• Unable to use XPages forum anonymously in Notes client

    By Judy Kilpinen 1 decade ago

    I can use the 8.5 forum & the 6&7 forum natively in the Notes client as an anonymous user, but when I try to do that with the XPages forum, I get the following error:

    Unexpected runtime error

      The runtime has encountered an unexpected error.

      Error source

        Page Name:/allDocuments.xsp
        Control Id: image1

      Exception

        Error while executing JavaScript computed expression
        Script interpreter error, line=4, col=96: [TypeError] Exception occurred calling method NotesXspViewEntry.getRead(string) null

        JavaScript code

           1: var ve:NotesViewEntry = rowData;
           2:// TODO: Use Sticky icons in case of rowData.getColumnValue("Sticky")
           3: if(rowData.getColumnValue("Sticky") == "yes") {
           4: if (ve.getRead(@UserName())) {
           5: return "bookmarkLow.gif";
           6: } else {
           7: return "bookmarkPriority.gif";
           8: }
     

    • What I am trying to do ...

      By Judy Kilpinen 1 decade ago

      You said:

      We don't really understand what you're trying to do here. You can't interact with the forums anonymously from Notes because you have to log in to Notes. [Well, yes & no – see My Response below]. But I do want to see if we can recreate the circumstances that cause you to get that error. Can you provide more information?



      When the error occurs, what are you trying to do? [I'm trying to browse the forums, just like I can with all of the other forums.]



      In Notes, are you required to log in to Notes before you can access any of your local DBs? [I am logged into Notes using my regular (work) ID, not the ID I've connected to my IBM account.]



      When interacting with the forum, if you're logged in and you post, does the error still happen? [I don't want to have to switch location docs/IDs just to post via the Notes client, so I always just use the web browser version.]



      My response:

      I am trying to use the XPages forum natively in the Notes client. I do not have to be using the same ID that I have set up on IBM with any of the other forums just to view the content, and look for solutions which is what I mostly do. It's akin to viewing the forums in a browser without having to login.

      Of course, if I want to post anything or reply to another post I must login but that is not a requirement to just plain browse the other forums natively in the Notes client.



      Starting with 8.5 you cannot run concurrent instances of the Notes client where you can have 1 instance logged in using the ID connected to your IBM account (home/personal ID) & another using your day-to-day work/client ID. I understand you can go to the trouble of setting up a virtual machine just to do that but I haven't done that yet. Hence my need to be able to peruse the forums in the Notes client using a different ID than the one associated with my IBM ID.



      Were you unaware that you could browse the other forums natively in the client without having to be logged in using the ID that's attached to your IBM account?

      • XPages Forum on Notes1/Notesweb

        By Craig Lordan 1 decade ago

        Judy, you should now be able to open the XPages Forum on the server Notes1/Notesweb or Notes2/Notesweb using your Notes client.

        For some time we have been running that forum only with native XPages rendering in the Notes client. With that setting the experience in the Notes client is the same or similar to using the forum in a web browser.

        But as you reported previously not every Notes client is capable of opening that forum in that mode. This is due to our use of elements from the XPages Extension Library, which also needs to be present in your client install. Since most of the users of the XPages Forum also have the extension library locally, few if any people reported this as an issue.

        But since you followed up on this matter we have disabled the native XPages mode for Notes clients and you should be able to open it successfully. You can email us directly at dwlotus@us.ibm.com if you need more help.