Notes view column with @DocChildren returns weird info when used in an Xpage

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The following applies to Domino 8.5.3 FP3 UP1, design is done using Designer of the same version.

I'm having this Notes view with a column returning the number of DocChildren. The column formula is like this:

glViewTitle + " - " + @DocChildren("No comments"; "1 comment"; "% comments");

Using this view in the Notes client returns the expected result as in

DocChildren view, Notes Client

Showing the view using standard domino http it's working as well:

DocChildren view, Domino http

Using the view within an Xpage, however, displays the @DocChildren info in a very unexpected way:

DocChildren view, Xpages

I played around with that a little and found that if I use @DocDescendants in the column formula the Xpage code shows a "D" instead of the "C". The number behind the letter obviously refers to the number of arguments used with the @Function (0 .. 3).

Until today I believed that a NotesXspViewEntry would return everything as we see it in the correspponding Notes view, but this obviously is not the case.

Btw.: this behaviour not only applies to view panels or the like but also to values returned using the Xpages' flavour of @DbLookup etc..

some questions here:

  • could this be some kind of bug? Or am I using that in the wrong way?
  • What other options would I have apart from building a Notes view without DocChildren info and then using NotesXspViewEntry.getChildCount()?
  • is there something else that can be used in a standard column formula but not in an Xpage context?
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1 Answers

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There are other functions which are not working:

  • @DocDescendants
  • @DocLevel
  • @DocNumber
  • @DocParentNumber
  • @IsCategory
  • @IsExpandable

I think it is every @Formula affected which acts as a "placeholder" if the value is not known during computation of the column formula.