Learning Experience

Dijit.TabContainer Tutorial That Dynamically Selects The Opened Tab Even after Refreshing the Xpage

2012-01-20T00:00:00.005-08:00

Using the native dijit.TabContainer in XPages entails a lot of Coding than the drag-and-drop Tabbed Panel control. Though we configure a lot using this, it has an advantage in loading and usability. We could choose tab that doesn't need to load/refresh the page. Because sometimes we use Full Refresh in Events, the dijit.TabContainer will go back to the first tab.

For this predicament, Ive searched the resolution. I save the selected tab and use it dynamically to select that tab when fully update is fired.

Here is the code for the XML of the Tab Container.

var tabs = dijit.byId("tabsContainer");

//Select the dijit if the cookie is defined then we select the tab that is saved in our cookie

if(String(dojo.cookie("selectedTabID"))!="undefined"){

      var tabs = dijit.byId("tabsContainer");

      //If pane is existed then select the child(ContentPane) in TabContainer

      pane = dijit.byId(String(dojo.cookie("selectedTabID")))

      if(pane){

            tabs.selectChild(pane);

      }

}

//if child is selected using the selectChild then we save the child(ContentPane)’s id in the cookie name selectTabID

dojo.connect(tabs,"selectChild",function(child){

      dojo.cookie("selectedTabID", (child).attr("id"));    

});

ibm.xsp.widget.layout.DateTextBox in Xpages

2012-01-19T23:43:00.001-08:00

Sometimes in every software development we do, we often learn the hard way. Though we read plenty of forums and blogs, we often find something that is unique from the previous task we have done.

Date Time Picker in XPAGES

Cite for example is Calendar Date Time Picker, where dojoType ibm.xsp.widget.layout.DateTextBox is associated into after page load. Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari rendered the Calendar Date Time Picker properly. But in IE is sucks. Yes it sucks. Though we apply the Emulator for IE8 or IE9, still it doesn't work properly. But we can’t tell this to the client that they must use other browser other than IE because most of the end users comfortably utilizing the Internet Explorer. So we must find a workaround.

After spending time and effort in debugging what went wrong in Calendar Date Picker in IE, I finally found the workaround.

In Calendar Date Picker in XPage, it has ibm.xsp.widget.layout.DateTextBox dojoType. And when the browser launch the Xpage, parseOnLoad is set to true even if you set it to false in Custom Control Properties ->All Properties ->dojo->dojoParseOnLoad.

So the parsing of the dijit will occur immediately but as IE as being "slow renderer", the Calendar Picker sometimes or most of the time does not parse properly.

To save you from headache, parsing the dijits manually after page load. Doing so is calling one function away:

You could stipulate the code in Client Side javascript Library or in onClientLoad of custom control or XPage.

dojo.addOnLoad(function( ) {

                dojo.parser.parse(); //manually parse after the page loads

});

This will give you assurance that the Calendar Date Picker will load properly. Or you could load specific dijit component by supplying parent node as parameter for parsing such as dojo.parser.parse(document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0].parentNode);

You can find the reference for this code in Oreilly's Dojo: The Definitive Guide June 2008 page 258.

Another workaround that i found is without using the compatibity mode and can be found here.

Update the Index of Database

2011-06-13T19:46:00.000-07:00

Sometimes in properties in the Lotus Notes Database doesnt work to rebuilt the index by using the Delete and Create and Update.

So to totally rebuilt the document's index, try to execute the following code in the Domino Administration in Server Console:

load updall databasepath -R
load updall databasepath -X

How to set up domino directory assistance

2011-05-25T18:46:00.001-07:00

One of the problems I encountered was to set up directory assistance in my own server to test the other names2.nsf to work properly in my server or other server. And when I ask our Administrator, he guided me and return to my desk to document what he taught me. And here it is

1. Create new database named it names2.nsf using the template in Domino Directory(pubnames.ntf)
2. Then create new database da50.nsf using Domino Directory Assisstance template.
3. Then open the da50.nsf and click the Add Directory Assistance

