How to set new Author name in existing Author field using Lotus Script?

You can set author name in existing document. For this you should have at-least manager/ designer

/ editor /Author*

Author*: You can add another author name only if you have already added as Author in existing document Author field

From the below script check for function

AuthItem.IsAuthors=True,

This is important step , only replace field values in for existing author filed will not work , you have to explicitly set ‘IsAuhtor’ property as true

Now, look at the steps how to add Another Author name to existing field.

Steps -

1)Create new agent / or button to write the lotus script

2)If you are working on agent add below script and select agent property ,run on only selected documents.

3)If you are working on button, create button on UI view and just copy & paste the below script on button Onclick event.

4)Save your code and open a view

5)Run the agent/or click on button to run the script , before this select the document from view where you want to add new author field

Sub Initialize

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Dim ws As New NotesUIWorkspace

Dim doc As NotesDocument

Dim view As NotesView

Dim uiview As NotesUIView

Dim doccoll As NotesDocumentCollection

    Dim AuthItem As NotesItem

    Set uiview=ws.CurrentView
    Set doccoll=uiview.Documents

Set doc=doccoll.GetFirstDocument

'Selected document, script runs on single document only

If Not doc Is Nothing Then

Set AuthItem=doc.GetFirstItem("NewAuthors")

' New author field , you can use existing author field if you have author field already created on form

If Not AuthItem Is Nothing Then

Call AuthItem.AppendToTextList("Amol Jalak/EXTNEW/US/MAIL")