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Semantic UI - An alternative to Bootstrap?

Semantic UI – An alternative to Bootstrap?

Currently Bootstrap is currently undisputedly the most popular CSS library. I have myself been using Bootstrap since 2012, starting with version 2.3. The current version is 4.5, and version 5 is under development and expected at the end of this year.

So why is Bootstrap so popular? There are several reasons, but perhaps the most important one is that it is very easy to get started and create…

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Microsoft Flight Simulator - First Impressions

Microsoft Flight Simulator – First Impressions

The highly anticipated new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator was released on August 18,, and I have been playing with it for a few days in my spare time, and I wanted to share my first impression.

This simulator is impressive. You can fly anywhere you like on Earth, thanks to Bing Maps. Microsoft partnered with Austria-based Blackshark.ai to enhance the satellite images using AI software. The…

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HCL Volt - A real life use case

HCL Volt – A real life use case

The first update to HCL Volt is now available for download. In version 1.0.1 there are a number of improvements, so if you already have Volt installed, get this update from Flexnet. But this post is not about the technical details of Volt. No, it is an example of how I used the product the other day to quickly put together a small application to help my wife with a very specific task.

Last month…

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Microsoft Flight Simulator - videos

Microsoft Flight Simulator – videos

In the 24 hours or so a number of videos from the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator has been showing up on YouTube, and I want to share some of them with you. These are not my videos. 

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Microsoft Flight Simulator - Arriving August 18

Microsoft Flight Simulator – Arriving August 18

In June 2019 I blogged about the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator, often dubbed Flight Simulator 2020. I have been following the development, even if I have not been part of the alpha testing group.

Microsoft worked closely with the Flight Sim community, and posted a series of videos where they talk about different aspects of the game. I think most people (including me) expected the game to…

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HCL Volt - A new Leap for Domino!

HCL Volt – A new Leap for Domino!

This Monday HCL released HCL Volt for Domino, their entry into the no-code/low-code market. This is a tool that allows the non-developers (a.k.a. Citizen Developers) at a company to build their own applications without having to write any code at all. Later the application can be enhanced with code, perhaps by someone in IT, but a power user, or even a regular user with some knowledge of Excel…

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Domino 11.0.1 is available!

HCL has released Domino 11.0.1, which includes updates to not only the server but also the Notes and Designer client.

So what is new? The version number makes it sound like this is just a version with bug fixes, but nothing could be further from the truth. There are a number of improvements and new capabilities, including new functions as well as enhancements in Domino Designer. Let’s take a…

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Keep up with COVID-19 though Domino!

Are you are suddenly sitting at home with nothing to do, due to the corona virus COVID-19? You can’t go to the gym. You can’t go to your favorite computer store to browse all the latest hardware and plan for your next water-cooled build. You can’t go out to eat.

But what you can do is to try out some of the new functionality in HCL Notes and Domino. Today I started a little project where I try to…

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100 years ago today

On My Blog: 100 years ago today

Karl-Heinz, Marie-Luise, Anneliese and Katja in 1934

Exactly 100 years ago today, on December 20, 1919 my uncle Karl-Heinz Groeling was born in Subowitz, in what was then Germany. Today the town, located just south of Gdansk (Danzig in German), belongs to Poland and is called Sobowidz. His parents were Robert Groeling (1890-1984) and Elsa Groeling (nee Hecke, 1893-1978). Karl-Heinz had three…

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HCL Master Class of 2020 Yesterday I received a mail from HCL, informing me that I had been selected as one of the…

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CollabSphere 2019 - Less than five weeks left!

CollabSphere 2019 – Less than five weeks left!

If you haven’t registered yet for CollabSphere in Boston, time is starting to run out. The conference starts in less than five (5)  weeks, and the special price for the rooms at the conference hotel is only guaranteed until October 4.

If you haven’t been to CollabSphere, or its predecessor MWLUG, you have been missing out. It is a very inexpensive confernece (only $100 this year, thanks to genero…

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Free Code - Wrapper for searches in NetSuite

Free Code – Wrapper for searches in NetSuite

A few years ago I wrote a SuiteScript 1.0 class as a wrapper around the search functionality in NetSuite. I have updated the code over time, and I want to share the latest version. Among the new features is support for formulas and search expressions. The class should be backwards compatible with the original version, but in addition you can also pass an object to most functions, instead of…

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Switch between Edit and Read-Only mode on web form

Switch between Edit and Read-Only mode on web form

A question on Stack Overflow made me remember some code I wrote a few years ago. It allows you switch a form between regular edit mode and read mode, without having to reload the page. It works just like you are used to in the Notes client. So I thought I would post it here on my blog as well.

It is not very complicated. I am using jQuery, but you can of course use plain Javascript if you like.…

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CollabSphere 2019 - Submission Deadline is Closing Soon!

CollabSphere 2019 – Submission Deadline is Closing Soon!

The deadline to submit an abstract for sessions at CollabSphere 2019 is tomorrow, Sunday August 18. If you want to speak at the conference, you don’t have much time to act.

So why would you like to speak at CollabSphere? Perhaps your reason is the same as mine was when I started speaking at conferences: I wanted to give back to the community from which I had learned so much over the years. I…

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HCL Software Creates Portal for Customers and Partners

HCL Software Creates Portal for Customers and Partners

HCL Software today launched a brand new portal for customers and partners. HCL Software is a part of HCL Technologies, and this new division was announced as late as yesterday (June 1, 2019) at the same time as HCL announced that the purchase of IBM’s collaboration products had been completed.

The new portal is built using Domino and Portal, and provides customers and partners a place where they…

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The deal is done: HCL takes over Notes, Domino, Connections and more

The deal is done: HCL takes over Notes, Domino, Connections and more

Today the announcement we have been waiting for arrived. HCL and IBM closed the acquisition that was announced back in December. HCL now owns (among other products) the collaboration products Notes, Domino, Sametime, Verse and Connections.

As part of the deal’s close, HCL takes full ownership of the research and development, sales, marketing, delivery, and support for AppScan, BigFix, Commerce,…

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Call 32-bit COM Objects from 64-bit Domino

Call 32-bit COM Objects from 64-bit Domino

We all know that when you upgrade your Domino environment from 32-bit to 64-bit, any COM objects you use will not work anymore. You thn need to get and install a 64-bit version of the COM object.

But what if there is no 64-bit version? Do you have to stay on 32-bit Domino forever? Or rather, stay on Domino 9.x, since Domino 10 (and probably also the upcoming version 11) are 64-bit only.

Perhaps…