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How do I display a Lotus Script variable within a browser?

Hello,

I am working in Lotus notes and have the following problem.

I have a Lotus Notes form. On initialize I have my own custom dll that I pass a parameter into which returns a URL. I call it using the following lotuscript (which all seems to work):

Dim myObj
Dim strInput As String
Dim strReturn As String

strInput = "test input string"
Set myObj=CreateObject("MyDLLName.clMain")
strReturn = myObj.EncryptMe(strInput, True)

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I now need to display this URL to the user. I have created a field on the form called Field1. In the onload event for the form I have added the following code:

Sub Onload(Source As Notesuidocument)
	Source.EditMode=True
	Call Source.FieldSetText("field1","1")
	Source.Save
End Sub

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Here is the problem - opening this form in Notes shows my URL being displayed correctly. However, opening the form via a web browser does not display my URL. I have read a few articles saying that Notesuidocument is not supported on browsers, but how can I get around this and display the value of the returned variable online?

Thanks for reading!

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doninja

As another posibility to get a lotus agent to run on a document.
Have the form redirect to another URL if a field is not set that could be the encrypted data.
Redirect to agent using xx.nsf/agentx?openagent&docid=yyyyyyyyyy etc
The agent can then run lotus script to get value, run the ddl and save back to linked document, and finally use print command to create a html document that reopens the original document.
Original doc now has value in field so opens normally ?

larsberntrop

To avoid Save prompts, put it on the form as a Computed for Display field
Note the wording for the agent: WebQueryOpen

That means the agent is run BEFORE the document is passed to the web rendering engine.

For more info: Open up designer help (I have link to the nsf readuily available since i am used to that interface as opposed to eclipse style help)
click on index, type "webq"

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janineo

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Thankyou for the help.