LotusScript

LotusScript is an <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming_language/TxNMEcao">object-oriented programming language</a> used by <a href="/facts/Lotus_Notes/X3KHrPQj">Lotus Notes</a> (since version 4.0) and other <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> <a href="/facts/Lotus_Software/8k8vj9x2">Lotus Software</a> products.
LotusScript is similar to <a href="/facts/Visual_Basic_(classic)/7QMXM6fP">Visual Basic</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environments</a> and in the product-specific <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object</a> <a href="/facts/Class_(computer_programming)/zvzkSAtE">classes</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Lotus_Notes/X3KHrPQj">Lotus Notes</a>, <a href="/facts/Lotus_Word_Pro/sf3TRXqK">Lotus Word Pro</a> and <a href="/facts/Lotus_1-2-3/tnkvSG3M">Lotus 1-2-3</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/OLE_Automation/9Nqpxz4z">OLE Automation</a> objects outside the Lotus Notes environment, from Visual Basic.
LotusScript also allows the definition of user-defined <a href="/facts/Data_type/fcx5hgVL">types</a> and classes, although it is not possible to inherit from the product-specific classes. LotusScript programs can access <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Office/faD8vYG0">Microsoft Office</a> documents by using the <a href="/facts/Object_Linking_and_Embedding/Eabu8Qnl">OLE</a> automation in <a href="/facts/Computer_library/xRzL3P7q">libraries</a> from MS Office.

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