Using A Notes Agent To Create PDF Content

DominoPDF can convert any HTML content to PDF, no matter where it originates, however if client-side usage is needed and HTTP / HTTPS / URLs are not available an agent can be used to generate the appropriate output. LotusScript can be used to writ ...

URL’s in PDF Output

When DominoPDF tries to convert content to URL's it looks for the "http", "https:", "www" and "mailto" identifiers in the actual text content and converts these to URL's.

Unzip Files From LotusScript

LotusScript does not have a native class for uncompressing files to .zip format. If you are running Notes or Domino R6 (or newer), by using the ability of LotusScript to make calls to functionality that is available in the Java language via LS2J -- ...

Tracking issues with a bare bones agent

Enabling DominoPDF logging is the method used for seeing what is happening with DominoPDF. You can see how to enable logging from our Knowledge Base When I'm having trouble tracking down an issue with DominoPDF I go for the least code possible ...

SSL Connections In Notes / Domino

DominoPDF uses 2 DLL's to connect via HTTPS / SSL which are named ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll. Notes / Domino v8 and later has another version of the SSL DLL (libeay32.dll) in Domino directory; \domino_icc\icc\osslib This Notes / Domino direc ...

Socket Errors when connecting to URL

DominoPDF uses HTTP / HTTPS to process a URL and convert the resulting HTML output to PDF. In some cases the underlying HTTP protocol may return an error (not the fault of DominoPDF) and this error will be flagged in the DominoPDF log file (if enable ...

Ping Host with LotusScript

The Ping LotusScript class allows you to pass in an IP address and return whether the ping was successful or not. The class is useful if you're using DominoPDF via HTTP and want to check availability before converting a URL. The code below can b ...

OpenOffice Interface Security

When using DominoPDF to convert attachments the OpenOffice interface is used. In some cases, security settings may need to be adjusted to allow DominoPDF to interact with OpenOffice.On the server machine where OpenOffice is installed, execute the fol ...