Published articles
The following 75 articles by Mick Moignard have been published in ZATZ magazines.

Fun with hidden code
What happens when you recompile all the LotusScript and there's a LotusScript error -- but no LotusScript? This is what Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard encountered. Read his fascinating tale of discovery and learn from his experience in the secret world of hidden code. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2008]

The big news about 8.5
Last week, we talked about the Lotusphere announcements about the currently shipping Notes and Domino. This week, it's time to look ahead to the exciting 8.5 release. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2008]

Mashups, Portal, Symphony, Sametime, and more, more, more
Last week, we talked about the Lotusphere announcements about the currently shipping Notes and Domino. This week, it's time to look at the new Mashups, Portal, Symphony, Sametime, and more, more, more. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2008]

Wrapping up Lotusphere 2008
Last week, we talked about the Lotusphere announcements about the currently shipping Notes and Domino. This week, it's time to wrap up our Lotusphere 2008 retrospective, explore some more Lotusphere news, and share with you my final analysis. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2008]

Much emerges from Lotusphere 2008
In this article, we'll talk about Notes and Domino as it is now with the surprisingly exciting 8.0.1 point release. In the next, we'll talk about Domino 8.5. Then we'll move on to even more excitement over the next three and four weeks. There's a lot to explore. [DominoPower Magazine, January 2008]

Numeric vs. text fields in application design
When designing applications, consider carefully whether the value you are keeping really is a number that you will use in arithmetic calculations, or whether it is just a text string that contains numeric characters. You won't regret those few extra moments in your application design process when you see the extra robustness of the application and its greater resilience to change. In this helpful article, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard helps you understand where you could go wrong, even if you do it by the numbers. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2007]

Troubles with views
Here's a short piece with some tips on using Notes views programmatically from LotusScript. And it may be a first for DominoPower: it was written entirely with the Notes 8 document editor. [DominoPower Magazine, October 2007]

Four years later: are Ytria's tools still pretty good?
Four years ago, Benoit Dubuc did a review of Ytria's developer tools. Since then, the nice folks at Ytria have been after Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard to take another look. Benoit liked what he saw back in 2003, but four years is a long time in the tech world. Will Ytria's toolset stand up to the test of time? You'll have to read Mick's review to find out. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2007]

The rest of the Lotus universe: Connections, Quickr, SameTime, and more
This is the third of four articles Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard has written on Lotusphere 2007 and all the new Lotus announcements. In this last article, he goes further in-depth on each of the key announcements and provides you with more perspective and analysis [DominoPower Magazine, March 2007]

The buzz is back at Lotusphere 2007
This is the first of four articles Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard has written on Lotusphere and all the new Lotus announcements. In this article, he talks about the event itself, and provide some of the broad strokes of what was announced. In the next three articles, he'll go in-depth on each of the key announcements and provide you with some perspective and analysis. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2007]

An in-depth look at the Notes 8 announcements
This is the second of four articles Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard has written on Lotusphere 2007 and all the new Lotus announcements. In the last article, "The buzz is back at Lotusphere 2007", he talked about the event itself, and provided some of the broad strokes of what was announced. In this article, he takes an in-depth look at the Notes 8 announcements. In the next two articles, he'll go further in-depth on each of the key announcements and provide you with some perspective and analysis. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2007]

Diving deep into Domino 8
This is the third of four articles Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard has written on Lotusphere 2007 and all the new Lotus announcements. In the first article, "The buzz is back at Lotusphere 2007", he talked about the event itself, and provided some of the broad strokes of what was announced. In the second article, "An in-depth look at the Notes 8 announcements", he took an in-depth look at the Notes 8 announcements. In this article, it's time to dive deeply into the Domino 8 announcements and in the last article, he'll go further in-depth on each of the key announcements and provide you with more perspective and analysis. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2007]

Will the book Lotus Notes Developers Toolbox be something you want to add to your toolbox?
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard digs into the 1070 grams and 700 pages of Lotus Notes Developers Toolbox: Tips for Rapid and Successful Deployment, an IBM Press book by Mark Elliot. Should you consider adding the book to your own toolbox? Perhaps you should read Mick's hard-hitting review first. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2006]

Lotusphere just seems to get earlier and earlier every year
Talking about Lotusphere 2007, in August? Yep. Registrations for Sphere 2007 are now open. In this kick-off article, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard tells you what you need to know to plan your winter vacation, er, important trip to Disneyworld, uh, you know, to learn about hot tubs, well, um, Notes and Domino and all that. Yeah, that's the ticket. [DominoPower Magazine, August 2006]

