I'm also using a WebSession-like base class in all of my Lotusscript agents. One of the problems I ran into to was that in different functions/subs I needed a handle to the same view(s).
Instead of adding variables to the base class for every view I needed, I added a private list variable to the class and added a function to retrieve a view. In the function I check if the specified view was retrieved previously. If it is, the existing handle is returned. If it´s not, the view is retrieved, added to the list and than returned:
retrievedViews_ List As NotesView
Public Function getView( strViewName$ ) As NotesView
If Not Iselement( Me.retrievedViews_( strViewName ) ) Then
Set Me.retrievedViews_( strViewName) = Me.db.GetView( strViewName )
End If
Set getView = Me.retrievedViews_( strViewName )
End Function
(Me.db is a private NotesDatabase variable filled with the current database when instantiating the class)
Besides views you can also use this solution for documents or database handles you need in multiple locations. The getView function can also easily be extended to retrieve views from other databases.
Hi,
I'm also using a WebSession-like base class in all of my Lotusscript agents. One of the problems I ran into to was that in different functions/subs I needed a handle to the same view(s).
Instead of adding variables to the base class for every view I needed, I added a private list variable to the class and added a function to retrieve a view. In the function I check if the specified view was retrieved previously. If it is, the existing handle is returned. If it´s not, the view is retrieved, added to the list and than returned:
retrievedViews_ List As NotesView
Public Function getView( strViewName$ ) As NotesView
If Not Iselement( Me.retrievedViews_( strViewName ) ) Then
Set Me.retrievedViews_( strViewName) = Me.db.GetView( strViewName )
End If
Set getView = Me.retrievedViews_( strViewName )
End Function
(Me.db is a private NotesDatabase variable filled with the current database when instantiating the class)
Besides views you can also use this solution for documents or database handles you need in multiple locations. The getView function can also easily be extended to retrieve views from other databases.