Domino Designer / : XPages - Support Lotusscript WQO/WQS functionality

XPages don't work with LotusScript. At all. So those legacy apps, if they use WebQueryOpen or WebQuerySave agents, are looking for a forklift-style upgrade where you get to rewrite your agents and script libraries in Javascript and/or Java.

 

So a cool new technology requires a massive rewrite? Hmm.... sounds kinda like Microsoft.

 

But wait, it gets worse. The Notes client doesn't support XPages (yet). Oh, I'm sorry - did you need to use that app on the web AND in the Notes client? Well now you get to maintain your Lotusscript libraries for the Notes client, all while maintaining new Javascript/Java libraries for XPages on the web, right? Certainly you're ready to double your dev and testing efforts.

 

Notes 8.5.1 will get XPage support in the Notes client. This may mean we finally have a single dev road where we can simply write an app in XPages and it Just Works(tm) in browser or client. And that would be really, really fantastic. But (as far as I know) Xpages still aren't going to support LotusScript. So, again, any legacy apps will need major rewrites to take advantage of the new front-end.

 

It'd be great to see LotusScript support in XPages - at least basic WQO/WQS equivalent functionality.

 

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