I've been using this Aptana plugin for Domino for ages and it's always worked without issues. Then today I started getting the above error i.e. "Connection Error: Unknown Error".

A quick search didn't help matters so I started digging within Eclipse.

I found some useful information within the Help-->Aptana Help-->Troubleshooting-->Studio Log File. Scroll to the bottom and I saw a load of entries with today's date which said the following:

NotesException: Wrong Password. (Passwords are case sensitive - be sure to use correct upper and lower case.)

I always connect to a database directly on a server so always presumed that it needed your Internet Password from your person document in the relevant NAB - in the same way that WebDav-ing into a Domino database on a server does. My HTTP password hasn't changed in ages so was very confused.

Then I realised that I've never needed to provide a user name of any kind when using this plugin so guessed it must calculate something from the local configuration to work out which credentials to use.

Now I've got ND7 and ND8 installed on this machine and use both regularly depending on the customer/project I'm currently working on. ND7 is installed in the C:\Lotus\Notes7 directory and ND8 in the more normal C:\Lotus\Notes directory.

Then it dawned on me, I'd been logged into ND8 yesterday using a different ID file while doing some testing as a particular individual. So I re-opened ND8, switched ID to my normal ID file and closed it down again. I then went back to Eclipse and the plugin was back to behaving as normal.

Just thought I'd post it here as this blog entry came up in my search results. So hopefully this will be of some use if anyone has the same problem.

Cheers,

Lee

I think you do the same mistake as i did. Using slashes "/" instead of backslashes "\" in the filepath to the database.

If using standard slashes your "Test Connection" works fine but you dont see any scriptlibraries.

The drag and drop worked fine once I used the correct method... But I can't seem to delete it now... ;-) Is this a bug? It asks if I want to delete the file (right click - Delete) and I confirm that I do. But the .js file remains.. I even made sure that the database was closed and the file was not locked. But still the same the file remains..

Any suggestions anyone??

I can remove via Notes Designer, but wanted to know if I am doing something wrong again or if its a bug??

Thanks in advance

Darren

To clarify, the drag and drop is only supported between locations within the Aptana file view, so you will need to drag the files from within the 'My Computer' node in the file view itself. This is unfortunately a limitation with the file view. Drag and drop from the OS is currently tentatively being targeted for Studio version 1.3:

http://support.aptana.com/asap/browse/STU-1462

I was just working on an ext.nd project and found I needed a javascript editor to look at some sample files ... then i remembered seeing something in your blog ... another problem solved by Jake ... Thanks

Also I need to send a thank-you to Jeff Gilfelt

I've just installed the stand alone version of Aptana as I read in the help pages of Jeff's site that you can drag and drop .js files directly into a notes database.. Well I am using Notes v8 BASIC version and I have tried the drag and drop, but nothing appears... Can you please see if you can do it using v8 Standard?? This will tell me whether I need Eclipse installed or not...

Thanks in advance

Darren

From Jeff's Aptana Studio page:

System Requirements:

Lotus Notes / Domino Designer version 7 or above

Version 6.5.x may also work by virtue of Java 1.3 compliance, but is untested.

thanks Jake ans of course big thanks to Jeff Gilfelt!

ps Jake, see email from me. :o)

Will poke some more on the aptana issue.

Tried out the Formul8 plugin in Notes client and love it. I have a toolbar icon to run formulas in documents. Now, I can use this instead and not create personal agents. Very Cool.

The other two plugins are interesting too: Secret Agent and Side Log.

I am poking around the Formul8 plugin, which seems pretty interesting. If I find something, I will post it here.

If you or someone else has this successfully working with 8, can you please post it here?

Thanks

Would I need Notes 8.x plugins? I am getting the following error:

Formul8 for IBM Lotus Notes 8 (1.0.0) requires plug-in "com.ibm.rcp.jfaceex".

It's best used for editing JS in Script Libraries and for CSS in Pages where there are no computed areas or other items that may get lost.

I installed it and gave it a brief test drive yesterday. It is nice, but it still needs some refinement. For example where I am currently contracting, they want all design elements to have comments. When I saved my Page back to the template, the comments (visible in the Page view) were lost.

My page also had been used for CSS so that we could have embedded in the CSS. The plug-in grabbed the formula from the and it generated errors in Aptana. Of course it would since @Formulas are not valid CSS.

The text on the Page also was marked as Pass Through HTML, that property was lost when the plug-in saved changes back to the Template.

The Page also had some developer documentation that was hidden from the web. The Plug in pulled it in and of course didn't like it.

It shows great promise and I'll probably play with it more. I wish this client would move to R8 so I could use some of those other goodies Aptana has.

Mine is a very early beta though, so maybe it will improve. I can't imagine it ever being as good as Aptana though!