OpenNTF Contributor Mark
Hughes has created a new iOS and
Android compatible mobile project called mAddressBook:
"This application will pull down information from your corporate
directory or any address book you specify in the settings document, including
personal contacts, and then save the information for offline use. Domino
server 8.5.2, or 8.5.3, are required as is Session Authentication."
Please join OpenNTF in welcoming hedersoft
GmbH as an OpenNTF
Member Company. hedersoft is located
in Germany. hedersoft specializes in XPages development, Email management,
MaRisk and more.
"The heder soft GmbH believes
in the spirit of the open source movement. For this reason, we are part
of our software and open source solutions available. We are closely associated
with OpenNTF . OpenNTF has developed in recent years to the central platform
in the Lotus community, when it comes to open source.
We will provide some of our products
in a basic version for free for OpenNTF. In addition, we will provide solutions
and devices to the network which have helped us. The beginning, Lars Buntrock
"open database" is already done with the development of the dialogue
which has been submitted for the first XPages Development Contest, where
it has performed very successfully. Conversely, we also profiting from
the growing community that is involved in OpenNTF and then adjusts source
code freely available. It is a give and take!"
"The View Picklist Custom Control
is set of two custom controls that allow you to present a dialog box where
you can select values from a view (or view documents) to populate a field
or scope, and also allow you to remove individual items from a field or
scope value using the multi value deselect custom control (included).
This View Picklist Custom control
is configurable so that you can style it any way you want. Use the built
in search bar or the built in type ahead bar to narrow the results. Return
the value(or values) to a field, document value, or a scoped variable.
This can all be accomplished by configuring the properties available."
OpenNTF will be participating in the
Lotusphere 2012 Product Showcase. We have secured pedestal number 516 and
look forward to having you stop by! We are in the process of developing
our plans for Lotusphere 2012 so stay tuned. Please also "Follow
Us" on Twitter.
NOTE: If you are a Member Company and
want to have text and/or your logo changed please drop
me an email. If your company is
interested in becoming an OpenNTF Member please
contact Peter Tanner.
- A Pro version supporting integration
with other Apps, multiple languages and other features.
- A free Lite version with optional
support.
- The Apache Open Source version available
on OpenNTF.
I asked Sean Cull of FoCul for a quote
about why they built and made available an open source version of Survey
Manager and here is what he had to say"
"I think a lot of developers
are hesitant to share their code examples because they think that it is
not bleeding edge or even best practice. The nice thing about sharing a
whole application is that it is more than the sum of its parts. Although
none of it may be very clever the whole application is both useful provides
good examples of how to do things. Every time I look at someone else's
application I find at least one thing that makes me think "how or
why did they do that ?" and I learn something new.
At FoCul Our passion is developing
collaborative applications that help our customers to be more efficient,
more competitive and to demonstrate that they are in control of their key
processes. XPages and the new XWork server have created a lot of opportunities
for us to bring quality collaborative applications to both new and existing
customers. Learning XPages has been a difficult journey and one which has
only been possible because of the tremendous spirit of sharing and openness
in the Lotus community. We wanted to give back to the community by sharing
our XPages survey application so that other people can get up to speed
easier and demonstrate what XPages can do."
As there was a tie for third place in the
recent OpenNTF Contributor Director election, we held a Runoff vote. In
a closely fought ballot, Elijah Lapson managed to win over Frank van der
Linden.
Congratulations to Elijah on the victory,
and thanks to Frank for running.
So, the makeup of the new OpenNTF Board of
DIrectors is as follows:
Member Directors: Bruce
Elgort
Brent
Peters
Julian
Woodward
John
Head
Corey
Davis
Per Henrik
Lausten
Sean
Burgess
Justin
Hill
Stuart
McIntyre
We have a couple of goals:
- Provide a good looking and easy to use next generation of the OpenNTF code bin
- Make the code available as open source as learning resource and for internal code bin libraries
- Document not only what we've done but also how we've done certain things (project management, design, implementation, code control, etc.)
