PDF in Lotus Notes applications

In this tutorial, we will show how to create PDF with SWING Integrator for Lotus Notes How-To: PDF in Lotus Notes www.swingsoftware.com

Requirements :

Lotus Notes or Domino Web application

SWING Integrator

Word or Excel or OpenOffice installed on the client

Benefits :

Creating PDFs with Notes data

Well-formatted and accurate document layouts

Authorized users can change document layouts using the familiar Office tools

Step 1: Copy SWING Integrator design elements to your database Select the destination database and let the Wizard do the rest Open the Integrator database and start the Setup Wizard

Step 2: Add the Integrator action button In Domino Designer, add an action button to your Notes form or view... ...and copy the code snippet from the Integrator sample library.

Step 3: Create an Office template We will use MS Office to design custom document layout. Create a Word, Excel or OpenOffice template, or import an existing template containing fields/bookmarks Select Notes forms and fields for data transfer Open your database; notice that the Templates view has been added. Let’s create a new template.

It’s ready to use now! Send as PDF creates a PDF, and composes a memo with the PDF attached. Excel runs in the background, so users see only the resulting PDF!