Does Ray Ozzie really hold the future of Microsoft in his hands?
The recent announcement, that of Ray Ozzie replacing Bill Gates as Chief Technology Officer, made mainstream TV news programs and newspaper articles around the world. What does it mean for the tech industry? Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard has the long view. [DominoPower Magazine, July 2006]

LSI_Info: obscure but useful information in LotusScript
There's an obscure LotusScript reserved variable called lsi_info. If you're not sure what it can do for you (and it can do a lot), read this article by Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2006]

Just how clever can a cellphone be?
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard tells the story of the little Motorola RAZR that couldn't. Why did his friend have both an old Nokia and the hot new RAZR, and why was the RAZR unusable? You'll have to read this particularly fun take on Life in These Digital Times. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, April 2006]

Dynamic view filtering in Notes
There's been one question that has been asked over and over again by Notes developers: "How can I parameterise a Notes view selection?" The answer was always "You can't" because it is the server that maintains the view, and at the time the server does the view, there's no opportunity to customise a view for one particular user. Ah, but you can and Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard will show you how. [DominoPower Magazine, April 2006]

Upbeat messages from Lotusphere 2006
Notes is not dead. Yellow is the new black. Upbeat messages from Lotusphere 2006. Lotus is riding high again and aiming for more. A lively and lengthy future for the Notes and Domino family was the theme. Read Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard's in-depth analysis in this important article. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2006]

It's Lotusphere time again
It's December, and thoughts in the Lotus community aren't just about Christmas. We're also looking forward to spending the last week of January 2006 in Orlando, Florida -- somewhere that, for most of us from the Northern Hemisphere, will hopefully be a bit warmer than where we are now. But Sphere 2006 will be more, more than just having the thermometer a bit further up the scale. There's a lot to look forward to. [DominoPower Magazine, December 2005]

Extending the automated signature generator
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard build an automated signature generator for Notes. In this series of articles, he takes you through all the stages of building the application. This week, he explores how to extend the program with new fields. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2005]

Building an automated signature generator application
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard build an automated signature generator for Notes. In this series of articles, he takes you through all the stages of building the application. This week, he explores the user experience. [DominoPower Magazine, October 2005]

Adding templates to the automated signature generator
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard build an automated signature generator for Notes. In this series of articles, he takes you through all the stages of building the application. This week, he explores how an administrator can add templates. [DominoPower Magazine, October 2005]

Getting inside the code of the automated signature generator
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard build an automated signature generator for Notes. In this series of articles, he takes you through all the stages of building the application. This week, he explores how the program's code works. [DominoPower Magazine, October 2005]

Has Word hindered collaboration?
Collaboration isn't as strong as it could be. What is the real inhibitor to collaboration? Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard thinks Word is the reason. Read on to find out why. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2005]

Teamstudio Script Browser
Every Lotusphere, the question of a class browser for LotusScript comes up. And every year, someone from the development team at Lotus says that it's somewhere in the pile of things to be done. Now, Teamstudio has filled the void with Teamstudio Script Browser. See what Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard thinks of this new third-party utility. [DominoPower Magazine, April 2005]

Lotusphere questions, Lotusphere answers
At Lotusphere, "Meet the Developers" is a way to get the answers to those tough questions. Throughout the year, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard collects questions he can't find the answer to, and puts them to the developers. Sometimes, but not always, he gets answers. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2005]

Ozzie jumps to Microsoft -- what does it mean for Lotus?
On March 10, Microsoft announced that it acquired Groove Networks and that the company's founder, Ray Ozzie, will assume the role of chief technical officer, reporting to Bill Gates, with responsibility for influencing corporatewide communication and collaboration offerings and associated platform infrastructure. Since Ozzie is also the original creator of Lotus Notes and, as recently as this past January, was featured at the opening session of Lotusphere many of our readers have been asking what this means for Lotus and the future of Notes and Domino. Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard shares his perspective on this interesting issue. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2005]

Lotusphere wrap-up 2005
It's February, so that means Lotusphere has come to an end for another year. DominoPower Magazine Senior Technical Editors Mick Moignard and Richard Echeandia have teamed up to bring you their extensive, in-depth coverage of this year's Lotusphere. There's a great deal to discuss, so we'll get started this week and continue our analysis and coverage in next week's issue. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2005]