At this point we have not deployed anything and have not released a first version, but we have some code that you can check out via these screenshots or by watching this video.
The next Generation of the XPages Extension Library is now on OpenNTF
Today IBM published a new release of the XPages Extension Library. However this is NOT just another release, but a major update with a huge amount of new functionality. Here are the new features:
3) New Extension Library tooling plugin for Domino Designer
A new plugin is available that provides new basic Domino Designer visualization for all Extension Library controls, as well as some enhanced tooling for sophisticated controls like the ApplicationLayout. Other enhancements include new specialized pickers to help assign property values when working in the All Properties panel. The data view and dynamic view panel controls now have property panels and a dialog to help you set the data source, and the dynamic content control also has Designer support to make it easier to use the control.
A new editor is available to allow you to set properties in the xsp.properties file either in source mode, or through a property panel like interface that also provides extensive hover help to describe each of the available properties.
4) New application templates
There are new versions of the Domino Discussion and TeamRoom templates that have been extended to use new features. You can use these templates to create XPages applications that will run on the web, the Notes client or on mobile devices. You are encouraged in particular to try the mobile app implementations - both from a developer and end-user standpoint. That is to say, these templates are a good sample reference point for anyone looking to get started with XPages mobile development, while evaluating the mobile applications as an end-user will enable you to give us invaluable feedback on its features or limitations and this help us make improvements in the future.
5) General runtime upgrade to support accessibility and localization requirements
Some of the controls and complex types in the XPages Extension Library were not fully compliant with accessibility and localization standards. A simple example would be the use of the 'title' attribute as a control label rather than as a descriptive tag for assistive technologies (such as screen readers, etc). Issues like this and others have been addressed in this release. In this context some changes had to be done to comply with IBM internal policies like accessibility and localization. Some of these changes require existing NSF applications to be re-compiled. Also for power developers implementing Java controls using the Extensibility API some changes have to be done. Phil Riand and Pete Janzen describe in this document the details.
The new functionality in the Extension Library to build mobile apps and social applications can be used in the OpenNTF XPages Development Contest.
The votes have been cast,
counted and audited, and the newly incorporated OpenNTF has a Board of
Directors.
But not quite! There
was a tie in the voting for the third Contributor Director position, so
we would like all Contributors to vote again – this time for either Elijah
Lapson or Frank van der Linden. Just send your choice to IP-Manager@openntf.org
by midnight Tuesday October 18.
In any case, we do have
the results for the nine Member Directors, and two of the three Contributor
Directors. Here they are:
Member Directors:
Elected for two years
– in order of number of votes received:
1. Bruce Elgort
2. Brent Peters
3. Julian Woodward
4. John Head
5. Corey Davis
Elected for one year –
in order of number of votes received:
6. Per Henrik Lausten
7 (tied) Sean Burgess
7 (tied) Justin Hill
7 (tied) Stuart McIntyre
Not elected – in alphabetical
order:
Serdar Basegmez
Michael Falstrup
Henning Schmidt
Chris Toohey
Contributor Directors:
Elected for one year –
in order of number of voted received:
Niklas Heidloff
Rene Winkelmeyer
Tied for third position,
subject to runoff election:
Elijah Lapson
Frank van der Linden
Congratulations to the
winners – and many thanks to all the candidates for their willingness
to be part of OpenNTF and for making this an exciting election.
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10/13/2011
On OpenNTF: New Release of XPages Help Application
Paul describes the 2.0 functionality in his blog and on the project page:
<<
XPages Help Application is an application for managing online Help [...]. It is roughly based on the Notes/Domino Help, Eclipse Help and iNotes Help. It provides functionality for navigating the help by: Contents: a hierarchical multi-level navigation. Index: like the index of a book, allowing entries to be listed under one or more index categories. Search: a full-text search of the content. Bookmarks: allows users to add or remove bookmarks to their personal profile. This is only available for logged-on users.