4. And then click the Domino Tab And go back to the names2.nsf. Click the Edit->Copy As-> Application Link

5. And paste the link to Application links Box

6. Then open the Domino Administration and click the

7. Then enter the path of domino directory assistance

8. And you will notice in the Configuration that the database has been included in the Directory Information

9. Restart the server to take effect the configuration

Software Development

2011-05-25T18:20:00.000-07:00

Plenty of things ive learned from reading the first chapter of the Head First Software Development - O'Reilly Media. It really amazed me because everything that has been discussed or tackled is very relevant with what ive been doing right now. And hopefully i will going to finish this wonderful book immediately.

And here is the brief summary of the First Chapter:

How to set the values of Namepicker in to the main server instead of Local server(contact Directory) when accessing the XPAGES Application in lotus Notes Client

2011-05-22T18:58:00.001-07:00

Set the value of the following:

dataProvider: DominoNABNamePicker

addressBookDB: {servername}!!{databasename}

addressBookSel: db-name

Code:

How to set up/ install the extension Library in the Lotus notes Client

2011-05-20T02:43:00.001-07:00

I have this problem that how to install the extension library in Lotus Notes Client because it requires to Install the extension in the Lotus Notes if the application will be accessing in LN aside from Web.But after searching the workaround such as installing the package as Widgets, i came across the Wildfire widgets. It explains in the installation how to enable the File->Application->Install.

See the Image below the application properties in the designer that requires extension library to be installed in LN Client.

1. Close you Lotus Notes client

2. Browse to the plugin_customization.ini in the notes framework\rcp

a. Add com.ibm.notes.branding/enable.update.ui=true

For more information about plugin_customization click here

3. Save and close file and restart Lotus Notes

4. You should now find the Install menu option available in Lotus Notes.

5. Select File -> Application -> Install.

6. Add the Extension Library update site zip file:

7. Reply to the questions and restart Client

8. Open the application that uses the Extension Library and it works now properly

How to connect to MYSQL in Lotus Notes AGENT in Windows XP

2011-05-17T21:40:00.002-07:00

1. Install the MYSQL
2. Install the Mysql-ODBC Driver.
3. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools > Data Sources ODBC
4. Go to System DSN tab

5. Click Add button and select the Mysql OBDC 5.1 Driver

6. Supply the information and click OK

7. This will add employee variable in the list
8. In the Desktop, add Text Document

9.    Rename the file to test2.udl or any name with the extension of udl.
10.    Click or open the test2.udl
11.    Choose the Provider tab and select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers

12. In the Connection tab, Use the employee as data source name. And click OK

13. Open the test2.udl in Notepad and will show the following code:

Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=employee
14. Create and agent and copy and paste the code below

Option Public

Option Declare


Sub Initialize

      Dim con As Variant

      Dim rs As Variant

      Dim com As Variant

     

      Set con = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") ' Database connection

      Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") ' Handles the record set

      Set com = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") ' the query or command

      'From the test2.udl opened in the notepad

      con.open = "Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=employeeDB"

     

      Set com.ActiveCOnnection = con

       'Must have already created table in the employeeDB database

      com.CommandText = {Select * from name}

     

      Set rs = com.Execute

      rs.MoveFirst

     

      While Not rs.EOF

            MsgBox rs.Fields("name").Value

                        'Call doc.save(True,False)

           

            rs.MoveNext

           

      Wend

     

End Sub

For more information about ADO connection visit W3school

15. Run the agent to test.

Install the driver Mysql-ODBC driver in the Windows XP

2011-05-17T21:17:00.001-07:00

1. Download the file from Mysql Website
2. Extract the file and Click the Install.bat found in extracted file.

3. To check the driver installed Go to Control Panel-> Administrative Tools->Data Sources(ODBC)
4. In the ODBC Data Sources Administrator Dialog Box , click the Add and you will see the MYSQL ODBC 5.1 Driver.

