Domino VBA

[Peter Neumaier]

Hi,
I am trying to read data from a domino databases (located in our LAN
not on my local machine!) from my access project. I pass a code to the
function checkCodeInDomino to be verified on Domino. On my local
machine everything went fine, but suddenly there came up following
problem:

I was coding and testing with the code below, and I have never been
asked for my lotus password, now when starting my function, there comes
a box up (dont know why this changed?) where I have to enter my lotus
password, when entering my notes password, my function works fine.
But I have to distribute my application to other clients and users, and
it doesnt make sense to use my password.
So I received a public account from our domino admin, for all of us.
When using "DomSession.Initialize (publicLotusPassword)" there are no
errors.
But the problem is, that that's not a real solution for my
appliacation, because each user has to enter his own password, I dont
want that,
but entering a hard coded password doesnt work, because the password
that is asked is referring to
"c:\lotus\notes\data\wk\$userName.ID"

Is there any way to use "DomSession.Initialize" in some kind of a
"generic" way, so that any other user can use the function
"checkCodeInDomino"?
Please remember that the domino database is always on a remote machine
and
"'DomSession.InitializeUsingNotesUserName($Adm in, $Pass)"
does not work!

Here is my code...

Function checkCodeInDomino(checkCode As Long)
On Error GoTo Err_Quit_Click

Dim DomDir As NotesDatabase
Dim DomContacts As NotesView
Dim DomDoc As NotesDocument
Dim StrName As String

Dim DomSession As NotesSession
Dim serverName As String
Dim databaseFile As String

Set DomSession = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession")
serverName = "myServerName"
databaseFile = "myFile"

DomSession.Initialize

Set DomDir = DomSession.GetDatabase(serverName, databaseFile)
Set DomContacts = DomDir.GetView("myView")
Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetFirstDocument

While Not (DomDoc Is Nothing)

If DomDoc.GetItemValue("Dealer_Code")(0) = checkCode Then
checkCodeInDomino = True
Exit Function
End If
Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetNextDocument(DomDoc)
Wend

checkCodeInDomino = False

Exit_Quit_Click:
Exit Function

Err_Quit_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Quit_Click

End Function

Thank you for your attention!

Peter Neumaier

[Douglas J. Steele]

I think you'll have more luck asking in a newsgroup related to Notes or
Domino, as opposed to a database group.

Have you tried looking for documentation at http://www.lotus.com?

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

"Peter Neumaier" <Pe************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

Hi,
I am trying to read data from a domino databases (located in our LAN
not on my local machine!) from my access project. I pass a code to the
function checkCodeInDomino to be verified on Domino. On my local
machine everything went fine, but suddenly there came up following
problem:

I was coding and testing with the code below, and I have never been
asked for my lotus password, now when starting my function, there comes
a box up (dont know why this changed?) where I have to enter my lotus
password, when entering my notes password, my function works fine.
But I have to distribute my application to other clients and users, and
it doesnt make sense to use my password.
So I received a public account from our domino admin, for all of us.
When using "DomSession.Initialize (publicLotusPassword)" there are no
errors.
But the problem is, that that's not a real solution for my
appliacation, because each user has to enter his own password, I dont
want that,
but entering a hard coded password doesnt work, because the password
that is asked is referring to
"c:\lotus\notes\data\wk\$userName.ID"

Is there any way to use "DomSession.Initialize" in some kind of a
"generic" way, so that any other user can use the function
"checkCodeInDomino"?
Please remember that the domino database is always on a remote machine
and
"'DomSession.InitializeUsingNotesUserName($Adm in, $Pass)"
does not work!

Here is my code...

Function checkCodeInDomino(checkCode As Long)
On Error GoTo Err_Quit_Click

Dim DomDir As NotesDatabase
Dim DomContacts As NotesView
Dim DomDoc As NotesDocument
Dim StrName As String

Dim DomSession As NotesSession
Dim serverName As String
Dim databaseFile As String

Set DomSession = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession")
serverName = "myServerName"
databaseFile = "myFile"

DomSession.Initialize

Set DomDir = DomSession.GetDatabase(serverName, databaseFile)
Set DomContacts = DomDir.GetView("myView")
Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetFirstDocument

While Not (DomDoc Is Nothing)

If DomDoc.GetItemValue("Dealer_Code")(0) = checkCode Then
checkCodeInDomino = True
Exit Function
End If
Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetNextDocument(DomDoc)
Wend

checkCodeInDomino = False

Exit_Quit_Click:
Exit Function

Err_Quit_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Quit_Click

End Function

Thank you for your attention!

Peter Neumaier

[Peter Neumaier]

Hi Douglas,

thank you for your answer, but I think that my problem is more VBA and
ACCES than it is to domino databases.

So the only problem I have to solve is, how to use a default password
when accessing the domino database ...

For sure I found documentation on lotus.com, but there isnt anything
regarding my problem
"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@NOSPAM_canada.com> wrote in message news:<0c********************@rogers.com>...

I think you'll have more luck asking in a newsgroup related to Notes or
Domino, as opposed to a database group.

Have you tried looking for documentation at http://www.lotus.com?