More from Lotusphere 2005
Continuing their virtual dialog from last week, DominoPower Magazine Senior Technical Editors Mick Moignard and Richard Echeandia pick up where they left off, wrapping up their coverage of this year's Lotusphere. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2005]

More fun with dates in LotusScript
Anyone who's had more than a passing involvement with Notes applications and with LotusScript has had involvement with date/time fields. Dates seem to be an ongoing problem. Read on as Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard relates the problems he had with dates on a recent project. [DominoPower Magazine, December 2004]

The further case of Last Modified dates
Back in the March issue of DominoPower Magazine Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard wrote about document lastmodified dates, see http://www.dominopower.com/issues/issue200403/00001250001.html. Someone at Lotus must be reading DominoPower, because NotesDatabase.getModifiedDocuments has been included in the latest ND7 beta, beta2 at the time of this writing. Read on to find out more about NotesDatabase.getModifiedDocuments and how it works in ND7. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2004]

Mick's Lotusphere 2005 preview
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard started writing this piece back in October, and that meant it was time to start thinking about Lotusphere again. Indeed, registration for Lotusphere 2005 opened early this time, quietly slipping onto the scene in early September. Read on to find out more about Lotusphere and Mick's on how to get through this event. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2004]

A quick way to turn debugging on and off using the ACL
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard has two tips in one in this tight article: a life tip and a debugging tip. After all, isn't debugging life, and life debugging? Oh, just read the article and you'll know what we mean. [DominoPower Magazine, July 2004]

Holding position while switching views
This week Mick Moignard describes a very simple technique to flip between views, while not losing your position in the document. This feature's been around for years, but most people don't know about it. And, it can be very, very useful. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2004]

Notes is not a relational database
In this excellent and important article, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard examines the Notes database structure and compares it and contrasts it to a more traditional relational database. This is a very interesting article and if you use Notes, develop with Notes, or rely on Notes-based data at all, you owe it to yourself to read this article with great care. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2004]

Repeated undo in Lotus Notes
Although it appears the Notes (and the other Lotus editors) only allow one level of Undo, Senior Technical Editor has discovered a very simple (nearly obvious way) undo your way back as many as 32 steps. Read this very helpful tip to find out the secret. [DominoPower Magazine, May 2004]

The real scoop on the ($Users) view
Over the last two weeks, we've talked a bit about the ($Users) view. The real scoop on the ($Users) view is that it is used by the Domino server for mail address resolution, among other things. To that end, there are two things in this view to be aware of. Read this helpful article by Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard to find out what they are. [DominoPower Magazine, April 2004]

The strange case of Last Modified dates
Just a couple of weeks ago, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard and a colleague came across a most bizarre "feature" of Notes. It's all to do with document Last Modified dates. They had a specific need to be able to work through documents using Last Modified dates as a processing trigger -- sounds familiar?. And they found some very peculiar and interesting things. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2004]

Forcing immediate indexes to actually update immediately
I'm sure many of you have written applications that involve full-text indexes, and found that the index doesn't update for some time after your agent completes, even when the index frequency is set to 'Immediate'. The Admin help suggests that such indexes are updated as soon as possible after the database is closed, but in fact, "as soon as possible" is not less than 15 minutes. This tip will show you how to get your immediate indexes to update immediately [DominoPower Magazine, March 2004]

Post-Lotusphere 2004 report: gaining understanding and perspective
In this extremely important article, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard puts all of the Lotusphere 2004 IBM Lotus announcements into perspective. Where exactly do Workplace, WebSphere, and Java fit into the Notes/Domino future? What's in the new 6.5.1 release? What's up for the future of ND7 and on? It's all answered in a clear manner in Mick's report. This is a must read article. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2004]

Looking forward to Lotusphere 2004: Lotus in transition, again?
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard takes a look back and a look forward at the Lotus of 1994, the Lotus of 2004, and the Lotus of the future in this very interesting article. [DominoPower Magazine, January 2004]

Faster than the sun
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard shares how, in so much of the world, flight is just part of modern life. But that's actually a relatively recent thing in the life of the aeroplane. [DominoPower Magazine, December 2003]

Synchronizing Notes with Palm handhelds with Pylon 5.2
The Pylon product line has gone through a number of owners over the years, but has consistently provided the ability to synchronize Notes with Palm handhelds. In this detailed product review, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard reviews the latest 5.2 version of Pylon. Does this version stand up to Mick's hard scrutiny? You'll have to read the article to find out the truth. [DominoPower Magazine, December 2003]