>>
The project is also a good learning resource since it uses themes, Java managed beans and an implementation of the OpenLog Java class specifically designed for use in managed beans (more).
Paul has also produced a video describing the application:
REMINDER: Vote for the Community Director or your choice
While most of the OpenNTF Members have
cast their ballots for their choice of Member Directors (which represent
the corporate members), very few Contributors have cast ballots for Contributor
Directors. he three Contributor Directors who are elected are those
who will represent OpenNTF Contributors on the OpenNTF Board. There
are four Contributors who are running:
Niklas Heidloff
Elijah Lapson
Frank van der Linden
Rene Winkelmeyer
To cast your vote simply send an email
with between one and three of these names to ip-manager@openntf.org.
Note that only Registered OpenNTF Contributors may vote.
To help you with your voting, each candidate
has prepared a statement:
Niklas Heidloff
Niklas Heidloff has delivered numerous
projects on OpenNTF including Mobile Controls, Social Enabler, XPages for
Connections, etc. He has also built the new OpenNTF web user interface
plus the XPages.info web site, he is continuously maintaining and updating
these sites, he has hosted the contests, ideajam etc. As IBM employee working
on OpenNTF almost full time Niklas wants to be able to help defining strategy
and direction of OpenNTF.
Elijah Lapson
As a Director of IT for a Global non-profit
organization I am constantly balancing requests for all type of technology
support. When I attempt to prioritize these requests for the organization
I look to see which technologies are most appropriate for the job and which
solutions will have the largest possible positive impact on our staff.
I would love to bring these skills which I have been developing over the
past 15 years to OpenNTF. All of those involved with using/developing/administrating
a Lotus Notes Domino infrastructure know that the key component of the
tools is the ability to get groups of people collaborating effectively
in a short period of time. I would like OpenNTF to become the go to place
for Developers and Administrators to get information and tools to help
their clients collaborate more effectively. I would like OpenNTF to be
the go to place to donate a piece of code, an administration tip, or a
full blown application to the community. I want OpenNTF with the backing
of IBM to be the place where non-Xpage/Domino developers can come and easily
get up and running the current Lotus/IBM platforms without a significant
time investment in proprietary technologies. Please consider me for a Contributor
Director position.
Frank van der Linden
As a OpenNTF contributer I have noticed
the growing role of OpenNTF in the IBM/Lotus community.
And as I strongly belief in the power
of OpenNTF as the main resource in the IBM/Lotus community, I will be part
of OpenNTF to help guiding in the good direction.
Rene Winkelmeyer
The platform of OpenNTF has always been
a very helpful and inspiring resource for Notes and Domino developers and
administrators around the world. The constitution of the new incorporated
OpenNTF is now the right step to evolve to the next level. As seen in the
last years more and more 'new' technologies like Plug-Ins, XPages and OSGi
haven been added to our most loved platform. As a Director my mission would
be to help OpenNTF to force the distribution of knowledge, information
and code for those cutting-edge technologies and to attract more (and new)
people for this great platform.
We'd like to post soon a new version of the XPages Extension Library on OpenNTF with new functionality to build mobile apps based on XPages.
This version is different from the OpenNTF project XPages Mobile Controls. The main difference is that the new controls have been implemented as library controls so that they can be used in custom apps without having to copy and paste design elements. Since the new version requires Domino 8.5.3 the OpenNTF controls can still be used for 8.5.2.
The new version of the mobile controls in the extension library is also significantly different from previous versions of these library controls in the extension library. The new version is now the first candidate to be included in the Lotus Domino upgrade pack based on 8.5.3 that is targeted for later this year.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Based on Dojo 1.6.1
- Built as library controls that can be deployed on Domino
- Out of the box styles for iPhone and Android. Custom styles possible
- View control to display Domino views including all filter mechanisms as for desktop applications
- Documents can be rendered easily via forms controls and manipulated as in desktop applications
- Header, outline and tab bar controls
- Dynamic content control to change a mobile page without reloading the whole page
Here is a video demonstrating the end user functionality in the first part and in the second part how to build mobile apps:
OpenNTF is pleased to announce
that in addition to the previously mentioned awards for the
second OpenNTF development contest,
one 2012 Lotusphere pass will be awarded. What better way to motivate participants
of this contest, where social applications is a theme, than to award them
with a pass to Lotusphere.
