Rather than clicking on one of the "Schedule a Meeting" or "New" buttons...


You can create a calendar entry by clicking directly on the calendar when at the time you want the event to occur. ? For example, if I click on my calendar at 10 am


a new entry is created, with 10:00 am as the start time.


The entry type (appointment) and duration (1 hour) are filled in automatically based on settings defined in your calendar preferences. ?So if you mainly create meetings and you want them to be 30 minutes long by default, you can configure your preferences that way, and all new events you create will use those values as the defaults, a real time saver versus having to change them each time.


Similarly, you can change the day/time or the duration of a meeting via drag and drop in the calendar views as well.

Here is an extra tip. ?Last week I blogged about Calendar Display vs. Free Time Search. ? Via feedback in the comments section of that entry (and subsequent emails back and forth) I learned something new. ? If you are working in either the Week view, Two Week view, or Month view AND you do not have "Show Time Slots" selected...


Then when you click on a day to quickly create a calendar entry, the default start time is selected based on the starting time of your scheduling preferences for that day of the week.


Thanks for the tip Fabian, I always like to learn new things! ? ?This type of interaction with readers is one of the things I really enjoy about blogging.

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I am trying to implement WS-Security (Username Token) on web services deployed on Weblogic Server 8.1 (sp4). The deployment works fine

Yes, that is indeed a picture of me, and it was my birthday the other day. Bruce must have called in a few favors to get a hold of that old picture. Oh boy...

So I've have a lot of anniversaries lately:

• my birthday (never mind how many years)
• the TakingNotes podcast (one year just last week)
• my blog (4 years and a couple months -- I totally forgot)

As an interesting happenstance, our very first TakingNotes podcast was a discussion of Web Services in Domino, and just today I had part one of my three part series of articles on Web Services in Domino published on developerWorks! I just won't shut up about Web Services, I guess.

The first article is just a general overview of Web Services and SOA -- nothing Domino-specific in there, and it's really just a primer to explain how some of the pieces fit together. Articles two and three (which have already been written and submitted, so they should be out soon too) get into the nuts and bolts of programming Web Services in Domino. They'll have everything from simple web services to complex ones that handle file attachments and enumerations, and there's even a long discussion of how to test your web services once you've written them.

I'm really excited for all the articles to get published, because it was so much fun to write them (and the sample code, which is in both LotusScript and Java). Coming soon to a developerWorks near you...

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Ahh MIX! It was an amazing show last year and we are bringing it back again, same amazing venue, with cutting edge content and one of the best vibes of any show I've ever been to. So, save the date -- it's scheduled for April 30 - May 2, 2007 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas! To give some context for those unaware of what MIX is it is: Microsoft’s premiere conference for web developers, designers and business professionals. MIX will explore the next generation web technologies that Microsoft is delivering to help businesses unlock new revenue opportunities and lower development costs . The event will also provide opportunities for attendees to share ideas and information with the community regarding the future of the web. Microsoft has made...(read more)

Thanks for coming.. I had a great time during the presentation.. I took most of the time during the session to build up this site… In the attached zip you can find a complete demo script, you can find the slides on an earlier post... The demo requires Beta2 of ASP.NET AJAX… Please let me know what you think! Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Looks like the dates and venue for Mix07 have been announced. Mix07 will be in Las Vegas at The Venetian hotel on April 30 – May 2, 2007. My team has been working on some fun stuff for Mix07… If you are a web designer, developer or BDM, you will not want to miss it! Subscribe to the blog and start saving your pennies.. looks like registration will open in the new year. See you there! Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

After reading a recent post by Lotus Business Partner Ben Langhinrichs on merging and splitting table cells, I decided to write today's tip since I don't think everyone knows about these features.

Let's look a table with 3 rows and 3 columns as our starting point.
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If I select adjacent cells spanning multiple columns


and choose Table - Merge Cells


Lotus Notes will combine the contents into a single cell.


You can do the same thing for cells that span rows.


You can even select cells spanning rows and columns at the same time.