Expression Language Operators

2011-04-14T01:52:00.001-07:00

Category	Operators
Arithmetic	+, -, , / (or div), % (or mod*)
Relational	== (or eq ), != (or ne), < (or lt), > (or gt), <= (or le), >= (or ge)
Logical	&& (or and), \|\| (or or), ! (or not)
Conditional	A ? B : C (Evaluate A to Boolean. If true, evaluates and returns B. Otherwise, evaluates and returns C.)
Empty	= empty A (If A is null or is an empty string, array, Map, or Collection, returns true. Otherwise returns false.)

4 Tips To Increase Your Organization's Productivity.More things you can do to motivate yourself and others.

2010-12-14T07:09:00.001-08:00

1. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

"The most strategic time to think about the actions you need to take is not when you need to perform them, but beforehand when you have perspective. When you execute from an inventory of predefined task, you can act rather than react and your menu of options is much easier to prioritize"(www.tools-for-thought.com)

2. Use your talent to your advantage.

"If you've got good people skills, then it means taking the time to engage as many folks as you can in conversation. Whatever your best talents are, use them as often as possible. It's always good to stretch yourself, but there's no reason not to use your natural talents to your advantage."(www.onsimplicity.net)

3. Always be ready to capture your ideas.

"As a serial entrepreneur, Im addicted to ideas. I'm feed off of them. And nothing makes me more upset than having a great idea...and losing it. Ideas never happen at oppurtune times, and having the proper idea capture tools can make sure that you'll capture all your ideas for later processing. (lifedev.net)

4. Motivate others.

Inject energy into your environment . "When a dance floor is empty at a party, most people simply won't be the first people to start dancing, even if they want to. It often take somebody who is confident and who is acting through their intentions. (doing what they want to do) to dance before others. This is then a trigger to others that allows them to start dancing as it seems normal.(pluginid.com)

How to import and export a file in Lotus Notes database package explorer

2010-12-11T02:45:00.000-08:00

To export the file

1. Open the package explorer database.

2. Right click in the Package explorer perspective an select the “Export”

3. Select the General-> File System

4 Select the folder to export and the destination of the folder.

To import the file in the lotus notes database:

1. Right click in the Package Explorer and select the “Import"

2. Select the GENERAL->File System

3. Then select the file to import

4. Then select the folder and the destination of the file in the database

Why use the dojo TabContainer?

2010-11-20T00:52:00.000-08:00

When you add a tab dynamically or set up a tab for about 20 then the tab will remain properly aligned and will have a suggestion. Unlike the tabs in jquery UI and jquery tools that the tabs will go down.

Dojo Tab Container

In jquery, this tab shows like this:

Jquery Ui tabs is not aligned properly if the the panel holding the tab is set to 500px.

And here is the code for the dojo Tab Container. Could copy and paste and test it yourself








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Domino XPAGES typeahead with more than 64kb

2010-03-30T07:56:00.000-07:00

I’ve been puzzled with the server of our client why it didn’t work properly the type ahead functionality of XPAGES wherein in my server it worked perfectly. Then I put the DbLookUp in the “computed Text” then it showed an "infinity". Then I googled and found out an answer in Planet Lotus. At first, the code didn’t work for me. Then after a few minutes locating for the error and successfully found out my error:

Binmaley Pangasinan

2009-08-27T08:42:00.000-07:00

Historical Origin of Binmaley Pangasinan

I. ETYMOLOGY

The origins of the Municipality of Binmaley are in rooted in legend .The most popular says that two brothers, both heirs to a Lingayen Datu's throne, engaged into a dispute as to who should rule between them as they has a keen rivalry resulting from their businesses in salt making, fish processing (the manufacture of bagoong or fish paste and daing or dried fish), and gold artifacts, which they traded with the Chinese, Arabs and other oriental traders frequenting the area. The younger of them felt cheated and complained to his brother who ordered him to leave Lingayen. He did so in rage with his followers, went eastward, and transformed small fishing community from its lethargic existence to a bustling entrepot of trade and industry that soon rivaled his erstwhile hometown. His boundless energy and vision as well as his “business acumen, leadership, charming personality, and honest dealings “served him well in drawing new members (i.e. businessman, traders, fisherman, artisans, etc.) to the community. The center was called Binmaley, which in Pangasinan means, “a place that became a town".

