How to open an Xpage from the Lotus Notes Client view or form

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Document Subject: How to open an Xpage from the Lotus Notes Client view or form
Hint Short Cut: Add this to your code & documentation to help you find this page.
http://#OpenXpageFromClient or http://A555F9/nn.nsf/ByAlias/OpenXpageFromClient

I was expecting a nice easy @command([OpenXpage];"Home.xsp") or uiw.openxpage command but no there isn't one. Here is how to do it.

To open the Home.xsp Xpage into your favourite browser from the Lotus Notes Client you can use code such as:

REM "Code from http://NotesNinjas.com/#OpenXpageFromClient";

r:=@DbLookup("";@Subset(@DbName;1):"names.nsf";"($Servers)";@Subset(@DbName;1);"HTTP_HostName");

s:=@If(@IsError(r) | @Text(r)=""; @DbLookup("";@Subset(@DbName;1):"names.nsf";"($Servers)";@Subset(@DbName;1);"SMTPFullHostDomain"); r);

@URLOpen("http://"+@Text(s)+"/"+@WebDbName+"/Home.xsp";)

To open an Xpage in the Notes Client do this instead:

REM "Code from http://NotesNinjas.com/#OpenXpageFromClient";

@URLOpen("Notes://"; + @Name([CN]; @Subset(@DbName; 1)) + "/" + @Text(@ReplaceSubstring(@ReplicaID; ":";""))+"/Home.xsp?OpenXpage")

This is the lotusscript version of opening an xpage in the client, stick it in a button.

' Lotusscript version from http://NotesNinjas.com/#OpenXpageFromClient

Dim s As New notessession
Dim db As notesdatabase
Set db = s.CurrentDatabase
Dim sname As New NotesName(db.Server)

notesurl = |notes://| + sname.common+ "/" + Cstr(db.Replicaid) + "/Home.xsp?OpenXPage"
Dim uiw As New notesuiworkspace
Call uiw.URLOpen(notesurl)

NB you need the ?OpenXPage bit in there for it to work