This means that we will now
differentiate between the three contestants who receive awards as follows.
The winner will receive a
pass to Lotusphere 2012 (the winner will be responsible for their own travel,
hotel and other expenses). Also, the ticket is non-transferable and must
be used for Lotusphere 2012.
The winner and two finalists
can choose between one of these three prizes:
1) Apple iPad 2, 64 GB Wifi
or 32 GB 3G
2) Apple iPhone 4S 32 GB
3) Amazon voucher for $800
(US) if available in your country
Please be sure to read the
"Eligibility" section on the contest page to ensure that you
are eligible to participate in the contest.
Posted by Bruce Elgort At 6:32 PM Location Boca Raton, FL | Permalink
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10/09/2011
OpenNTF Contributors Please Vote
There are four candidates for the three
OpenNTF Contributor Director positions. So, if you are a registered
OpenNTF Contributor, you can help decide who will represent you on the
OpenNTF Board of Directors.
To vote, simply send an email to ip-manager@openntf.org
with between one and three of the following names before Friday, October
14.
Niklas Heidloff
Elijah Lapson
Frank van der Linden
Rene Winkelmeyer
To help with your decision, here are
the statements from the Candidates.
Niklas Heidloff Niklas Heidloff has delivered numerous
projects on OpenNTF including Mobile Controls, Social Enabler, XPages for
Connections, etc. He has also built the new OpenNTF web user interface
plus the XPages.info web site, he is continuously maintaining and updating
these sites, he has hosted the contests, ideajam etc. As IBM employee working
on OpenNTF almost full time Niklas wants to be able to help defining strategy
and direction of OpenNTF.
Elijah Lapson As a Director of IT for a Global non-profit
organization I am constantly balancing requests for all type of technology
support. When I attempt to prioritize these requests for the organization
I look to see which technologies are most appropriate for the job and which
solutions will have the largest possible positive impact on our staff.
I would love to bring these skills which I have been developing over the
past 15 years to OpenNTF. All of those involved with using/developing/administrating
a Lotus Notes Domino infrastructure know that the key component of the
tools is the ability to get groups of people collaborating effectively
in a short period of time. I would like OpenNTF to become the go to place
for Developers and Administrators to get information and tools to help
their clients collaborate more effectively. I would like OpenNTF to be
the go to place to donate a piece of code, an administration tip, or a
full blown application to the community. I want OpenNTF with the backing
of IBM to be the place where non-Xpage/Domino developers can come and easily
get up and running the current Lotus/IBM platforms without a significant
time investment in proprietary technologies. Please consider me for a Contributor
Director position.
Frank van der Linden As a OpenNTF contributer I have noticed
the growing role of OpenNTF in the IBM/Lotus community.
And as I strongly belief in the power
of OpenNTF as the main resource in the IBM/Lotus community, I will be part
of OpenNTF to help guiding in the good direction.
Rene Winkelmeyer The platform of OpenNTF has always been
a very helpful and inspiring resource for Notes and Domino developers and
administrators around the world. The constitution of the new incorporated
OpenNTF is now the right step to evolve to the next level. As seen in the
last years more and more 'new' technologies like Plug-Ins, XPages and OSGi
haven been added to our most loved platform. As a Director my mission would
be to help OpenNTF to force the distribution of knowledge, information
and code for those cutting-edge technologies and to attract more (and new)
people for this great platform.
Today's the deadline to throw your hat into the OpenNTF ring!
Member Directors – we have eleven
people nominated, for the nine positions. If your employer is an
OpenNTF Member – you could add your name to that list.
