actionbarEZ – notes develop domino data tool

Overview

The common problems with Lotus Notes Actions and Action Bars

Managing a single action bar is simple enough, but problems arise when you have several applications with hundreds of action bars and perhaps thousands of actions. Making changes to action bars requires tedious manually repetitive development work that carries a high risk of introducing human error. The native Notes/Domino toolset makes it difficult to correct inconsistencies between action bars. Even a seemingly trivial task like globally changing the color of your organization's action bar buttons can require thousands of clicks.

Ytria actionBarEZ is a solution for faster Lotus Notes development, here's what it lets you do:

Guarantee you'll have a consistent look-and-feel for any of your Notes databases' action bars in minutes
Enhance the end-user experience by ensuring actions are available where needed
Dramatically speed up development and maintenance for Notes applications by automating common repetitive tasks
Expand your development capabilities—take advantage of practical features that are not part of the standard Domino Designer toolset

Screenshots

See all the actions of a database at a glance	Easily manage your actions (edit, copy, move, re-arrange, delete)
Manage action properties	Manage shared actions
Share/Unshare actions	Propagate shared actions
Check the consistency of actions	Check the consistency of action bars
Change the look of your action bars	Upgrade the look of action bars designed with previous Notes version

Features List

General Information

Lotus Notes and Domino 4.6x, R5.x, R6.x, R7.x, R8.x compatible
Launched from a Notes SmartIcon/Toolbar or from actionBarEZ.exe file
actionBarEZ runs independently of Notes
Several actionBarEZ sessions can run simultaneously
It runs even if Notes is busy (or even stuck)
Mode to read only R4 actions
Automatic tool update feature, checks and downloads new software updates for you
Full Access Administration option
Localization capabilities

Action Bar (and Action Button) Properties

Give all your action bars a makeover (i.e. Notes 4.6, R5, or R6 to an R7 look instantly)
View action bar properties of several design elements simultaneously
Force action bar properties to be set with R5 or R6 scheme
Set action bar properties of several design elements in one step
Ability to select a design element as a template for the action bar properties

Actions

View all actions in one Color-coded, sortable, and printable Table
Display your action configuration information: Title, Type, Image, also "Hide" properties, "Hide when" formulas, Target frame, Availability (bar and/or menu)
Drag and drop actions
Create, Delete, Move, Copy, & Paste actions between action bars
Easily set a position order for an action within an action bar/menu
Edit the properties of all actions (even from different design elements) in one step

Shared Actions

Link an existing action to any available shared action
Disconnect any link to a shared action in one click
Delete all actions linked to a given shared action in one click
Create and link a new action from an existing shared action
Update all action properties from the shared action they are linked to, in the event that the shared action becomes unavailable (gets deleted)
View shared actions in use, and actions whose shared action no longer exists

Return On Investment (ROI)

What kind of ROI can I expect?

Using customer feedback, this table shows a typical return on investment a Lotus Notes and Domino developer or administrator can have when using our tools. Keep in mind that the ROI figures shown correspond to full usage of the product. Many customers have found that our tools can even pay for themselves within a few days of use.

Typical Return on Investment for a...
	Lotus Notes Developer	Lotus Notes Administrator
scanEZ	2 weeks	2 weeks
aclEZ	N/A	1 week
agentEZ	N/A	1 week
signEZ	6 weeks	6 weeks
viewEZ	Typically on first use	N/A
actionBarEZ	Typically on first use	N/A
designPropEZ	Typically on first use	N/A