| Lotus Notes Domino is very efficient in electronic | | | | the information may be pasted in another application |
| document workflow automation. Unfortunately the | | | | (for ex., MS Excel), and create needed report on this |
| electronic document workflow can not replace paper | | | | data. |
| documents completely. For example some documents | | | | Thus, as we can see, regular Lotus Notes mechanists |
| should be sent to your suppliers or customer in paper | | | | cannot solve all tasks in reports creation. For instance, |
| form. Lotus Notes (as a client) has built-in tools for | | | | using such the mechanisms it is not possible to create |
| printing documents, views and folders. But inbuilt Lotus | | | | histograms, based on Domino data. |
| Notes mechanisms providing such services as printing | | | | In order to create full-featured reports in Notes/Domino |
| on the paper Domino database contents can not solve | | | | it is necessary to deploy integration technologies. |
| all reports generation objectives. | | | | Following technologies could be used: |
| Regular printing mechanisms of Lotus Notes client | | | | - Creation in Notes/Domino functionality which loads |
| allow the following: | | | | data into external applications in the required formats. In |
| - Print one or several documents from Domino | | | | this case developer is limited only by integration |
| database vis Lotus form. A developer can create the | | | | mechanisms which are supported by Notes/Domino |
| form in Domino, which will be used for the printing. In | | | | (for ex. XML, ODBC/JDBC, OLE, etc); |
| simple cases the printing will be correct. If the form is | | | | - External application way, pulling data from Notes |
| complex (for ex. It has many design elements, such as | | | | Domino. For example, it may be Crystal Reports; |
| inbuilt views, sections, etc.), then the problems may | | | | - OLE. OLE allows reliable connection to Lotus client |
| begin to show up (wrong indents, fonts, text imposition, | | | | and data extraction and even processing. Author is |
| etc.); | | | | familiar with two successful projects in this field, |
| - Print data from view, folder in table format. So in this | | | | realized by IBM business partners. Both use OLE |
| case developer is very limited in report' s design; | | | | technology, which works seamlessly at the Notes |
| - In Domino R6 two more mechanisms were added | | | | client side (not on Domino server). |
| some-how connected with printing: | | | | The summary of this article is - Complex reporting of |
| - automatic preparation for contact information from a | | | | the Notes/Domino databases is possible, but usually |
| document printing (function Contact print). In other | | | | we see the common needs to go beyond standard |
| words -information printing from document in envelope | | | | built-in printing mechanism, inbuilt in Lotus Notes client. |
| label form; | | | | Good luck in your system setting up and contact us |
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