Repost - help with getting a combobox of names

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My goal is to provide a combobox of names from our company address book. Sounded easy enough til I tried it. My drop down list is blank. I have a local copy of the company address book, which I named abc.nsf. This is what I’ve tried so far for my combobox values formula:

var db = new Array(@DbName()[0], “abc.nsf”);

@DbColumn(db, “($VIMPeople)”, 1)

var svr = @Subset(@DbName(), 1);

var db = new Array(svr, “abc.nsf”);

@DbColumn(db, “($VIMPeople)”, 1)

var db = new Array(“”, “abc.nsf”);

@DbColumn(db, “($VIMPeople)”, 1)

None of these work. abc.nsf is in my data directory locally. Eventually, this list will need to pull from names.nsf on the server, but for development, I’m running local.

What am I doing wrong? Do I have a syntax problem somewhere?

TIA

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Subject: xpage combobox?

at first glance, I wonder why the db is an array? My first try would be:

@DbColumn(“abc.nsf”, “($VIMPeople)”, 1)

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Subject: Formula sample code

What programming language are you using?

In Lotus Notes Formula:

@DBColumn( “Notes”:“ReCache” ; @Subset( @DBName ; 1 ):“Names.nsf” ; “($VIMPeople)” ; 1 ) ;

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Subject: Yes, this is on an XPage

Sorry - should have mentioned that in my post, I guess. So, yes, the first parameter is an array and no, the syntax is not the same as the formula for the client.