What’s New with Domino Volt 1.0.4

Justin Hill
Jan 13, 2022
2 min read

Updated: 5 days ago

The increasing need for getting applications out as quickly as possible has been driving the pressure to keep low code development tools like HCL Volt rapidly evolving for a number of years now. The latest version of Volt came out in September, with an aggressive update schedule for 2022 as well.

HCL Volt is one platform which will help your company with issues like:

Business

Difficulty engaging customers, partners and employees?
Inefficient and outdated processes
Rely on spreadsheets, email, or other manual processes.

IT

Struggle to deliver apps due to IT backlog?
Is LOB off doing their own thing on non-sanctioned “shadow IT” platforms?
Unable to easily connect business users to data in different systems?

HCL Volt helps you solve these issues by giving you:

Powerful citizen developer capability that’s easy to learn and use
Provides a broad array of application possibilities
Leverages existing secure and proven Domino infrastructure
Ability to extend and integrate with Domino apps and data.
IT can set ‘guard rails’ and provide valuable extension

Here are the Highlights of the September 2021 Release

New and easier ways to build a broader variety of applications

Three blue panels highlighting features: Build apps, Easier integration, Easier to use. Icons and text detail app design and integration.

New Design

Build Views with Data Grid

Display data from a Form in the app
Pick the source and select the fields you want to display
Set sort and filter options
Filter can be dynamic
Can be added to an App Page or a Form Page
Provides select and open form behavior

Data Grid JavaScript API

UI showing "Data Grid" with properties and events. JavaScript functions listed alongside for data handling. Clean, professional layout.

Data Grid onRowSelect Event

Screenshot of a code editor showing JavaScript examples on the left and a JSON structure on the right, with text fields and URLs.

In-Place Text Editing in Design

Rich Text Widget on the Palette

Rich Text Entry feature highlighted on a palette. Runtime display shows rich text entry interface with formatting options and a form with a table.

Read Domino Rich Text Data

Configuration interface for assigning output in database, highlighting "Body as Plain Text" and "Body as HTML". Arrow points to text note.

Here is an overview of all the great things that HCL Volt 1.0.4 brings:

Build apps not just forms with Data Grid, App Pages and Navigation
More intuitive and fewer clicks with new design
Rich text editing in place in design view
New Rich Text widget and data type
Read Domino Rich Text data
Streamlined Link design client and SAP adapter

You can check out the presentation here for some great demos which will show you HCL Volt 1.0.4 in action.

If you have any questions about how HCL Volt 1.0.4 can help you with your development process just send us an e-mail and we are more than happy to lend a hand.