Lotus Notes Error Illegal Function Call
or Resource action button Scheduler\Find a Resource; schedule find a room; domino directory; asterisk; database name; *; character; Domino Server; Notes; Incident 1287491; Messaging & Mail; Calendaring & Scheduling; Mail Template/Calendar; ND6; ND 7 Technote (FAQ) Question While creating a meeting invitation using the Calendaring & Scheduling feature of IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, a customer selects the Scheduler action button and selects 'Find a Room' or 'Find a Resource' from the drop-down menu which appears. Instead of returning a list of available rooms or resources, the following error message occurs: "Illegal Function Call" Other users in the organization are having the same problem. Specifically, the error occurs for all users who use a particular server as their home/mail server. Answer In one case, the Database Title of the Domino Directory contained an "*" (asterisk). By removing the asterisk from the Database Title, the problem was resolved. In another case the "Illegal function call" error occurs if the database title of a Domino 6 Directory contains a comma. For example: ' Acme , Acme Address Book ' This issue was reported to Quality Engineering as SPR # PANN6FAGWH, and is fixed in Notes/Domino 7.0.1. The issue is currently under investigation for 6.5.x. Excerpt from the Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Release 7.0.1 MR fix list (available at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus): Template SPR# PANN6FAGWH - Users no longer see errors when using the Find Room and Find Resource actions when scheduling a meeting if the title of the Domino Directory contains a comma or an asterisk. Refer to the Upgrade Central site for details on upgrading Notes/Domino. Historical Number 180923 Product Alias/Synonym Lotus Notes Client Document information More support for: Lotus End of
Training Support Forums & community Events Rational Tivoli WebSphere Java technology Linux Open source SOA and Web services Web development XML My developerWorks About dW Submit content Feedback developerWorks>Lotus>Forums & community>IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum (includes Lotus Notes Traveler) IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum (includes Lotus Notes Traveler) Sign in to participate Subject: Illegal function call and Shell function Feedback Type: Problem Product Area: Notes Client Technical Area: Application Development Platform: Windows Release: 8.5.1 Reproducible: Always Hi, I am still struggling with making the Shell function work in Lotus Notes 8.5.1 FP2. The situation: We have an integrator with another product, which installs a .nsf file and adds a icon to the http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21098796 users Lotus Notes. In Windows XP/Notes 7/Notes 8 etc, it works fine, we forward the document from a database, it has a button on it and an executable file, the user presses the button, and the file is extracted to their PC and runs. In Windows 7 this still doesn't work, due to problems with User Account Control (UAC). Turning off UAC resolves this first issue, but that is not really an option given the http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/nd85forum.nsf/0/293c35539d7f49f9852578a9004d7c94?OpenDocument number of users. If you use the Shell function to trigger e.g. CALC.exe for Windows Calculator, it works fine. Presumably it works fine for other Windows programs also. But for a customized executable, it always returns 'Illegal function call'. Please explain the way round this problem.. Additionally, I'd like to point out the following: If you create a button in an email with Simple Action, @Formula function, and user say @Command([Execute];"C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\CustomExecutableFileName.exe"), then this works as expected - that is, it gives a UAC prompt on which you can select 'Yes' and then the program runs. (Frankly the UAC prompt is annoying to, but at least it works as Microsoft designed it this way). The LotusScript Shell command does not give this prompt, and instead simply errors out with Illegal function call. And you cannot run an @Command from LotusScript, unless someone knows of a way? Feedback number WEBB8HMJJZ created by Generic Notes Developer on 06/08/2011 Status: Open Comments: Return to top Illegal function call and Shell fun... (Generic Notes D... 8.Jun.11) . . Have you tried an API call instead?... (David Gilmore 8.Jun.11) . . . . API scary (Generic Notes D... 9.Jun.11) . . . . . . The R6 Forum has examples... (David Gilmore 9.Jun.11) . . Try using WScript.Shell instead (Wayne Gibbons 8.Jun.11) . . . . WScript.Shell (Generic Notes
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