No matter what version of Team Concert you are using, the following tips will apply. You can monitor the status of each step in your automated build using the following two ANT elements:startBuildActivity, and completeBuildActivity.These two should be treated like bookmarks to an atomic grouping of ANT tasks. For example, in your build file, you … Read more
If you prefer a hosted, cloud based messaging (email) solution for convenience, you need to be aware of the dangers of some of the offerings out there: “Yesterday, it was revealed that 10,000+ Hotmail accounts were compromised and all of the usernames and passwords of these accounts were posted online. It was a major security … Read more
I am listening to the webcast on the release of Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1. Lots of new features in the release. For one, it has 4 times the fixes of any standard maintenance release. IBM has today announced the launch of long awaited Notes 8.5.1. One of the major themes for this point release is on … Read more
Yes, I know, its hard to get excited about a point release, however, there are some features worth mentioning. In particular is the change in the licensing model for RTC Express-C. It now includes not 3 but 10 (ten) free developer/contributor licenses. It is now also supported on all the databases that are supported by … Read more
Lotus Domino 8.5 introduced a new feature call DAOS. This tool is designed to reduce attachment duplication by externalizing the attachment and leaving a pointer in the Notes application or mail file. This presentation is courtesy of the NELotus user group . Its yet another reason to upgrade to the latest version! Daos Technical Overview … Read more
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I’d like to announce that one of my customers has added some more client’s of their own. Their business is growing well in this down economy. Its another example of how entrepreneurs can thrive in a recession. They are an Internet startup focused on the green movement. I’ve listed them as one of our case … Read more
IBM has released a community edition of its EGL language. This edition is geared for entry level learning such as for colleges and universities. This is a great language that is a natural successor to COBOL. Applications can be created and deployed to mainframes as batch applications, or to Java web applications servers running on … Read more
Blackberry desktop has long been awaited for those Mac users, including my wife who runs on an iMac (and is very happy with it). I would one day like a Mac myself, but there are still so much software that I need from day to day that is restricted (chained) to Windows. For those using … Read more
A very old trick that us old-hats know. If you want to see the contents of a view that is hidden in Lotus Notes, hold down CTRL+SHIFT and select “View – Go To”. The list of available views will show all the hidden ones (denoted by parentheses). You can also do this with creating views. … Read more