Although this is documented in the Quickr InfoCenter, I thought that it was important for me to remember in the future.

To upgrade Quickr Server from Entry to Standard, just modify the value of QRD_InstallType in the Notes.ini to be 2 instead of 1.

That is about as simple an upgrade as I could ever imagine.

I have been working with another "developer" who is building a SharePoint site based on requirements that I have gathered from an end user.  In going through the security settings for the site, something seemed to be missing and it took me a minute to figure out what it was.  From what I could see, it looks as though the Author level of access has been left out of SP.

To me, the status level of Author goes hand in hand with the idea of ownership.  I have always considered the Author of a document in Notes to be the owner of the document at that point in time, regardless of whether or not that person created this particular document.  Author access only works with Author and Reader field values, so I am guess that equivalent field types don't exist in SP.

This idea of Authorship is central to every workflow application I have ever built.  I'll be damned if I am going to "trust" my users to only edit a document when it's their turn in the review cycle.  They are lucky if they can even see things that aren't ready for them to approve/edit.

While SP easily gives you the ability to allow users to edit any document on the site, I couldn't see how to set a user's access to only allow them to edit documents that they have created.  You could modify the rights for a document to only allow specific people to edit the document, but then the connection to the central ACL is severed forever.  The model employed by SP seems eerily similar to the model employed on a file server and we all know how much fun it is when 2 people try to edit a file at the same time.

Now to be totally fair, I only looked at SP for a few minutes, so I might have missed something totally obvious.  The server is currently running WSS, so this might be a feature that you get when you upgrade to MOSS.  Or this might be one of those core Notes features that seems necessary to us, but isn't that important to other vendors.

Will someone who has more experience with SP care to comment and set me straight?

For those of us who remotely support multiple clients, it's a comfort to our clients when they see our status icon is green when they log into their Sametime server.  Unfortunately, this is going to be an issue if your client has deployed the Entry version of Sametime.

One of the unspecified requirements of the Sametime Entry server is that it requires users that connect to it have that server set as their default Sametime community.  For user's at the client site, it's no big deal since they will probably only connect to their Sametime server.  But it really puts a crimp in those of us trying to add the server as yet another community we are a part of.  In fact, it's doesn't even show up as a choice in the Sametime Default Policy.

And before you very enterprising people try to circumvent things by changing the policy document via the Notes Client, know that I tried it already and it didn't work.  The Sametime server denied all connections once I set the valuer to 0.

I don't expect this issue to be resolved at any time by IBM since this is yet another of my issues that only seems to effect the .0001% of Notes users who are consultants.  Just like my issue with multiple location documents that use different IDs.....but that's a whole different story. 

The move of the Notes Client to an architecture based on Eclipse is seen as a good move by most people.  Recently, though, I ran into an issue that you might need to be aware of.  One of the other applications I use to develop web applications is Aptana Studio, which is also built upon Eclipse.  I hadn't been in it recently, so when I fired it up last week, it asked me to download a bunch of new updates.  Halfway through the installation, it failed because it wasn't able to access/update a certain .jar file.  The worst part was that the failure completely hosed my configuration and caused the application to be unusable.

After much debugging, I determined that the install failed because I had Notes 8.0.1 running at the same time.  After blowing away the configuration and shutting down Notes, I was able to successfully upgrade Aptana to the latest release.

So the lesson learned is to make sure all your Eclipse based applications are shut down before you try to upgrade one of them.

I have just posted the 2.0.2 version of the ASND Export Facility.  This version fixes a number of really, silly bugs.  I wish I had more time to do testing the right way, but such is life when you are writing code for free.

There is one bug that is currently unresolved that I would love some help on.  The crux of the problem is this:  When doing sorting a collection by multiple fields, the secondary sorts are opposite what they should be.  For example, if I want to sort the results by Person in ascending order and then by Date in descending order, the results are return with Person in ascending order and Date in ascending order.  This did not happen when I was using a Bubble Sort, so I must have screwed up something in the Merge Sort code.  If you have experience with these things and want to take a crack at solving the problem, by all means download the latest release and take a look at my spaghetti code.

This position will be primarily responsible for all technical aspects of Lotus Notes application development and application support.  The person in this position will work with other departments in the company and the Manager of Web Development to develop and maintain the technical specifications and all appropriate applications in Lotus Notes.  The position may also include development work in other programming languages.