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

"Peter Neumaier" <Pe************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

Hi,
I am trying to read data from a domino databases (located in our LAN
not on my local machine!) from my access project. I pass a code to the
function checkCodeInDomino to be verified on Domino. On my local
machine everything went fine, but suddenly there came up following
problem:

I was coding and testing with the code below, and I have never been
asked for my lotus password, now when starting my function, there comes
a box up (dont know why this changed?) where I have to enter my lotus
password, when entering my notes password, my function works fine.
But I have to distribute my application to other clients and users, and
it doesnt make sense to use my password.
So I received a public account from our domino admin, for all of us.
When using "DomSession.Initialize (publicLotusPassword)" there are no
errors.
But the problem is, that that's not a real solution for my
appliacation, because each user has to enter his own password, I dont
want that,
but entering a hard coded password doesnt work, because the password
that is asked is referring to
"c:\lotus\notes\data\wk\$userName.ID"

Is there any way to use "DomSession.Initialize" in some kind of a
"generic" way, so that any other user can use the function
"checkCodeInDomino"?
Please remember that the domino database is always on a remote machine
and
"'DomSession.InitializeUsingNotesUserName($Adm in, $Pass)"
does not work!

Here is my code...

Function checkCodeInDomino(checkCode As Long)
On Error GoTo Err_Quit_Click

Dim DomDir As NotesDatabase
Dim DomContacts As NotesView
Dim DomDoc As NotesDocument
Dim StrName As String

Dim DomSession As NotesSession
Dim serverName As String
Dim databaseFile As String

Set DomSession = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession")
serverName = "myServerName"
databaseFile = "myFile"

DomSession.Initialize

Set DomDir = DomSession.GetDatabase(serverName, databaseFile)
Set DomContacts = DomDir.GetView("myView")
Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetFirstDocument

While Not (DomDoc Is Nothing)

If DomDoc.GetItemValue("Dealer_Code")(0) = checkCode Then
checkCodeInDomino = True
Exit Function
End If
Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetNextDocument(DomDoc)
Wend

checkCodeInDomino = False

Exit_Quit_Click:
Exit Function

Err_Quit_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Quit_Click

End Function

Thank you for your attention!

Peter Neumaier

[Douglas J. Steele]

While I recognize that you're experiencing the problem using automation from
VBA, you're still issuing commands to directly to Domino. I would think that
people more familiar with the Domino programming model would be better able
to help than people familiar with VBA.

YMMV, though.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

"Peter Neumaier" <Pe************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:98**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi Douglas,

thank you for your answer, but I think that my problem is more VBA and
ACCES than it is to domino databases.

So the only problem I have to solve is, how to use a default password
when accessing the domino database ...

For sure I found documentation on lotus.com, but there isnt anything
regarding my problem
"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@NOSPAM_canada.com> wrote in message
news:<0c********************@rogers.com>...

I think you'll have more luck asking in a newsgroup related to Notes or
Domino, as opposed to a database group.

Have you tried looking for documentation at http://www.lotus.com?

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

"Peter Neumaier" <Pe************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

> Hi,
> I am trying to read data from a domino databases (located in our LAN
> not on my local machine!) from my access project. I pass a code to the
> function checkCodeInDomino to be verified on Domino. On my local
> machine everything went fine, but suddenly there came up following
> problem:
>
> I was coding and testing with the code below, and I have never been
> asked for my lotus password, now when starting my function, there comes
> a box up (dont know why this changed?) where I have to enter my lotus
> password, when entering my notes password, my function works fine.
> But I have to distribute my application to other clients and users, and
> it doesnt make sense to use my password.
> So I received a public account from our domino admin, for all of us.
> When using "DomSession.Initialize (publicLotusPassword)" there are no
> errors.
> But the problem is, that that's not a real solution for my
> appliacation, because each user has to enter his own password, I dont
> want that,
> but entering a hard coded password doesnt work, because the password
> that is asked is referring to
> "c:\lotus\notes\data\wk\$userName.ID"
>
> Is there any way to use "DomSession.Initialize" in some kind of a
> "generic" way, so that any other user can use the function
> "checkCodeInDomino"?
> Please remember that the domino database is always on a remote machine
> and
> "'DomSession.InitializeUsingNotesUserName($Adm in, $Pass)"
> does not work!
>
> Here is my code...
>
> Function checkCodeInDomino(checkCode As Long)
> On Error GoTo Err_Quit_Click
>
> Dim DomDir As NotesDatabase
> Dim DomContacts As NotesView
> Dim DomDoc As NotesDocument
> Dim StrName As String
>
> Dim DomSession As NotesSession
> Dim serverName As String
> Dim databaseFile As String
>
> Set DomSession = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession")
> serverName = "myServerName"
> databaseFile = "myFile"
>
> DomSession.Initialize
>
> Set DomDir = DomSession.GetDatabase(serverName, databaseFile)
> Set DomContacts = DomDir.GetView("myView")
> Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetFirstDocument
>
> While Not (DomDoc Is Nothing)
>
> If DomDoc.GetItemValue("Dealer_Code")(0) = checkCode Then
> checkCodeInDomino = True
> Exit Function
> End If
> Set DomDoc = DomContacts.GetNextDocument(DomDoc)
> Wend
>
> checkCodeInDomino = False
>
> Exit_Quit_Click:
> Exit Function
>
> Err_Quit_Click:
> MsgBox Err.Description
> Resume Exit_Quit_Click
>
> End Function
>
> Thank you for your attention!
>
> Peter Neumaier
>