LotusScript for Dummies

by James G. Meade

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156884638X
• ISBN13: 9781568846385
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Exactly what the title says

This is an introductory text about Lotusscript scripting language for Smartsuite and, in some measure, for Notes. Readers who are displeased with IDG's style of books may want to notice that this text is an official handbook licensed and recommended by Lotus Development Corporation. Meade uses a clearly folksy way of explaining the finer details of this language and, as a result, it sometimes seems that there's more jokes than substance. I heartily disagree. This book was written with the average computer user in mind and is good because it explains scripting across the entire suite of programs and yet is thorough enough to be considered a good reference for any one of them. For those who think that this book is not worthy of consideration, it would be well to consider that this book is an introduction for the beginner not a tome for the advanced and expert users. I think it is far more important to get my work done in a timely manner than to obsess about whether my book was impressive or not. This book, though rare and out-of-print, is a good find and will serve well in the role of a primer for beginner to average Smartsuite/Notes users.

This book focuses on LotusScript for Lotus WordPro & Suite.

I was looking for a book for a Notes developer who did not have Visual Basic background and wanted to learn LotusScript from scratch. Unfortunately, the examples and interfaces are well written if you want to use LotusScript for Lotus WordPro or their Suite, but did not match how Lscript is used in Notes, thus I stopped after the first 2 chapters. It may be usefull to someone if you already know scripting and want to work with the Lotus Smartsuite Lscript, but use it only as a backup if you want Notes ideas and skills for Lscript. Vance Jochim 4 years Notes development experience