File not saving correctly

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I have a file called “items”. When anyone saves this file, it saves it fine but the file is untitled.

In Designer, I have:

viewformname_1 (field)

value = “items”

But when saved, the file is untitled. Shouldn’t the file be named “items”?

I searched throughout other files we have and they are all set up the same and save correctly with the right name. Am I missing something here?

I am fairly new to designer and just looking to get some help on this. Any input will be greatly appreciated. If you need more information please ask and I’ll provide.

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Subject: File not saving correctly

Hi Doug,

I am not sure what you mean by “file” and “untitled”. Are you talking about some kind of external disk file or are you talking about a Notes document? You are going to have to provide some more details if you expect anyone to be able to help you with your problem

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Subject: File not saving correctly

OK, this is a real leap here but for “file” do you mean a “form.”

And for the “untitled” do you mean the Windows Title when you compose a document using that form?

If I’ve guessed right then you need to modify the “Window Title” section to use the field viewformname_1 (You could just put item in Window Title instead)

Of course this just give the Windows title for this form a name. You still need to name the form, I will call mine test:

Now when I create a document using the test form I will still see Untitled because the value of viewFormname_1 was not set yet.

If I save it and open it then I see:

Therefore, I ultimately believe what you want to do is the following:

Design a form, give the form a name.

In the form’s Window Title have code like something below.

Then when you create a new document, it has the value “New Items” otherwise if the document already exist and uses this form it shows the value of viewformname_1

Hope that helps?

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Subject: RE: File not saving correctly

Sorry for the wrong terminology.

Yes my “items” is a form. The former IT guy set it up the way it is now. But when you open up the “items” form, the tab up top says (Untitled) even though the ViewFormName_1(Field) value is “Items”.

The rest of the forms are set up this way and the work properly. I am just stumped on why this one shows up as “(Untitled)”.

Plus we have a spread sheet and in one column we have Document Type and the other column we have Last Modified.

All all forms that were (lets say “books”) shows up as “books” in the Document type, but the for the “items” there is a blank in the Document Type.

Just stumped on that one. It would be easier for you guys to see (if I gave screen shots), but I cannot give out the information due to the type of work we due.

Sorry for the lousy info on the first post.

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Subject: RE: File not saving correctly

The text that appears in the tab at the top of the screen is not generally set using form fields. You have to open the form using the Lotus Notes Designer and set the form title using that. The procedure is:

  1. Open the database in your Notes client.

  2. Determine the name of the form in question by checking the document properties and looking for a field called “Form”.

  3. Open the database in Designer.

  4. Locate the form in the forms list and double click to edit it.

  5. Click on an empty area of the form.

  6. Type the text (in double quotes) that you want to appear in the Notes client tab into the bottom pane of the screen. In your case that would probably be “Item”.

  7. Save the form.

As for your other problem with the missing data in the view (at least I think that is what you are talking about when you say “spreadsheet”) you would have to check the properties of that particular column of the view in Designer to see what document field the data is supposed to be coming from.

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Subject: RE: File not saving correctly

There is a “Window Title” object you need to fill in:

(The formula is a typical sample. Substitute the user-friendly name of your form for FormName.)