Inside LotusScript: A Complete Guide to Notes Programming [With Includes Programming Codes]

by Joe McGinn

Explains how to learn formula code, set up directories, build a professional-quality Notes application, and create Web sites using Lotus Notes 4.0, 4.1, and 4.5. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884777481
• ISBN13: 9781884777486
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

You can judge a book by the number of copies stolen...

I'm on my third copy of this book. Every time I loan it out to a new developer, I never see the book again. The title is a bit confusing because it deals with more than just LS. This book contains a LOT of great Notes design information - @functions, LS, general db design, web design, security, the whole bit. It also contains some great code you can copy/paste into your apps. Sequential numbering, text parsing routines, and more.I keep hoping Joe puts out a new version for R5 or R6. I love this book.

Provides valuable cut & paste code & not avaiable elsewhere.

Although not for the beginner, this text was straight forward. Goes beyond Lotus' explanation of this language. It provided solutions to some of my current LS issues...as well as the code-to-go. Great Reference!

Good book with weak points

Lots of good ideas about LotusScript programing. The title is somewhat misleading since there is a lot of Formula language programming explained. The weakest point is the over and over repetition of evaluating formula commands in LotusScript which does not provide anything new after the first example. Furthermore, I did expect 'inside' information about native LotusScript list processing, which is not covered. On the positive side, I liked the style of writing and many ideas.

Great book, very useful!

This book was exactly what I was looking for. It was worth buying for the sequential numbering code alone, which has saved me on a couple of projects. Lots of other useful pieces of code too. The searching functions and Internet LotusScript search functions saved me a lot of time. And some of the code - like for setting rich text fonts and colors - I didn't even know was possible in Notes! Very easy to understand, the author is good at explaining things in plain English. I'd recommend this book to Notes programmers at any level.