Notes/Domino XPages Development Forum - Cannot Preview in Notes

Jun 24, 2011, 6:18 PM

66 Posts

Re: Cannot Preview in Notes

Here is IBM's guide for troubleshooting 404 errors. Not sure if any of these pertain to you:

Error 404 - Item Not Found Exception

1. Be sure that you are using the correct URL for the XPage, including the .xsp extension. For example, if you are trying to access an XPage named "myxpage" in an application named myapp.nsf on a server with the URL, http: //myserver.mydomain.com, then the URL to access the XPage would be as follows:
http: //myserver.mydomain.com/myapp.nsf/myxpage.xsp

2. If you are using the correct URL but still receive a 404 error when accessing a specific XPage, the XPage may not have been built automatically by Domino Designer. Refer to Document #1327454, HTTP 404 Errors when accessing a new XPage from a web browser," for more information on configuring the "Build Automatically" option in Domino Designer.

3. Removing the $WebHybridDb item from the icon document has been reported to resolve this error in some instances. For more information on this item, and others in the icon document, refer to the following wiki article: Lotus iNotes: How to enable a custom Forms database.

~Tony Lopkisterli

Jun 27, 2011, 7:56 AM

3 Posts

Re: Cannot Preview in Notes

Thanks for the help - will take a look at the suggestions.

~Cheryl Nonnumanetsi

Jun 30, 2011, 8:48 PM

8 Posts

Re: Cannot Preview in Notes

I experienced the same thing today. I resolved my error by looking at the Log & Trace viewer (Help / Support / View Log) which shows you the Eclipse log. When displaying a page using XPiNC, regardless of whether the database is on the server, the local client is where the page gets built. Errors get written to this log for local Eclipse processing.

My specific problem pertained to the display of an XPiNC and having the local rendering engine display as such, instead of as a web page. What I ended up doing was setting the database launch properties to load my XPage by default. It isn't as convenient as the Preview in Notes icon, but it worked!

Good luck!

~Tony Lopkisterli

Jul 6, 2011, 1:38 PM

3 Posts

Re: Cannot Preview in Notes

Thanks for the reply. I have found the same - still can't 'preview in Notes', but when I set the client launch properties to open to the XPage, it loads fine.