Notes 8 Beta 3

Another day, Another question....In previous version of Notes...switching to Designer was a little easier...If you had an application opened in Notes you could right click the tab and switch to designer. In using 8 Beta 3, when I right click and application I get this

Is there an option that I need to check in Notes 8 to get this feature back ...or am I out of luck?

Thanks,

~BTK~

Blackberry 8800

Yesterday I found out I was going to be upgrading to a newer Blackberry. For those of you who don't know I maintain our companies internal BES Server. It's pretty small with about 150 users. Recently I upgraded our BES to 4.1 Hot Fix 3. It seems to have corrected the issue of not being able to delete emails off of the handheld with the Blackberry Pearl (8100) and Blackberry 8800. Before this upgrade several users would have to go in and delete their messages manually with Desktop Manager(Backup/Restore -->Advanced-->Select messages and click clear).



--First impressions of my Blackberry 8800 --

• I didn't think I would like the trackball, but its not to bad. It can be a bit touchy at times and scroll a little more than you like...but overall its good.
• The option to add an SD card is very nice. The speakers sound quality is quite clear and well designed for a phone.
• The holster, packaged with the 8800 is pretty impressive. My old 8700 case would fall out at times. The 8800 holster would hold the phone in if you were running up and down hills.
• Internal GPS(TeleNav), I have not had a chance to work with this feature, but the idea of it is cool enough in itself.

I guess thats about it for now...I'm sure I'll have more to say about it once I've used it more. Check back for more updates.

DWA 7.0

I was wondering if there is a way in with DWA 7.0 or maybe with the new 8.0 for folder notification for new email. Currently in Notes Client Version 8.0 Beta 3 ....and in several older versions of Notes you get this when new email comes into a Folder.

Without that Bold Font and (Number) I wouldnt think to look in that folder.

On the web ....there is not, or maybe I'm not aware of a change in Folder when new mail arrives. This can be a pain to those who have many folders with mail rules setup.

Is there an option for this on the web? And if there is how can I access it.

Thanks in advance.

New Gmail Feature

I just noticed today when I logged into my Gmail account a new feature.

This is great for home videos...!! Thanks Gmail!

Sametime 7.5.1

So I've had a chance like many to test the new sametime which has impressed me to say the least. Below is a list of what I liked/didn't like....

What I like:

Tabbed IM sessions (vertical or horizontal)

Open another chat within the current IM Session

Auto Status Changes(if you lock your PC auto away, etc)

More features with the "Screenshot Capture"

Transfer files(mp3's,docs,etc)

Ability to prevent save of chat window session

What I don't like:

The message to show you have new IM's will stay in your toolbar after you have opened the IM.

Meetings are still kind of slow loading.

Overall I think Sametime 7.5.1,which will come default with Notes 8 will get a lot of praise from users. It is not perfect, but a big step for IBM.

M&M's

If you like M&M's or even if you don't, you can now see what you would look like as an M&M.

Enjoy!

http://www.becomeanmm.com/

Can somebody say Top 25...

Its been a while since my last post, but I could not miss posting this one.

http://espn.go.com/dickvitale/070226top25.html

I'm thinking #23 is going to make a run in the tournament!

Go Eagles!

5 things you don't know!

Thinking I may escape this "5 things I don't know about you" topic..... I was not to surprised when Mr Whis! tagged me. So here goes...

1. In high school I used to have long hair....enough said
2. Top place I would like to visit one day is Jamaica....I've nearly been on a mission trip their a few times with different churches...but things have seem to conflict each time.
3.Two years ago I went on a mission trip to Atlanta and stayed in a homeless shelter for 4 days. It was one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life. What I learned from it? 1. Poverty is not just in distant countries....it is everywhere around us. 2. When you make all your food..and see these people so grateful for food and a bed...it makes you think....how can I be complaining about not getting the latest gadget. 3. Living on the streets is extremely dangerous. We were nearly killed a few times on the trip.
4. My favorite movie is Hoosiers. WHY? I love basketball...I played bball in a small town before...and Gene Hackman is a great actor...at least in that movie.
5.And last but not least.......I've owned two Jeep Cherokees in my life and hope to own another one day because I love Jeeps!

Now its time to tag a few folks.

JR and Trish! The ball is in your court!

Overflow

If you ever receive an error message of "Overflow" from an agent you may want to try the following.
Run Debug and find out the line/variable(s) creating the overflow. Chances are you have declared a variable as a variant or integer and are trying to set a number to it that is beyond its limits. Below is a list of value ranges for the different data types. I have pulled this from Designer 7 Help.

Byte
0 to 255 <---values it can hold
Initial value: 0
1 byte
Boolean
0 (False) or -1 (True)
initial value: 0
2 bytes
Integer
-32,768 to 32,767
Initial value: 0
2 bytes
Long
-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
Initial value: 0
4 bytes
Single
-3.402823E+38 to 3.402823E+38
Initial value: 0
4 bytes
Double
-1.7976931348623158+308 to 1.7976931348623158+308
Initial value: 0
8 bytes
Currency
-922,337,203,685,477.5807 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807
Initial value: 0
8 bytes
String
(String length ranges from 0 to 32K characters)
Initial value: "" (empty string)
(2 bytes/character)

Lotusscript and DB open

So this morning when I came into work I noticed a Lotusscript agent I had wrote was no longer working. When it ran I received the error message above. The ironic thing is how this agent had worked fine for weeks now. After a little research I ran into this helpful tip through Notes/Domino help forum.

When trying to open a DB with Lotusscript

Dim db As New Notesdatabase ("ServerName", "Database.nsf") does not always open the database according to Mika Heinonen.

To prevent this problem in the future use:

Dim db As New NotesDatabase ("", "")
db.Open "ServerName", "Database.nsf"

Happy Holidays!

Referees!

Last night my Winthrop Eagles faced off against the small Division 1 Mount Saint Mary's school of Maryland. Though the Eagles were up by double digits nearly the entire game, the Ref's about cost us the game. For a long stretch of the game I think Mount Saint Mary's could have tackled one of our guys and they still wouldn't have called a foul. The Ref's also called a technical on Coach Marshall which got the crowd even more stirred up. So I will say this, the bad calls made the game much more interesting and exciting then it would have been.

One thing I will say in Mount's favor is one of their players did end up tackling one of the Ref's.(by accident) ...

Torrell Martin continues to be the leader in this team with his clutch shooting. This win puts the Eagles at 8-3 and undefeated at home. Go Eagles!

Cool Trick with Word

Its been a while since my last post, but things have been busy around the office. Over the weekend I was helping a friend with his resume and stumbled into this neat tool in Microsoft Word. (it also works in Excel)

Ever have two documents that you want to compare side by side and get tired of clicking back and forth between the documents? If you said yes...this feature may come in handy! From the toolbar in Word Select Window then "compare side by side"

Behold both documents are side by side for your use. I know this would have saved me a lot of time in college.

So Close

Last night my alma mater, Winthrop faced off with my other love UNC in a heated battle. Me and several friends met at Beef O Brady's, ordered a bunch of wings and fries and cheered through this tight matchup. At one point in the game Winthrop was up by 13 points, a feet in itself. During the many ups and downs of the game my friends and I started cheers that roared out into the streets of Rock Hill rooting for our EAGLES.

Even though we lost by 7 in the end, we should be commended for our valiant efforts. It is not like UNC is poorly rated, they are the #2 team in the nation. For that I say GO EAGLES! This year we will see our First Tournament Victory and the respect we deserve.