Contributor Directors – we have
four people nominated for the three positions. This is your chance
to help determine the direction of your organization. If you are
a Registered Contributor, then do consider running.
Posted by Bruce Elgort At 6:32 AM Location Boca Raton, FL | Permalink
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10/06/2011
New OpenNTF Project: XBlog - The XPages Blogging Platform
Keith Strickland has contributed a new
project to OpenNTF - XBlog.
He describes it in his blog:
- Everything is configurable, layout,
date formats, sidebars, styles, everything
- Multiple Layouts already configured
- Web Based Blog management site
- RSS Import from your previous blog
(This kind-of works and could certainly use some improvement, especially
in resource management)
- Google +1, facebook, twitter and digg
this icons for all posts
- Spam Prevention provided by Akismet
- XSS Prevention proided by AntiSamy
- Tags instead of Categories
- Google Analytics and Google Adwords
built in
- Downloads are part of posts and pages
- Automatic Comment locking after X#
days
- Build in code syntax highlighting
using SyntaxHighlighter 3.0
- Email notifications for blog owner
and blog commentors (if they so choose)
There is also a good documentation
in which Keith thanks several other OpenNTF contributors for their help
and input: Karsten Lehmann, Tim Tripcony, Ferry Kranenburg, Declan Lynch,
Thomas Ladehoff.
You too can be help direct the future of OpenNTF! But the deadline is Friday!
OK – you have seen that increased activity
of OpenNTF. More contributions, more downloads, more serious licensing
rules. OpenNTF is growing up. Things are happening. OpenNTF is now
incorporated as an independent nonprofit corporation.
Lets say that you are one of the nearly
450 people who have registered as an OpenNTF Contributor – you contribute
code, but you would like do more. Perhaps you would like to set up a cross-company
project, help with the infrastructure, help set the direction of where
OpenNTF is heading.
Well, if you send the IP-Manager
an email stating you are interested, by end of day Friday, October 7, you
too can run for one of the three Contributor Director positions of OpenNTF.
The Contributor Directors along with
the Member Directors are the ones who control OpenNTF. They set the
direction, and either directly, or through committees, run things like
the technical direction, the infrastructure, the contests. It's not a massive
call on your time – there is a one hour meting every two weeks – plus
your involvement in those aspects of OpenNTF that you are interested in.
Once we have all the nominations (by
Friday), we will post the statements of each nominee – and then during
the week, next week, all registered contributors can vote for up to three
Contributor Director Candidates.
Currently there are two candidates –
Niklas Heidloff and Rene Winkelmeyer. You can add your name to that list
and lets make it a real election.
Posted by Bruce Elgort At 10:33 AM Location Boca Raton, FL | Permalink
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10/04/2011
IBM XWork Server and XPages in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.3
This week is a big announcement week
for XPages: 1. IBM XWork Server, 2. IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.3.
IBM XWork Server
Yesterday Ed Brill introduced the new
IBM XWork Server.
<<
Tomorrow IBM will announce IBM XWork
Server 8.5.3. The new server is part of the IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.3 family,
but with a completely different licensing approach, different branding,
and different packaging (installer). The new IBM XWork Server will be available
for ordering tomorrow, and the software release is scheduled for Friday,
October 7, in English.
>>
There are several key extensions to
XPages as you can read in the announcement letter or on my
blog.
Another highlight for XPages developers
is the entitlement to some functionality in IBM Connections:
<<
Entitlement to IBM Connections Files
and Profiles, for no additional charge, allows you to tap into the knowledge
of networks of professionals with a single click. This helps users to quickly
find skills within their organization and to easily share content with
other people and remove the need to send large files through email.
>>
There is also a Taking
Notes podast with Ed Brill and
Peter Janzen about the new XWork Server and the new 8.5.3 functionality.
One of the key statements (34:30 mins) in this podcast comes from Ed Brill:
"This [XPages] is our key application development strategy within
the [IBM] Collobartions Solutions team".
