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- Inefficient and outdated processes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

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

Data Grid onRowSelect Event

In-Place Text Editing in Design

Rich Text Widget on the Palette

Read Domino Rich Text Data

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.