After you have merged cells, if you wish you can "Split" them back into their original table format. (original # of columns and rows)

I use merged table cells all the time to format data. ?For example, to create a layout similar to a two-column newspaper, create a 3 row by 2 column table, then merge the cells in the top and bottom rows as seen below.

I'm excited about my Toolkit talk tomorrow here at TechEd: DEV344: ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Unleashed: Creating Rich Client-Side Controls and Components 8 November 2006 10:45 - 12:00 The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit is a set of controls and extenders designed to help ASP.NET developers easily integrate rich client User Interface (UI) features into their Web applications. In this session you will learn how to integrate Toolkit components into your application as well as get an idea of how easy it is to create ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extenders using the Toolkit. This year, I'm a bit ahead of the curve in that I have my talk and my demos ready a full 24 hours before the talk. Yes, you read that right. Amazing! Ladies and gentlemen, a new world record!...(read more)

I am new to structured framemaker and have inherited a new project from another person. My task is to import an xml file into structured FrameMaker (7.1).

We've released an updated version of the Toolkit on CodePlex to match ASP.NET AJAX Beta 2, which launched yesterday. Not many changes here other than what was necessary for compat. We fixed a few other bugs that people were running into as well (ModalPopup positioning issue, handling of behavior ID in Dynamic Populate base, etc.). Note that Beta two fixes the "Extenders don't work in Templates" issue that was causing everyone so much pain, as well. Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Check out the update here. http://ajax.asp.net/default.aspx?tabid=47&subtabid=471 I’ll be re-doing all the How-Do-I Atlas / AJAX videos. Watch the videos and make suggestions here. http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/default.aspx?tabid=63 Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

I had a great time putting together the slides and demo for this talk… It should be fun one where I show off how developers and designers can work together to build a compelling web site…. As part of this I will be showing Expression Web and of course, some cool new stuff in ASP.NET AJAX Beta2! If you are in at the show, please come by DEV351 ASP.NET: Developer and Designer AJAX Bliss with Visual Studio and Expression Brad Abrams Tue Nov 7 14:15 - 15:30 This session explores best practices for designers who are tackling the real challenges of building AJAX-style user experiences on the Web. Learn about designing richer user experiences directly from the Expression and ASP.NET AJAX development teams. Explore how the ASP.NET AJAX controls and...(read more)

Today two of the products I have spent a bunch of time ship! .NET Framework 3.0 ships! With the 3.0 version of the .NET Framework I can look forward to the day when every application will offer compelling user experiences that that fuse the seamless, immersive nature of TV with the power and productivity of windows applications. These applications will communicate securely and reliable between each other and to a huge array of cloud services offered by a variety of vendors. The business logic for these applications that spans client, server and data tier are no longer locked in code but is accessible, flexible and easily understood by information workers. Finally, I can safely log on to a wide range of services without having to remember any...(read more)

In previous CTPs, the client-side DOM event model was the IE model. You would use attachEvent and get the event data from window.event. In other words, we had just implemented the IE model in Firefox and Safari. This didn't fly as well as we expected for a number of reasons. For instance, it wasn't very well received from a philosophical point of view: making standards-compliant browsers behave like the one non-compliant browser was interpreted by some as a malicious attempt by the Evil Empire to undermine the standardization of the Web by enforcing proprietary APIs. It wasn't. It just seemed at the timelike a smart way to build cross-browser compatibility and the reason we did it this way and not the other way around is that both Safari and...(read more)

Last Thursday November 2nd I was the guest on John Iasiuolo's Computer Outlook Radio Talkshow. ? For close to an hour we talked about Lotus Notes/Domino, its history, current 7.0.2 features, and a few hints about the future. ?John has a huge audience, so this was an excellent opportunity to reach people that may not currently be amongst the Lotus faithful. ?If you were not able to listen live, you can find the recording here.

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Nobody here will be surprised to hear me say I think you're definitely on the right track. While I think most of us here on xml-doc are interested primarily in