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Developing IBMLotusDomino 7 Applications:

Foundation SkillsStudentGuide


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C ou r se D escr ip ti o n

CourseDescription

Dev e lop i ng IB M Lo t us Do m i no 7 A pp l icat io ns : F oun d at i on S k il ls 1


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C o ur s e D esc r ipt i on

Targetaudience

ThetargetaudienceforDevelopingIBMLotusDomino7Applications:FoundationSkillsisapplicationdevelopersnewtheIBMLotusDominoenvironment.

Summarydescription

Thiscourseisahands-onintroductiontothebasicskillsofworkingintheIBMLotusDominoDesigner7developmentenvironment.Throughinstructorlectureandstudent-centered activitiesandexercises,studentslearnthefoundationskillsrequiredtouseLotusDominoDesigner 7designelementstocreateLotusDomino7applications.Bytheendofthecourse,studentsshouldbeabletodesign,develop,anddeployasingle-databaseLotusDomino7application.

Courseformatandduration

Thisisaone-dayclassroomcourse.

Coursegoals

Bytheendofthecourse,studentsshouldbeabletodesign,develop,anddeployasingle-databaseLotusDomino7application.

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Topicscovered

TheDevelopingIBMLotusDomino 7Applications:FoundationSkillscoursecoversthefollowingtopics:

LotusDomino 7applicationarchitecture

LotusDominoDesigner7applicationanddesignenvironment

Creatingforms

Addingfieldstoforms

Creatingviews

Creatingpages

OverviewofprogramminginLotusDomino 7applications

WorkingwiththeFormulalanguage Creatingdocuments

Enhancingformsandpageswithlayers

Creatingsortedandcategorizedviews

Validatingandtranslatingfields

Creatingagentstomodifydataindocuments

Creatingviewandformactions

Definingvarioussecuritylevelsforapplicationusers

Usinghide/whenoptionstodisplayorhideinformation

Usinglinkstomakeapplicationelementsavailabletousers

Creatingdifferenttypesoflinks

Creatingadesigntemplate

Determiningreplicationrequirements

Determininginformationrequiredbysystemadministratorstodeployanapplication



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Lesson1 IntroductiontoLotusDomino 7

Lesson2 ExploringLotusDominoDesigner 7


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Less o n 1 I n tr odu ct i on t o L o tu s D o min o 7

LotusDomino 7applicationsletpeopleshare,collect,track,andorganizeinformation,usingLotusNotes7 andotheruniversallyavailableclientssuchasWebbrowsers.ThedataitselfmaybecontainedinNotesdatabasesorinlegacydatasystems.

Objectives

Aftercompletingthislesson,youshouldbeableto:

9 DescribeLotusDominoanditsfunctions.

9 DescribethestructureandcomponentsofaDominodatabase.

9 Accessdatainanote.

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L ess on 1 Int r o duc t i on to Lo tus Do min o

LotusDominoprovidesawiderangeofcollaborativeservicesandaframeworkfordistributedbusinessprocessapplicationsandworkflow.LotusDominoand

IBMWebSpherehavebuilt-ininte grationpointsintheareasofdirectory,security,applicationdevelopment,andJavaservices.

LotusDominoisarapidapplicationdevelopment(RAD)environmentwithahighreturnoninvestmenttoitsusers.

OtherfeaturesthatLotusDominoprovidesinclude:

IntegratedWebsecurity NativeHTML

IntegratedJavaScript events

Integrationwiththefilesystem

Javaagentsandservlets Distributedobjects,suchasCORBA/IIOP

Integrationwiththird-partydesigntools

IntegrationwithMicrosoftIIS

Programmableobjectstore

Replication

LotusDominoalsointegrateswithback-enddatasourcessuchasIBMDB2andOracle,andwithtransactionsystemssuchasIBMCICS.



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ThefoundationoftheLotusNotesandDominodesignistheuseofasingleandsimpledatastructure,calledanote,tostoreallinformation.Notesareusedto

storedataanddesignelements.Notesaredescribedinmoredetaillaterinthislesson.

Dominodatabasecontainmentmodel

Dominodatabasesarefilesthatexistonthefilesystem.LotusDominousesthepathandfilenametoidentifythedatabase.Oncethedatabaseisopen,youaccessdatabyopeningnotes.

