I am trying to teach myself xpages, hoping that the documentation had improved since the beta days (not so much–we need a redbook!)
I copied a client based production database that works fine as a base, to try to rebuild the UI in xpages. This db is not very complicated.
When I try to bind an existing form as a data source in the xpage, almost none of the existing forms will display their list of fields in the data palette.
One of the most trivial forms does, and when I create a new form with nothing but test fields on it, it displays.
However, the real forms of the db, which have subforms, shared fields, and collapsable sections, as well as extensive use of tables (not usually nested) on them, nothing comes up in the data pallette.
The execution environment is my home test bed today. The server side is Domino 8.5 running on a virtual server 2008; the client side is Notes 8.5.1 running on Windows 7 (I have MSDN so this is the real Windows 7).
Any insight any one has on this is most welcome. I did try searching, but didn’t find anything useful.
Being able to bind to legacy forms seems like it would be very important.