Comments on: Automatic login to Lotus Notes

By: struax

struax — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:34:58 +0000

Able to get results needed from Excel with SendKeys. Thanks to all for suggestions
Steve

By: stiletto

stiletto — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Not sure if it would work anyway, but could you set the ACL on the Notes db to allow access (like make the default access Reader) or does that not meet your security requirements?

By: struax

struax — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:56:12 +0000

Part of my problem is that I don’t know Notes script, so that I have to work from the Excel side. All I want to do is populate an Excel spreadsheet from a Notes database and manipulate the data in Excel. I add other data from other sources as well, without problem. I can get the data from the Notes database if I sit there and login and enter my password, but I’m trying to avoid the 1 hour update time by doing it overnight. I am not an admin so my access is limited as well. Maybe an agent to move the data into an intermediary spreadsheet would be the answer. Thanks in advance for any advice or code. Much appreciated.

By: brooklynegg

brooklynegg — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:20:24 +0000

I think you are trying to do this work in the opposite way that BruceWayne or other advanced developers on this site would suggest. You should develop a Notes agent that finds and updates the Excel sheet. Then the notes agent would run on the server with the proper rights and no password would be required. If the Excel file that is being updated is not on the same server as the Notes agent, then the Notes server would need to run under the rights of a ‘user’ who has rights to the place the Excel file is stored.

Also, I have in the distant past created an agent that creates an Excel spreadsheet using a shell command (I think), populated it, then saved it as an attachment in a Notes database document. That may be another option.

By: brucewayne

brucewayne — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:40:36 +0000

You have to log with the same ID (and password) that is specified in your NOTES.INI file

By: struax

struax — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:20:47 +0000

Sorry I also meant Windows password. I have changed the Lotus Notes password to be the same but still can’t get away from the Automation error when I run the code shown previously. I have Lotus notes add-in loaded into Excel but still can’t open and login with the code.

By: stiletto

stiletto — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:04:20 +0000

I didn’t mean the server pw, I meant the pw you use to log on to the network (Windows?), as opposed to your Notes pw.

By: struax

struax — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:14:46 +0000

I have tried changing the Notes password to the same as my server password to no avail. I have also remarked the DIM statement out. I still get an “Automation error” on the Call session statement.

By: brucewayne

brucewayne — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:11:41 +0000

Do you have Lotus Notes install on the client where you try to run this code ?
Try to not declare “Dim session as NotesSession”

By: struax

struax — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:35:22 +0000

I have tried the following but get an “Automation Error”

Private Sub CommandUsername_Click()
Dim session As NotesSession
Set session = CreateObject(“Lotus.NotesSession”)
Call session.InitializeUsingNotesUserName(“my name”, “mypassword”)
TextUsername = session.UserName
End Sub