Job Functions:

Functions include developing the technical specifications and implementing the appropriate code to support Lotus Notes development. The person will assist in troubleshooting and debugging issues with existing and developed systems.  This position will maintain all applications so that they function on the most current version of Lotus Notes client and server.  They will maintain proper security and programming best practices when building applications.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 1 year work experience with development for Lotus Notes client and Lotus/Domino on the web.
• Minimum 1 year work experience in web-enabling existing and future Lotus Notes applications.
• Minimum 1 year work experience in developing workflow applications in Lotus/Domino.
• Minimum 1 year work experience with Domino Designer
• In-depth knowledge and work experience in relevant technical areas such as LotusScript, Formula Language, Java, Javascript, D/HTML, CSS and DB2.
• Knowledge of Lotus/Domino development for mobile devices.
• Knowledge of Notes security model.
• Knowledge and experience in the following: PHP, ASP, XML, VBScript, SQL/Other DBMS.
• Design and development skills working with applications in versions 6, 7 and 8 of Domino.
• Solid understanding of Internet technologies: HTTP, FTP, security and encryption on the Internet, basic networking concepts, etc.

Additional Qualifications:

• Must have good analytical skills, excellent communication skills at all organizational levels.
• Must show initiative, be self motivated and have a willingness to learn.
• Have the ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Must posses a valid driver’s license.

Working Conditions:

• Physical requirements include finger dexterity, viewing a computer screen, detailed work at close distances, and sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• Office environment with occasional evening and weekend hours.
• Sporadic local and out of town travel.

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

TO APPLY: Please visit HersheyJobs.com to apply on-line or contact Mary Faris at Msfaris@hersheypa.com for more information. We offer Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Profit Sharing, Competitive Salary, and MORE!

Sometimes, the recruiters are really nice and you just want to help them find a good person.  Which is why the job above is posted here.  Can you imagine how much weight could be gained with all that chocolate around?

I have updated the map for ILUG 2008 with all the names of the people who are staying at the Camden Court Hotel. I have also added names to other hotels that attendees are staying at. If you don't see your name and/or hotel, leave a comment or drop me an email and I will be sure to add you to the map.

Update:  When one person comments, it might be easy to ignore.  When a second person says something, it might be worth making a change.  I have modified the map to remove the room type for the people staying at the Camden Court Hotel.  That was there for me to keep track of more than anything else.  Also, I will be removing anyone who hasn't publicly commented on where they are staying on this blog or their own.  I am sorry if this has caused any inconvenience for anyone.

ASND Designs has released the latest version of the ASND Export Facility on OpenNTF.  Version 2.0.1 makes exporting on and writing reports against Domino databases easier than ever before.  The new release include the following enhancements:

• ASND Web Report Framework - Imagine being able to easily create web based reports that allow users to determine the parameters of the report and even the data returned in the report.  V2.0 includes 3 real world sample reports that combine AJAX and the ASND reporting engine to deliver reports in HTML, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel formats via the browser.
• ASND Name Search - searches all addressbooks on the server for a name or part of a name
• ASND Domlog Report - reports on the activity stored within the domlog.nsf and can be limited to a specific database or set of databases.  Users can choose which fields to return and how to sort the report.
• ASND Sametime Activity Report - reports on either the last time a user logs into Sametime or all of the login failures from the stlog.nsf.  Report can be limited to a specific period of dates.
• ASNDDocumentCollection Script Library - a portable script library that you can drop into any database for collecting and sorting data from Notes Databases without the need for additional views.
• MergeSort Sorting Routine - all sorts will now be done using a MergeSort function.  Performance of existing reports should be exponentially better, especially when sorting large data sets multiple times.
• Full Text Exports - Regular Exports can now be configured to use either Selection Formulas or a Full Text Search to collect the documents.  Both choices can still be done against multiple databases.

Update:  2.0.1 has been released to fix 2 major bugs in the sorting routines and include the image used in the web reports.

Here is the current list of people that are confirmed to be staying at the Camden Court Hotel:

1. Sean Burgess
2. Jamie Magee
3. Theo Hesselmans
4. Tormod Svendsen
5. Bjorn Erik Lilleskare
6. Rune Stromme
7. Chris Miller
8. Libby Ingrassia
9. Bruce Elgort
10. Mick Moignard
11. Duncan Bradley
12. Christian Hero
13. Elisabeth Samsonen
14. Benedict Poole
15. Julian Robichaux
16. Per Erik Nyrud
17. Thomas Bahn
18. John Head
19. Odd Åge Skogheim
20. Bjørn Thommasen
21. Stig Erik halvorsen
22. Declan Lynch
23. Rob McDonagh

If you do not see your name on the list and you sent a reservation in, they did not receive it. Don't feel bad cause it happened to me a number of times. They seem to be having an issue with their mail/spam server eating emails.  Worst case scenario is that you have to fax it in, like I did.

I will update the ILUG Map later today with all the names.

So who in our group is Tequila? My vote is definitely for Nathan!