A Fix for folders and documents
Oh, the perils of putting code in DominoPower articles! People might just try to run the stuff, and then find that it doesn't work. This week's PowerTip fixes a bug in last week's article. Read both, and you'll know what we mean. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2003]

Tools for working with Notes Doclinks
Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard uses Notes to manage project documentation. To make his job easier, he created a couple of Notes Doclink tools. In this helpful article, you can learn the tools he created and even get the code for doing it yourself. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2003]

Our first look at the Lotus Workplace strategy and the future of Domino and Notes
Admit it. With all the fuss over WebSphere and now over Lotus Workplace, you were feeling slightly misty-eyed about our old friends Notes and Domino? Where were they? Why didn't they get any parties? Didn't anyone care? More importantly, didn't Lotus care? In this comprehensive event report, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard lays out all we know (and a few open questions) about just what you can expect from Notes and Domino, including our first editorial mentions of releases 7 and 8 of Notes and Domino. You know you gotta read this! [DominoPower Magazine, November 2003]

Working with folders in mail and how to find lost documents
If you've ever tried to find missing documents that should be in the inbox folder, but aren't, this helpful article by Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard will get you moving in the right direction. [DominoPower Magazine, October 2003]

Conversation on Linux and Notes
The question "Should Lotus do a Linux Lotus Notes client?" has prompted some discussion between Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard and a reader in Romania named Florin Jurcovici. In this article, we share the results of that conversation in this addendum to Mick's recent series on the topic. [DominoPower Magazine, July 2003]

Four reasons Lotus hasn't done a Linux Notes client
A question that's been around for quite some time now is "When will Lotus do a Linux Notes Client?" Only Lotus can answer that question. However, we can ask the question, "Should Lotus do a Linux client?" Before he considers the answer, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard looks at the four reasons Lotus has given as to why they haven't done a Linux client yet. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2003]

Should Lotus do a Linux Notes client?
In his previous article, "Four reasons Lotus hasn't done a Linux Notes Client," Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard outlined the reasons Lotus has given for not moving forward with this to date. But should Lotus do a Linux Notes Client? In this article, Mick weighs the pros and cons and offers his opinion on the matter. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2003]

More solutions for automatically zipping attachments
In the April issue of DominoPower, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard review a variety of attachment zipper products for Notes. This month, he has an update with some more information, more tests, and information on some more products in this arena. [DominoPower Magazine, May 2003]

Finding the best solution for automatically zipping attachments
Huge attachments in email have always been a problem for Notes administrators and for end users. Zipping files is a common solution, and in this article, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard takes a critical look at three products that allow you to zip attachments automatically, as part of the attachment and email process. [DominoPower Magazine, April 2003]

Some lessons learned from Notes 6 installation
If you've installed the Notes 6 client or are just thinking about it, you should be aware of a few strange, unexpected, and unwanted things that the installation does. Contributing Editor Mick Moignard has learned some extremely valuable morals from his experience with Notes 6. Let him make the mistakes so you don't have to. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2003]

Lotusphere reveals details of NextGen and DB2 in Domino
The big news at Lotusphere 2003 was the announcement of the NextGen product line's direction. DominoPower Contributing Editor Mick Moignard has returned safely from the festivities in Orlando and reports in with details on NextGen, DB2 in Domino, and the future of the current Lotus product line. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2003]

Making the rounds at Lotusphere 2003
So besides the big announcements, what else happened at Lotusphere 2003? DominoPower Contributing Editor Mick Moignard has the scoop on the sessions, the labs, the parties, and the really loud t-shirts. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2003]

Tips and tricks in LotusScript
Back in the day, Contributing Editor Mick Moignard learned the art of programming writting applications in PL/I, and he's found those lessons just as valid now when writing LotusScript code for Notes as they were then. In this article, he shares some LotusScript programming tips and tricks that he's worked out over the last few years. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2003]

Integrate Notes with Palm's new Tungsten T
Contributing Editor Mick Moignard went on a quest to obtain Palm, Inc.'s new Tungsten T handheld shortly after it debuted. Now he has one, and in this article, he'll show you how to get it to work with Notes. [DominoPower Magazine, December 2002]

Take a peek under the hood with NotesPeek
There are times when you need to look inside a Notes document and see exactly what's going on in there. Mick Moignard has found a free tool that makes it easy. Read on to learn how NotesPeek can work for you. [DominoPower Magazine, November 2002]

