I believe Panu is correct on this.  Don't try to figure out the id inside the function in the script library.  Do that from  the xpage or custom control and pass it into the function.

 

 

Thank you, both, for confirming this for me.  

 

I suppose the main idea of script libraries is to facilitate reusable scripts, in which case it makes no sense to be using ids of specific objects within the script library.  This is another situation where I need to change the way I think about how to connect the various design elements.

 

A big part of the problem in this case is that I tend to go straight for the script library design element as I hate writing script into the design page which only ends up using about a quarter of the screen. I need to think more about the correct way to do this from a coding point of view, rather than from my preferences in using the IDE!

 

Emily. 

 

 

Emily, 

 I guess I'm not sure what you mean about the design page being a quarter of the screen.

 

Are you talking about the Source pane?  You can double click the tab to go full screen for the most part. 

 

Are you talking about the value for a field or event handle code?  There's a button to launch where you can code in an expanded window and you can resize that appropriately.

 

Let me know here or drop me an email if I'm missing something. 

 I'm talking about writing things like button code on classic Notes/Domino forms where you have the form design open at the top and then the bottom part of the screen is split into the form events and the programmer's pane.  Old school!  I never liked expanding the programmers pane to cover the form design as I would often be switching between buttons or actions and would find it irritating to be expanding and contracting it all the time, therefore I would always go straight for a script library for writing anything other than a few lines of code.  

 

I'm aware that things are better for that in xpages design elements, although I do find entering code into a modal dialogue box a bit annoying.  That's just my personal taste though.  Like I say, these are things which I'm going to have to think about in different ways in order to fully embrace the future!

 

Thanks David, 

 

Emily