Another popular legend has it that a magnanimous woman whom the town folk called Binamin founded the municipality. She had no known beginnings and was said to the very first inhabitants of the town>She was apparently accepted as a priestess and had a big shelter constructed where she and her flock worshipped their idols and where strangers dropped in occasionally for food and lodging. Grateful travelers , thus spread the news of her kindness and the growing community eventually made her their leader, their loving grandmother-their "Binamin". Some claim that the term is actually the abbreviated form of the phrase "Bai-min-amin" which means "our grandmother"

A third legend says that Binmaley, derived its name from the Pangasinan phrase "nanmaliw ya baley", meaning a place or territory that has been converted into a town because it is believed that the municipality was formerly a part of the town of Binalatongan now known as San Carlos City.

II. CREATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY

No records are extant as to when the first huts in the community were erected. Binmaley was thriving when a certain Very Revered Father Luis Gandullo arrived from Binalatongan (now San Carlos City) in 1589 and baptized children in the place. It was then a town of swamps and natural ponds. From them on there are scan accounts as to how the town evolved except that apparently the hostility of the population to the Catholic priest was such that no regular parish was established in the area for a long time. Binmaley was designated in the friar records, thus as avisita or a chapel visited now and again by a priest from Binalatongan. A municipality authority was presumably installed by 1591 and sometime between 1611 and 1613 the community was made a regular parish. Thus, in 1614, the approbation of the casa of Binmaley appears for the first time in the ACTAS CAPITULARES attached to Binalatongan. However, in 1623, the case of Binmaley is given to Lingayen.

* LOCATION

The municipality of Binmaley is located around two hundred and twenty one (221) kilometers north of Manila. It is bounded on the north the famous Lingayen Gulf of Luzon. At the northeast is the City of Dagupan, whose center is approximately ten(10) kilometers from Binmaley municipal hall and southeast is the municipality of Calasiao. The City of San Carlos about Binmaley on the South while west of the municipality around 4 kilometers away, lies Lingayen, the capital town of Pangasinan. Binmaley is physically integrated to these places by concrete and/or asphalted roads. Binmaley lies at longitude 15º 57' 30" to 16 º 04' 11" north and latitude 12º 19' 30" to 120 15' 00" west.

* LAND AREA

The municipality covers a land area of 6,120 hectares which is about 1.14% of the total provincial area. More than half of Binmaley is submerged, constituted by swamps and fishponds, especially along the banks of the Agno River. Rice fields and residential lots constitute the lesser portion of the municipal territory.

Binmaley has thirty-three(33) barangays including the Poblacion. The three largest barangays are Pototan(386.02 hectares or 6.31% of total),Basing(386.99 hectares or 6.03% of total) and Balagan(352.97 hectares or 5.32% of total). the smallest barangay in terms of land area is Calit with only 56.73 hectares of roughly less than 1% of the total municipal lands.

* TOPOGRAPHY

Binmaley is relatively flat compared to other municipalities of Pangasinan. It is leveled with a slope from 0 to 3 percent, which indicates level to nearly level lands. These are considered useful for paddy rice culture or for other crops suitable to the local soil and climatic conditions. Binmaley's fishponds are classified under this type of slope.

* CLIMATE

Two distinct seasons:

1. Dry seasons - November to April

2. Wet Season-May to October

Average Temperature - 27º Celsius

Average Relative Humidity - 77.83%

* SOIL TYPE

5 Soil Type

1. Brown Legua Olay

2. Green Pangasinan Fine Sand

3. Pangasinan Hydrosol

4. San Manuel Fine Sandy Loam

5. San Manuel silt Loam

* ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Binmaley is known for its large bodies of water, its greatest natural resource and, hence, the focal point of its economic development. Predominantly a fishing community, the municipality is dubbed as the fishbowl of the province. Milkfish (Bangus) feeds Binmaley folk, literally and figuratively. It is the municipality's primary product raised in the ponds carved out of the swamps and natural pools that make up nearly of the municipality's land area. Bangus has raised the economic status of Binmaley above par compared to the other 46 municipality of Pangasinan, an achievement that once earned the sobriquet "Bangus Queen of the Philippines". There are other stocks raise, however, among which are siganin(malaga), prawn, and tilapia. These products are brought and sold in markets as far as Tarlac, Bulacan, Manila and Baguio.

