24. Jan 2011 
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My colleague (Martin Meijer) asked me some time ago how to easy export data to Excel without installing Excel on the server. As a Java developer I know Apache POI project. There is some great progress on that project. So I made a simple Java Agent that creates a simple Excel file and embed it as an [...]
25. Aug 2010 
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Finally IBM is making it easy. Notes 8.5.2 installed finally without hassle. I had a code-drop that also didn’t work properly. The final is a much better piece of software. First install the dependencies: sudo aptitude install libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-0 After that install the DEBs with –force-architecture switch. No need to force everything. sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture [...]
03. Aug 2010 1 comment
There is an easy way to get in server-side javascript in a XPage the User-Agent string from the request header. You can use this also to get other headers in the request.
23. May 2010 0 comments
For the people that want to test Flash 10.1 on Ubuntu 64-bits you’ll notice that there is no 64-bits version. There is a simple workaround. Install first the flashplayer installer through apt-get (This will actually install flash 32-bits with a wrapper so its works on a 64-bits browser sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer Then download the [...]
19. May 2010 2 comments
I was dealing with some issues with NetworkManager (used in various Linux distro’s). When I configured a VPNC connection in NetworkManager it couldn’t connect with all various errors like no VPN secrets is the famous one. I found a workaround so it works now. If you have a config like mine you’re probally affected. We [...]
03. Jul 2009 0 comments
Here is a small how-to install IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 on Ubuntu Jaunty 64 bits Sometimes I need to bite my tongue and this is on of those occasions. The icon text on the workspace is still an issue even with the final code drop 12. To make sure I was not at fault I [...]
16. Apr 2009 8 comments
There is a bug in project woodstock when used in HTTPS with IE7 or newer. Since project woodstock has ended and all new development effort will be in ICEfaces it seems this “bug” will not be fixed. There are some solutions to change de webui-jsf.jar library to hardcode the URL, since this is not the best solution, because you [...]
16. Apr 2009 0 comments
ICEfaces 1.8.0 is out. I’ve used various Beta & RC releases of 1.8.0. They are getting close to get it to let it work good on NetBeans, but still sticked to Project Woodstock ( + DynamicFaces). Maybe this release will get me there to work with ICEfaces. Finally some annoying bugs are fixed now. Visual [...]