Tuesday 20 March 2012

Export Lotus Notes documents to Microsoft Word

For a requirement I was looking for exporting Lotus Notes documents to Microsoft Word. I found some help here and here. The former one uses Word.Application while the latter does something with user32.dll. But I was looking for something which was not dependent on external software. Then I came across @Command([FileExport]). A little help from the discussion here, I was able to devise a simple solution to it.

Lets say, you have a form fUserProfile that you want to export to a Word file. First create a copy of that form and name it, say, fUserProfile_Export. In PostOpen event of the fUserProfile_Export form enter the following formula.


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Monday 19 March 2012

Get the text back on Gmail buttons

Ever since Gmail launched its new look there have been some positive, some negative and some extremely negative reactions. But what I really hated was the fact that now there were only icons present instead of labels on the buttons. Worse, there was no way to get it back!


But now Google has finally added a setting so that you can get the text back on buttons. On the top-right you will find gear icon (Settings), click on it and from the popup menu click on Settings.


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Sunday 11 March 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note sets new milestone in display size



The Samsung Galaxy Note from AT&T, which is being called the world's first smartphone with a 5.3-inch display.

It sets a new milestone as it leaves behind other smartphone with screen sizes of around 4-inches to 4.3 inches.

After you come to terms with the size, you can start to enjoy some of the device's cool features, such as the S Pen, the slimness, light weight, five columns of application icons and six rows of apps instead of five.

The Galaxy Note has a gorgeous display with a 1.5 gigahertz dual-core processor inside running an Android 2.3.5 operating system, also known as Gingerbread.

The next version of the Android OS 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, will likely be out soon as an upgrade for the Galaxy Note.

Because of the size and the innovative features, the Galaxy Note will cost around $300 under contract.

If you're looking for an e-reader or small tablet, as well as a phone, the Galaxy is worth a closer look.

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Saturday 3 March 2012

24Online client crashes with Avast antivirus

Recently when I moved from AVG antivirus to Avast antivirus, I couldn't use my 24Online Client as it used to crash every time I started it. The only way to start it was to disable Avast, start the 24Online Client and then enable Avast again. A real pain! After a bit of trial-and-error I found the solution.

Go to the main screen of Avast. From there go to "REAL-TIME SHIELDS > Web Shield". Click on the "Expert Settings button".

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