Office Integration for Lotus Notes Tutorial
- 1. In this tutorial, we will show how to integrate MS Word, Excel or OpenOffice with a standard Lotus Notes application SWING Integrator Tutorial As a sample application we will use the standard Doc Library template. Let's start by creating a new database. www.swingsoftware.com
- 2. Step 1: Copy SWING Integrator design elements to your database Select the destination database (DocLib) and let the Wizard do the rest Open the Integrator database and start the Setup Wizard
- 3. Step 2: Modify your Notes form(s) Insert the SwAttachments subform at the bottom of the form... In Domino Designer open the form that you want to “Office-enable” ...and add a line of code (the second one is optional) Your Notes form has been “Office-enabled” now!
- 4. Step 3: Setup your templates 1 Open the DocLib database; notice that the Templates view has been added. Let’s create a new template. 2 2 Create a Word, Excel or OpenOffice template, or import an existing template containing fields/bookmarks ( 1 ) Select Notes forms and fields for data transfer ( 2 )
- 5. It’s ready to use now! The form has got new buttons The Template action creates a new Office document based upon the template assigned to this form
- 6. Integrator populates the document with Notes data The resulting document will be saved to Notes for no-hassle editing
- 7. What we have done: Copied design elements using Setup Wizard Added a subform to the Notes form in Domino Designer Added an Office template and set up the data exchange What we have got: An “Office-enabled” document library Centralized Office templates Bi-directional field exchange, including rich text transfer and transformations between multivalue fields and tables In-place editing and conversion to PDF What we didn’t see yet...
- 8. We didn’t see yet: Mail-merge for personalized serial letters and labels Reports and Charts 1-step PDF conversion Reusable text fragments and images Advanced document assembly Points to remember: The application can be easily extended simply by adding new Office templates, without programming. A comprehensive API and open design elements let developers customize the solution to fit their specific needs. www.swingsoftware.com