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Scenario 2: Insurance forms on Internet

In this scenario, an insurance company wants to put their insurance forms online. This includes an insurance application...

Scenario 1: Departmental timesheet system on intranet

In this scenario, a business or department of approximately 50 people wants to move their timesheet system onto their lo...

Using Print Service servlet to avoid large forms

I've been working with Lotus Forms a couple of years ago and one of the more recurrent problem that i've faced was the f...

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Wiki Help

Amanda J Bauman | March 9, 2010 3:57:11 PM | Tags:

Wiki Help describes basic tasks that you can accomplish in the wiki, such as creating and editing articles, basic editing tasks, subscribing to feeds, and providing feedback on the wiki. It also includes reference information on how to use the supported wiki markup for formatting.

The Expressive Power of XForms Binds and XPath

Ryan Nordman | March 3, 2010 4:54:50 PM | Tags:

The goal of this sample is to illustrate some of the expressive power of XForms binds and how an XPath nodeset in a bind is used at runtime to evaluate the result of a bind. In this example the goal is to count the number of occurrences of specific text entries in a homogeneous set of XML ...

Lotus Forms 3.5.1 Accelerated STEW

Ricardo Rossi | February 23, 2010 4:59:42 PM | Tags:

Presentations and Recording are available at the Lotus Forms Technical Professionals Community   Dates:         March 02-03, 2010 Times:         9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST Location:     Online   Introduction The current economy is forcing organizations of all sizes to look more closely at reducing ...

Basic XForms Tables Tutorial Part 2: Add/Remove Buttons

Ryan Nordman | December 16, 2009 2:32:15 PM | Tags:

This article is meant as a sequel to a previous article on basic XForms Tables. You can read the first article [[http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfwiki.nsf/dx/04292009040220PMRNOV22.htm|here]]. The first article outlines how to build a very simple Lotus Forms XForms table with two fields. We will pick ...

Advanced Table Techniques and Best Practices

Chris Dawes | December 7, 2009 6:42:43 PM | Tags:

This post is broken down into two sections; Advanced Table Features and Performance Concerns. I will try to provide explanations for each feature in a manner that can be re-used in your own form implementations. The method of implementation is also considered the current best practice. ==Advanced ...

Using Lotus Forms iWidgets in Mashups

Jeff Schering | November 29, 2009 9:45:03 PM | Tags:

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a mashup using both the Lotus Forms Form iWidget and the Lotus Forms Feed iWidget. You will create a survey in Lotus Forms Turbo and then display the results in a Form iWidget in Mashups. You will do this by using the Feed iWidget and the Form iWidget ...

Lotus Forms 3.0 Technical Education Roadmap

Deanna Drschiwiski | November 26, 2009 12:38:07 PM | Tags:

This training roadmap outlines the paths users should follow to build expertise in Lotus Forms 3.0 products, including Lotus Forms Viewer, Forms Designer, and the Forms Server components: API, Webform Server, and Forms Services Platform. Four training paths are described: Level 2 - Basic: Provides ...

Downloadable Resources available from the Redbooks Wiki Improving Efficiency with Business Process Accelerator

John Bergland | November 24, 2009 1:23:27 PM | Tags:

Table of contents Previous Next List of Resources Available for Download Three Sample Forms created within the example. Click here to download these Forms PurchaseOrderV17.xfdl, ReviewOrderV3.xfd, SupplyOrderV3.xfdl,

Row by row validation with a single xforms bind

Ryan Nordman | November 18, 2009 4:51:21 PM | Tags:

==Row by row validation with a single XForms bind== This sample demonstrates how XPath can be used in an XForms constraint bind to mark a single field in a row as invalid. This can be accomplished with a single bind and a separate data element can be used to control which row is evaluated for the ...

PDF of Redbooks Wiki Improving Efficiency with Business Process Accelerator

John Bergland | November 12, 2009 9:02:46 PM | Tags:

Table of contents Previous Next Here is the PDF snapshot of the wiki content as of 11232009. Click here to open the PDF