How to audit your address book: the design
In part one of this two part series, Contributing Editor Mick Moignard details the design of a piece of code he wrote to explore address books and to report entries that seemed to contain unexpected values. Read on to find out how to perform this deep audit of the address book Person records from the perspective of identification, addressing, and mailing. [DominoPower Magazine, September 2002]

How to audit your address book: more code
Contributing Editor Mick Moignard continues outlining the code of his address auditing tool. [DominoPower Magazine, September 2002]

Keeping your Notes mail secure
Email security is a vitally important issue for all Notes administrators. It just so happens DominoPower Contributing Editor Mick Moignard has some experience in the field. He and colleague John Carroll share some thoughts on the topic, and in the process, offer some tips for getting the most out of their company's SecuriQ suite of security tools. [DominoPower Magazine, August 2002]

Mick's travel tricks: miscellaneous tools for your traveling needs
In this episode of Mick's Travel Tricks, Mick Moignard shares a collection of miscellaneous tools you might find useful. He also provides a few interesting updates harkening back to his earlier articles in this series. [DominoPower Magazine, August 2002]

Micks travel tricks: rationing your valuable laptop real estate
When you travel, there's only so much storage room on your laptop. In this installment of Mick's travel tricks, Mick Moignard discusses the most valuable things to keep on your laptop. He also makes a few comments on some cultural issues that you might run into while on the go. [DominoPower Magazine, July 2002]

Mick's travel tricks: dealing with time zones
Have you ever gone on a flight that arrived before you left? Time zones are like that. Not only can they screw up your internal clock, they can be a real pain in Notes. In this edition of Mick's Travel Tricks, Mick Moignard addresses the issue of time zones and offers some ideas for keeping both your Calendar and yourself sane. [DominoPower Magazine, May 2002]

Mick's travel tricks: more tips for setting up Notes on the road
In this third installment of Mick's Travel Tricks, Mick Moignard shares some more tips for travelers who want to take Notes on the road. This time he covers the Notes client setup, the Attachments view, the Truncated Documents view, and more. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2002]

Big changes, too little beer at Lotusphere 2002
Couldn't get to Lotusphere this year? Want to reflect on the good times you did have? Mick Moignard returned from the big show and filed this report which details his impressions, complaints, and highlights. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2002]

Mick's travel tricks: Notes client setup for easy connectivity
In this second segment of Mick's travel tricks, Mick Moignard will show you how to maximize the Notes client travel value by looking at Connections and Locations and a few other settings that will help make it all work well. [DominoPower Magazine, February 2002]

Mick's travel tricks
Mick Moignard spends a lot of time traveling on business, which means carrying everything he needs and doing it in as small and light a package as possible. In this article, he provides some great tips on how to pack light while staying connected. [DominoPower Magazine, December 2001]

Doing more in Lotuscript with Notes.Net class libraries
Mick Moignard has found countless helpful Lotuscript extensions on Notes.Net. In this article, he shares some of the great class libraries he's found there, and what he's done with them. [DominoPower Magazine, October 2001]

Inside mail distribution: the application
Be honest. Is your mail distribution list facility up to date? Mick Moignard's never was, which led him to create a System Managed Groups application that manages the contents of groups in the Directory from descriptions stored in rules. These rules describe the group member list in terms of fields and values in the Directory. In this article, he introduces you to the program by showing you how it looks to the administrator. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2001]

Inside mail distribution: the programming project
In this article, Mick Moignard will take you inside the code of his System Managed Groups application. He shows you exactly how he did it so that you too can keep your groups automatically maintained. [DominoPower Magazine, June 2001]

Managing expenses with Palm and Notes
Filling in expense forms is a pain. Mick Moignard has found a simple solution by employing his Palm device, the Pylon Conduit, some Notes development, and a little ingenuity. In this article, he shows you exactly how he did it. [DominoPower Magazine, April 2001]

Managing expenses with Palm and Notes
Filling in expense forms is a pain. Mick Moignard has found a simple solution by employing his Palm device, the Pylon Conduit, some Notes development, and a little ingenuity. In this article, he shows you exactly how he did it. While this Programming Power article is ideal for Notes and Domino users, it'll provide insights into development techniques for all you techies out there. [PalmPower Magazine, April 2001]

NetSwitcher makes network-hopping easy
This is a must-read article about a "how did we ever live without it" networking product. If you do a lot of traveling, you may find yourself switching your laptop from one network connection to another. If so, we've found a faster way to get through this rather cumbersome and time-consuming task. Mick Moignard has a review of NetSwitcher, an inexpensive little piece of software that can alleviate those connection headaches. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2001]