How to View on the Screen a Rich Text Item Added via LotusScript

When a rich text item is updated in the current document using LotusScript, the changes are not immediately visible on the screen. In order to see the rich text that has been added, a user must first save the document via script, quit out of the document and then reopen it. Is it possible to automate this process using Script?

The sample script below illustrates one way to automate this process. The script works as follows:

1. Creates (in the current document) a new Rich Text field named "RT."
2. Attaches the specified file to this Rich Text field.
3. Stores the current document's "Subject" in the "SearchDoc" variable.
4. Sets (through back end classes) the "Form" field and then saves the document.
5. Gets a handle to the view called "Main" and refreshes the view's index through both
   the front end and back end classes, so the new document will display in the view.
6. Sets "SaveOptions" in the current document to "0" (so the user will not be asked to
   save the document) and then closes the document.
7. Using the OpenDatabase method, opens the "Main" view (which is categorized by
   "Subject") and highlights the appropriate document (based on the "Subject").
8. This document is then reopened using the EditDocument method, and "SaveOptions" is
   set back to "1".

     Sample Script:

     Sub Click(Source As Button)
         
          Dim w As New notesuiworkspace
          Dim s As New NotesSession
          Dim db As notesdatabase
          Dim uidoc As notesuidocument
          Dim view As notesview
          Dim object As notesembeddedobject
          Dim doc As notesdocument
          Dim col As NotesDocumentCollection
          Dim searchdoc As String
          Dim DT As New NotesDateTime("1/1/50")
          Set db = s.currentdatabase
          Set uidoc = w.currentdocument
          Dim rtitem As Variant
          Set doc = uidoc.Document
         
     'Create New RichTextItem in the current document
          Set rtitem = New NotesRichTextItem(doc,"RT")
         
     'Attach the bitmap    
          Set object = rtitem.EmbedObject ( EMBED_ATTACHMENT, "", "c:\temp\access.txt",
     "Att" )
         
     'Get the key value from the current document    
          searchdoc = doc.subject(0)   
         
     'Set the form field and save document through backend   
          Doc.Form = "Add Rich Text through UI"
          Call doc.save(False,False)
         
     'Refresh the main view through back end and front end methods
          Set view = db.getview("Main")
          Call view.Refresh
          Call w.viewrefresh
         
     'Set save options to zero so that user does not get prompted to save after closing
     uidoc    
          doc.saveoptions = "0"
          Call uidoc.close
         
     'Open database to main view, find the document again based on searchdoc and open it
     up
          Call w.OpenDatabase("","","Main",searchdoc,False,True)
          Set uidoc = w.Editdocument(True)
         
     'Reset doc and set saveoptions back to "1"    
          Set doc = uidoc.document
          doc.saveoptions = "1"
         
     End Sub

The file (RT.NSF) is a sample database that contains a sample script that adds an attachment
to a rich text field in the current document and then saves, closes and reopens the document
 - so the attachment is visible on the screen.

How to use:

Before using the sample database, you must take the following steps to customize the code:

1. Detach the database.
2. Edit the "Add Rich Text through UI" form.
3. Click on the button, and (in the programmers pane) switch to the click event.
4. Edit the path and file name in the following line of code to point to a valid file on
   your hard drive.

Set object = rtitem.EmbedObject ( EMBED_ATTACHMENT, "", "c:\temp\access.txt", "Att" )

5. Save and exit the form.

To test out the database:

1. Compose a document using the "Add Rich Text through UI" form.
2. Enter a unique subject.
3. Click the button. The script will then attach the file, save, close and reopen the
   document so that the attachment is visible on the screen.