Attachments in LotusScript: EmbedObject, NotesEmbeddedObject, and the GetAttachment Shortcut

Attaching a file, listing what's attached, extracting it to disk, and removing it — all from code. This article covers NotesRichTextItem.EmbedObject with the EMBED_ATTACHMENT constant, the NotesEmbeddedObject class, ExtractFile, and the two traps that catch people: NotesDocument.EmbeddedObjects does NOT return file attachments (use GetAttachment or the rich-text item), and ExtractFile errors on anything that isn't an attachment.

What HCL Sametime 12.0.3 Added: Read Receipts, Meeting Transcripts, and a Domino Bundle Change

HCL Sametime 12.0.3 — released in 2025 — is a point release worth a look if your shop hasn't upgraded: chat read receipts, mobile chat search, automatic meeting-recording transcripts, a full accessibility pass, and a UI rebuilt on HCL Enchanted + React. The most consequential change for Domino admins isn't a feature at all — it's that premium chat capabilities are now folded into the standard Domino Complete Collaboration Bundle.

The XML Declaration, DTD Nodes, and SAX Errors in LotusScript

The rarely-seen tier of the Domino DOM — the XML declaration, DOCTYPE, processing instructions, notations, entities — plus NotesSAXException on the SAX side. This article covers what each node actually gives you (mostly: not much), the AddXMLDeclNode flag you must set to even see the declaration, and how NotesSAXException is the one place you get rich, line-and-column error data when parsing goes wrong.

The Content-Carrying DOM Nodes: TextNode, AttributeNode, Comment, CDATASection in LotusScript

Once you're walking a parsed DOM, the actual data lives in the content nodes — text, attributes, comments, CDATA. This article covers the inheritance (CharacterData is the base of Text/Comment/CDATA; CDATA derives from Text; AttributeNode stands apart), the CharacterData editing methods, and the single biggest gotcha: the LotusScript binding reads content through NodeValue — there is no W3C-style Data, Length, Name, or Value property.

Walking a Parsed XML DOM in LotusScript: DocumentNode, ElementNode, NodeList, NamedNodeMap

Once NotesDOMParser has parsed your XML, you navigate the result with a family of node classes. This article covers getting the root from domParser.Document, reaching the root element via DocumentElement, querying with GetElementsByTagName (which returns a NotesDOMNodeList), reading attributes through an element's NamedNodeMap, and the LotusScript-specific quirks: 1-based GetItem, no ChildNodes property (walk FirstChild/NextSibling), and no GetItemByName.

NotesRichTextDocLink & NotesRichTextSection: Doclinks and Collapsible Sections in Code

Two rich-text features you'd normally insert by hand in Designer — a doclink that jumps to a database, view, or document, and a collapsible section — are scriptable. But neither class is one you construct: you create the elements through NotesRichTextItem (AppendDocLink, BeginSection/EndSection) and read them back through NotesRichTextNavigator. This article covers that write-vs-read split, the doclink properties, the BeginSection/EndSection rule, and the gotchas.

NotesRichTextParagraphStyle, NotesRichTextTab & NotesColorObject: Laying Out Rich Text in Code

Building rich text from LotusScript isn't just appending strings — margins, alignment, line spacing, tab stops, and colour are separate objects you stamp on before the text. This article covers NotesRichTextParagraphStyle (the layout), NotesRichTextTab (tab stops, born read-only from the style), and NotesColorObject (colour maths), the twips measurement system, the append-style-before-text rule, and the non-obvious bit: NotesColorObject doesn't colour text directly — you derive a Domino colour value from it.

NotesInternational: Stop Hard-Coding Date Separators and Currency Symbols

NotesInternational is a read-only window onto the regional settings of whatever machine your code runs on — date order, separators, AM/PM strings, currency symbol and format, time zone, and the DST flag. This article covers getting it from session.International, the property groups worth knowing, a runnable example that detects the locale's date order, and the three traps: it reflects the host OS (not the end user), it's read-only, and its TimeZone sign convention is the classic counter-intuitive Notes one.

NotesAdministrationProcess: Filing AdminP Requests from LotusScript

Renaming a user, deleting one cleanly, recertifying, moving a mail file, changing an Internet password — these are AdminP jobs you'd normally click through in the Administration client. NotesAdministrationProcess files those same requests from code into admin4.nsf. This article covers session.CreateAdministrationProcess, the request methods and their note-ID return value, the certifier properties, and the three things that trip people up: it needs unrestricted rights, it's asynchronous, and '*' means 'no change'.