Lotus Notes API

[LarryDalooza]

Has anyone using lotus notes tried to use the API through AutoIt?...

$ReturnCode = DllCall("c:\notes\nnotes.dll","int","NSFDbOpen","str","c:\notes\data\lkeys.nsf","int*",0)
If $ReturnCode[0] <> 0 Then Exit
$hNSF = $ReturnCode[2]

$ReturnCode = DllCall("c:\notes\nnotes.dll","int","NSFDbGetBuildVersion","int",$hNSF,"int*",0)
If $ReturnCode[0] <> 0 Then
   DllCall("c:\notes\nnotes.dll","int","NSFDbClose","int",$hNSF)
   Exit
EndIf

MsgBox(4096,"",$ReturnCode[2])

DllCall("c:\notes\nnotes.dll","int","NSFDbClose","int",$hNSF)

I have tried cdecl and stuff... before I "tear it up", I am just wondering if anyone else has tried.

Lar.

[DW1]

I would love to see what you come up with, as I use lotus notes daily and would like to script a few activities and maybe make a better search engine for it.

Thanks for diving in Larry

[Jos]

I haven't used the DLL but have written several scripts using The COM interface which works fine:

$Session = ObjCreate("Notes.NotesSession")

Edited March 28, 2008 by Jos

[LarryDalooza]

oooo ... there is a COM interface ... I will need to find that reference... thanks.

Lar

[Jos]

oooo ... there is a COM interface ... I will need to find that reference... thanks.

Lar

I have a redbook called "COM Together with Domino", file sg245670.pdf.

Let me know when you want me to make it available.

Jos

[LarryDalooza]

Hey, thanks. I found the one (PDF) you referenced. As a contractor for IBM I suppose I should have access to some good info on COM and Notes and SameTime ... If I find anything I can share, I'll be back.

Lar.

[sigil]

Hi, I'm bumping this because I'm trying to work with Lotus through COM. I know that I can't call any methods or properties until I can actually get the COM object associated with Lotus, and I haven't been able to do that. Here's my test code:

$session = ObjGet("","Lotus.NotesSession")

if not IsObj($session) then
    Msgbox(0,"Status","Couldn't attach to Lotus.")
else
    Msgbox(0,"Status","Attached to Lotus.")
endif

So far, IsObj($session) always returns false. I've been reading sg245670.pdf, but I'm having trouble understanding how to apply it to AutoIt.

[Jos]

I think its like I posted a few posts up:

$Session = ObjCreate("Notes.NotesSession")

[sigil]

I think its like I posted a few posts up:

$Session = ObjCreate("Notes.NotesSession")

Ok, that works fine for creating a Lotus object, but I want to make a script that performs operations on an existing instance of Notes. Specifically I want to create appointments in a Lotus calendar, and I don't want to use a whole lot of Send() And when I try to use ObjGet("Notes.NotesSession"), it doesn't attach.

[Jos]

Ok, that works fine for creating a Lotus object, but I want to make a script that performs operations on an existing instance of Notes. Specifically I want to create appointments in a Lotus calendar, and I don't want to use a whole lot of Send() And when I try to use ObjGet("Notes.NotesSession"), it doesn't attach.

Pretty sure you can create the Calendar entry that way too. The script I have written using the COM interface all start with the ObjCreate() which will either start Notes when its not active or else just work fine in the "background".

Jos

[sigil]

Pretty sure you can create the Calendar entry that way too. The script I have written using the COM interface all start with the ObjCreate() which will either start Notes when its not active or else just work fine in the "background".

Jos

Ok, I'll try using ObjCreate() to work with Lotus when it's already open. At http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/li.../ls-COM_Access/, it says that the COM Toolkit is no longer available. Where can I find something like it?

[Xenobiologist]

Larry try telling the Rational guys to implement an API for all the products they based on eclipse plattform.

Like :

ClearQuest

Lotus Notes

RDA

RSA

RDZ

and so on.

Besides one question, what kind of scripts are you trying to script for Notes? Or just some nice udfs?

Mega

[sigil]

Besides one question, what kind of scripts are you trying to script for Notes? Or just some nice udfs?

Mega

asking me?

I'm trying to make a script that gets info about an appointment from one application:

-time

-date

-details

-whose appointment it is

and then goes into Lotus and sets the appointment in the appropriate person's calendar.

I am a little stuck at this point. Trying to get the name for my server, using:

$session = ObjCreate("Notes.NotesSession")
$sname=$session.servername

because I need to use GetDatabase. But calling Servername keeps giving an error "The requested action with this object has failed."

feel like I'm in a little over my head here.

[Jos]

I cannot test here but does something like this work?

$sname = $Session.GetEnvironmentString("MailServer", True)

This is an example that should open the default mailfile:

$MailDB = $Session.GetDatabase ("", "")
If $MailDB.ISOPEN <> True Then
    $MailDB.OPENMAIL
EndIf
$MailServer = $MailDB.Server
$MailFileName = $MailDB.FileName
$MailFilePath = $MailDB.FilePath

Edited April 10, 2008 by Jos

[SolidStark]

I know this an old Lotus Notes Forum, but does anyone have any idea how to do the print command through Autoit.  I can get everything to work but the Print part when I convert it over. How do we use the Lotus Script Call function in Autoit?

The Lotus Script is as follows:

Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim workspace As New NotesUIWorkspace
Dim uidoc As NotesUIDocument
Set uidoc = workspace.CurrentDocument
Call uidoc.Print
End Sub