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	'''LotusScript''' is an [[object-oriented programming language]] used by [[Lotus Notes]] (since version 4.0) and other [[IBM]] [[Lotus Software]] products.		'''LotusScript''' is an [[object-oriented programming language]] used by [[Lotus Notes]] (since version 4.0) and other [[IBM]] [[Lotus Software]] products.

	LotusScript is similar to [[Visual Basic (classic)\|Visual Basic]].<ref name="Moser1999">{{cite book\|first=Gerd \|last=Moser\|title=SAP® R/3® Interfacing using BAPIs: A practical guide to working within the SAP® Business Framework\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xUZNEf2jgGUC&pg=PA45\|date=12 March 1999\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-3-528-05694-0\|page=45}}</ref> Developers familiar with one can easily understand the syntax and structure of code in the other. The major differences between the two are in their respective [[integrated development environment]]s and in the product-specific [[object-oriented programming\|object]] [[Class (~~computer~~ programming)\|classes]] provided in each language that are included. VB includes a richer set of classes for UI manipulation, whereas LotusScript includes a richer set of application-specific classes for [[Lotus Notes]], [[Lotus Word Pro]] and [[Lotus 1-2-3]]. In the case of Lotus Notes, there are classes to work with Notes databases, documents (records) in those databases, etc. These classes can also be used as [[OLE Automation]] objects outside the Lotus Notes environment, from Visual Basic.		LotusScript is similar to [[Visual Basic (classic)\|Visual Basic]].<ref name="Moser1999">{{cite book\|first=Gerd \|last=Moser\|title=SAP® R/3® Interfacing using BAPIs: A practical guide to working within the SAP® Business Framework\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xUZNEf2jgGUC&pg=PA45\|date=12 March 1999\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-3-528-05694-0\|page=45}}</ref> Developers familiar with one can easily understand the syntax and structure of code in the other. The major differences between the two are in their respective [[integrated development environment]]s and in the product-specific [[object-oriented programming\|object]] [[Class (programming)\|classes]] provided in each language that are included. VB includes a richer set of classes for UI manipulation, whereas LotusScript includes a richer set of application-specific classes for [[Lotus Notes]], [[Lotus Word Pro]] and [[Lotus 1-2-3]]. In the case of Lotus Notes, there are classes to work with Notes databases, documents (records) in those databases, etc. These classes can also be used as [[OLE Automation]] objects outside the Lotus Notes environment, from Visual Basic.

	LotusScript also allows the definition of user-defined [[data type\|types]] and classes, although it is not possible to inherit from the product-specific classes. LotusScript programs can access [[Microsoft Office]] documents by using the [[Object Linking and Embedding\|OLE]] automation in [[computer library\|libraries]] from MS Office.		LotusScript also allows the definition of user-defined [[data type\|types]] and classes, although it is not possible to inherit from the product-specific classes. LotusScript programs can access [[Microsoft Office]] documents by using the [[Object Linking and Embedding\|OLE]] automation in [[computer library\|libraries]] from MS Office.

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'''LotusScript''' is an [[object-oriented programming language]] used by [[Lotus Notes]] (since version 4.0) and other [[IBM]] [[Lotus Software]] products.

LotusScript is similar to [[Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic]].<ref name="Moser1999">{{cite book|first=Gerd |last=Moser|title=SAP® R/3® Interfacing using BAPIs: A practical guide to working within the SAP® Business Framework|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xUZNEf2jgGUC&pg=PA45|date=12 March 1999|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-528-05694-0|page=45}}</ref> Developers familiar with one can easily understand the syntax and structure of code in the other. The major differences between the two are in their respective [[integrated development environment]]s and in the product-specific [[object-oriented programming|object]] [[Class (computer programming)|classes]] provided in each language that are included. VB includes a richer set of classes for UI manipulation, whereas LotusScript includes a richer set of application-specific classes for [[Lotus Notes]], [[Lotus Word Pro]] and [[Lotus 1-2-3]]. In the case of Lotus Notes, there are classes to work with Notes databases, documents (records) in those databases, etc. These classes can also be used as [[OLE Automation]] objects outside the Lotus Notes environment, from Visual Basic.

LotusScript also allows the definition of user-defined [[data type|types]] and classes, although it is not possible to inherit from the product-specific classes. LotusScript programs can access [[Microsoft Office]] documents by using the [[Object Linking and Embedding|OLE]] automation in [[computer library|libraries]] from MS Office.

==See also==
* [[IBM Notes|IBM Notes Domino Overview]]
* [[Visual Basic for Applications]]
* [[Microsoft Power Fx]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/dominodesigner/ Lotus Domino Designer documentation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100705112420/http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg244856.pdf IBM Redbook - "LotusScript for VisualBasic Programmers"]
* [https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/notes-ole/ Integrating IBM Lotus Notes with Microsoft Office using LotusScript ]

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[[Category:BASIC programming language family]]
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