions in Lotusscript
Reduce effort when adapting existing @Formula code into Lotusscript

OpenWYSIWYG

OpenWYSIWYG
Author: Marco van Oostende
Type: Application Component - Web
Easily turn any <textarea> into a WYSIWYG editor
Use it cross-browser

Archive Attachments on Selected Docs

Archive Attachments on Selected Docs
Contributor: Kevin Pettitt
Type: Agent
Remove and save all file attachments from Notes documents to reduce db size (especially Mail)
Handles duplicate filenames by incrementing a number suffix
Impress the girls (or guys!) since it looks really cool thanks to Julian’s Java Status Box

eleMental

eleMental
Contributor: Andrew Barker
Type: Development Tool
Manage and group design elements for easy reuse and deployment

Peanuts Translator

Peanuts Translator
Contributor: Fabian Meystre
Type: Stand-Alone or Add-in Application
Connect Notes to Google’s translation engine
Translate blocks of text on the fly into any of several languages
Plug into existing application forms to offer quick translations of key text blocks such as a report summary

Dolmio

Dolmio
Contributor: Andrew Culbert
Type: Website Framework
Quickly set up an attractive, menu-driven Domino website
Allow a “webmaster” with minimal HTML knowledge to maintain content

Domino Application Framework
Head Chefs: Jörg Reck
Use as a standard application foundation for Notes Client and Domino web applications
Highly configurable

Agent Monitor (DAF)
Head Chefs: Jörg Reck
Type: Admin Tool
Collect information about all scheduled agents on a server into a single database
Enable/Disable, Re-assign servers agents directly from the app
Reassign server
Design based on Domino Application Framework

Team Mailbox (Automated Logic)

Team Mailbox (Automated Logic)
Head Chef: Brian Green
Shared mailbox that isn’t a hack of standard mail template
Auto-respond to inquiries to [email_address] ie or [email_address] ie
Centrally manage large collection of mailboxes using administration interface
Download: http://www. automatedlogic .com/domino

Audit Manager/Trigger Happy

Audit Manager/Trigger Happy
Head Chefs: Neil Gower
Trigger Happy: Damien Katz w/ UI work by Thomas Gumz
Type: Administration Utility
Record document opens, deletions, and field level changes on select databases
View activity history by several key attributes across entire notes environment
Set up and maintain audit configurations centrally

SuperNTF

SuperNTF
Head Chef: Kevin Pettitt
Use as a standard application framework for all your Notes Client development efforts
Quickly create applications that embody many development “best practices”
Easy enough for even novice developers to use

SuperNTF - Application Activity Tracking

SuperNTF – History Class

SuperNTF – Soft Deletions Work!

How do OpenNTF apps compare to commercial?
OpenNTF application quality has reached a tipping point
New offerings are building on previous ones (e.g. OpenLog integration, SuperNTF)
Support Pros and Cons
Customizability is key open-source cost advantage
No commercial offerings in some categories

Related Information
Thomas Adrian’s 105 OpenNTF Project ScreenShots: http://www.slideshare.net/tadrian/105-projects-on-openntf

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