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Commom Interview Questions for a Domino Developer

1. To find if a particular item exists in lost of items what commands are there in formula lang and lotusscript? Ans : Formula : @Contains; @IsMember Script : Instring 2. Difference between @UserRoles and @UserNamesList Ans : @UserRoles - Roles in the ACL which the user has @UserNamesList - Groups in the ACL to which the user belongs to 3. If there are multiple commands to be executed on a click of a button in formula lang, how will you do it And : @Do(@Command1;@Command2.....) 4. What is the difference between @DBColumn adn @DBLookup. Where will each of them be used? 5. File upload using Formula language? And : The field to which the file is uploaded should be a Rich Text Field. Command is @@Do(@PostedCommand([EditGotoField]; "Field Name");@PostedCommand([EditInsertFileAttachment])) 6. On click on a button in the left frame, open a view in the right frame. Ans : @SetTargetFrame("FRAMERIGHT"); @Command([OpenView];...

What is the difference between soft locking and document locking (sometimes called hard locking) in Lotus Notes®, and when are these locking features are enabled?

Document Locking: In Notes/Domino 6.x, a database property feature called "Allow document locking" was introduced. When this property is enabled, any user with Author access or above can lock a document across all replicas . This prevents two or more users from making changes to the same document and then replicating - which would create replication conflict documents. To enable this feature, you can select the database property "Allow document locking" in the basics tab. Soft Locking: Soft locking was also a new feature in Notes/Domino 6, but it was not documented as clearly as document locking. Soft locks are in-memory locks that are enabled when documents are in memory, and are not persistent. The editor takes out a soft lock on a document when it is opened in edit mode, and then unlocks it when the document is closed. During the period of time when it is soft locked, no one else can edit that document but it only affects the current repl...