Several tributaries and branches of the Agno river, which feed a considerable number of fishponds, also crisscross the municipality. The largest of these is the Manat River. Rich in marine life, these water bodies are the source of livelihood for local fisherman who operates various types of fishing apparatus, keep fish cages, and raise oysters in cultured beds.

Other fishermen engage themselves in offshore fishing in Lingayen Gulf. Basically, a small-scale activity with the use of small motor craft and fishing gear, the livelihood of fishermen in the four coastal barangays of the municipality.

1. Fisheries

Out of the total land area of 6,120 hectares,3,291 hectares(53%) are devoted to fishponds. Of this are, 3,080 hectares are brackish water fishponds. There are 2,431 registered fishpond operators in Binmaley, which is the biggest producer of Bangus in the entire province of Pangasinan. Bangus is the main specie cultured and raised among other marine products like prawn, tilapia, and siganid. Almost all Binmaley barangays have fishponds, Biec having the most number followed by Canaoalan and Pototan.

o Other Fishing Activities

The fishing industry in the municipality is divided into 4 sub-industries each distinct from the other these are (1) Inland Fishpond (2) Offshore (Municipal) fishing Operations (3) Oyster Bed Operations and (4) Operation of Fishing Apparatus(sky-lab, lagao, trap nets, etc.).

o Inland Fishing

There are 3,028.99 hectares of brackish fishpond and 93.69 hectares of freshwater fishponds in the municipality. Of the total,25% are considered "First Class Fishponds". These fishponds along the Agno have greater land use intensity than the 1,088 hectares(35% of total)"Second Class fishponds" and the 1,232 hectares(40% of total) of fishponds in the "Third Class" category.

Bangus is the principal specie of fish popularly and profitably raised in around3,080.36 hectares of fishponds. Prawn is generally poly-cultured with Bangus, Siganid and Tilapia are the other stocks popularly raise by bangus fishpond operators. Other marine species like mullets, crabs, and shrimp enter the ponds during high tide and thrive together with the principal stocks until these are harvested.

o Offshore(Municipal) Fishing Operations

The Lingayen Gulf is the major source of harvest from offshore fishing. Four coastal barangays, Baybay Lopez, Sabangan, Buenlag, and San Isidro Norte, depend on it as a major source of livelihood. Fisherman from these communities actively and regularly engage in offshore fishing albeit on a small scale, using such methods as the beach seine, purse seine, gill-net and jacket net with the aid of small motorized and hand-paddled boats.

o Oyster Bed Operations

Oyster raising is another source of income and livelihood for the people of Binmaley. An aggregate area of 14.27 hectares is devoted to it in 19 barangays where 74 operators are actively engaged. The oyster beds are located along the Manat River and other tributaries of the Agno where in 1999, the reported combined production was recorded at 1,783.25 metric tones.

2. Agriculture

Next to fishing, agriculture is the secondary source of livelihood of the people in the municipality. Agricultural land covers an appropriate area of 1,996.2 hectares or 32.16% of the municipal land area. Of this ,some 1,377 hectares are actually devoted to the production of rice and some 29.7 hectares to various crops such as corn , legumes, vegetables, and root crops both for household consumption with a little surplus for commercial purposes. Barangay Papagueyan has the largest area of tillable soil with 122 hectares of un-irrigated rice lands with an additional 30 hectares of irrigated land. Barangay Parayao and Basing follow with 111 and 96 hectares of un-irrigated lands, respectively.

* COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

1. Furniture Making and shops located in Malindong

2. Rubber By-products in Parayao

3. Ceramics and Pottery in Pallas and Parayao

4. Lime Production in Gayaman

5. Noodles Factory in Sta. Rosa

6. Bagoong Making in Caloocan Sur and Naguilayan

* TOURISM

Binmaley lies in the center of the long coastal seaboard of Western Pangasinan. As such, it is gifted with a fine natural beach that presents a wide front and a gradually receding seabed. The Binmaley beach is one of the most scenic and cleanest beaches in Northern Luzon. The water is ideal for swimming, motorboat rides, and the occasional wind and wave surfing for the more adventurous tourist. Furthermore, the place is only 1.5 kilometers away from the Poblacion and is, thus, easily accessible from any point of the municipality. The main road to the site is well paved and transportation is easily availed of via the numerous tricycles willing to take picnickers and tourists to the spot.

The municipal Hall is one of the oldest "presidencia" restored to its original grandeur and beauty.

The Our Lady of the Purification Parish Church is the shrine of the miraculous Patroness of the municipality.

The Binmaley Catholic High School was acclaimed as one of the best schools north of Manila, and the Mary Help of Christians Minor Seminary, established in the late 1920's is the only remaining minor seminary in the province.

The traditional Pista'y Dayat celebrated on the first of May is by far the biggest activity held in the area. This celebration, coinciding with Labor Day and held in honor of the "Lady of the Poor", commences with a religious procession in honor of the Lady that winds down from the Municipal Hall to the Beach area. Devotees, government employees and flocks of visitors all participated in the religious parade. Sports activities and competition are held after the event.

The two biggest traditional and cultural activities Binmalenians look forward to are the "Foundation Day of Binmaley" and the "Feast of the Lady of the Purification" held every February 1and 2,respectively,these celebrations grand weeklong activities beginning in the last quarter of January. The night of February 1 witness the culminating festivities while a high mass celebrated by the Archbishop is held the Following day as a fitting and to the gala.

My First Website

2009-08-27T08:21:00.000-07:00

When I was in second year college, I submitted a request to be a student assistant in ICTMC(Information Computer Technology Management Center), and our first task is to study SQL, HTML and PHP. Then my instructor told me to do a website and within one month it must be launched in the web. Of course, it really gave me a challenge. And take note before it will be launched in the web, it must be functional and complete. So I have to think a topic that will be great and interesting to put in the website. Then I prepared a topic regarding my hometown. So i decided to research about the history and all the things regarding with Binmaley Pangasinan.

It is really a great and fantastic feeling when i finally launch my website.

and here is the URL. But i am afraid that the server or hosting of my website will be going to rid the files so i wanted to transfer the file here in my blog.

Everything in this world is time derivative

FOND of BABIES

2008-10-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

"Bulaga!", "Hello Baby", "Cute, cute, cute", "What's your name, baby?"

are common expression that you can see every time someone is playing or talking to a baby.
As I was going home, riding on a jeep, last Thursday, September 25, 2008 at around 7:15 in the evening, I can’t help but to reciprocate a charming and genuine smile from a so endearing, so amiable and so sweet little lad. I think he is just one and a half years old. He was carried by his mother. Undoubtedly, his mother is beautiful with very refined skin tone and very chic features. She has a nose that is very pointed, her lips are so red like crimson and her cheeks are very pinkish.

Going back to the young lad, he likes to hide to his mother, then look at me then smile to me as though he is enticing to play. I was charmed by his smile but I think it is more than that. Perhaps because of his smiling eyes that possessed a very full of life that any problem of any person could washed away.
After I reciprocate a smile, I will look to the other passenger to ensure that they are not staring at me as if I am crazy (Conscious to be criticized huh!).
Unconsciously wishing, someday I could have a child that has an appealing and thoughtful smile that a child in the jeep had. How joyful and proud I would be to see and play my son or daughter to be. Now I am talking as if I have a child. I don’t think it is like that but I realized that the cliché I’ve always heard on the television, that every time when parents become stressed and problematic in their work, but when they come home the will feel blissful and unburdened every time they see their child. Alas! I am just 20 years old but hopefully someday i could have a healthy and charming baby.