Thisrelationshipisdescribedasacontainmentmodel.Thefilesystemcontains

databases,adatabasecontainsnotes,andanotecontainsdata.

ThefollowingdiagramillustratestheDominodatabasecontainmentmodel.

Asthecontainmentmodelshows,toaccessadatabase,youmustfirstaccessthefilesystem.



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ThecomponentsofaDominodatabase

ADominodatabasecontainstwoareasoffunctionality:

NotesStorageFacility(NSF)maintainsthedataanddesignelementsoftheapplication.

NotesIndexFacility(NIF)buildsandmaintainslistsforlocatingdataintheapplication.

ThefollowingdiagramillustratesthecomponentsofaDominodatabase.



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YoucancreateaDominodatabaseinthefollowingways:

Createadatabasefromatemplate. Createanewblankdatabase.

Copyanexistingdatabase.

Duringthiscourseyouwilluseallthreemethods.

Definingtemplates

Atemplateisadatabasethatcontainsthestructureforaparticularapplication,butdoesnotcontainanydata.LotusDominoincludesanumberofstandardtemplatesthatletyoueasilysetupadiscussiondatabase,apersonaljournal,oracollaborativeteamdatabase.

Youwilllearnmoreaboutworkingwithtemplateslaterinthiscourse.

Creatinganewblankdatabase

Ablankdatabasecontainsnodesignelements,suchaspagesorforms.Blankdatabaseshaveonedefaultview.

Followthesestepstocreateadatabasefromscratch.

Step Action

1 ChooseFileDatabaseNew.

Result:TheNewDatabasedialogboxappears.

2 AcceptthedefaultofLocaltocreatethedatabaseonyourlocalcomputer.

3 Enteratitleforthedatabase.

4 Enterafilenameforthedatabase.

5 Select-Blank-fromthetemplatelist.

6 ClickOK.



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DuringthiscourseyouwillworkinaPracticedatabaseforallGuidedPracticesandsomeExercises.DuringthefollowingGuidedPracticeyouwill:

CreateapersonalcopyoftheInstructorDemodatabasebycopyingit.

CreateapersonalcopyofthePracticedatabasefromatemplate.

Giveyourdatabasesuniquenames.

CreatedatabasebookmarksintheNotesclient.

CreateapersonalcopyoftheInstructorDemodatabase

FollowthesestepstocreateapersonalcopyoftheInstructorDemodatabase.

Step Action

1 OpentheNotesclient.

2 ChooseFileDatabaseOpen.

3 IntheServerdialogbox,selectthecourseserver.

4 IntheDatabasedialogbox,selectInstructorDemo(Instructor_ND510.nsf).

5 ClickOpen.

Result:TheInstructorDemodatabaseopensintheNotesclient.

6 ChooseFileDatabaseNewCopy.

7 IntheServerdialogbox,selectLocal.

8 IntheTitledialogbox,enteratitleforthedatabasethatincludesyourinitials.Forexample,ifyourinitialsareABC,enterInstructorABC.

9 IntheFilenamedialogbox,enterauniquefilenameforyourcopyofthedatabase.Forexample,ifyourinitialsareABC,enterInstructorABC.nsf.

10 ClickOK.

Result:Thenewcopyofthedatabaseiscreatedandsavedinthenotes/datadirectoryonyourlocalsystem.

11 Next,youwillopenyourdatabaseandcreateabookmark.

ChooseFileDatabaseOpen.

12 SelectyournewfilefromtheDatabaseslist.ClickOpen.

13 Right-clickonthewindowtabforyourdatabase.ChooseCreateBookmark.

14 ClickOK.



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CreateapersonalcopyofthePracticedatabase

FollowthesestepstocreateapersonalcopyofthePracticedatabase.

Step Action

1 OpentheNotesclient.

2 ChooseFileDatabaseNew.

3 IntheServerdialogbox,makesureLocalisselected.

4 IntheTitledialogbox,enteratitleforthedatabasethatincludesyourinitials.Forexample,ifyourinitialsareABC,enter PracticeABC.

5

IntheFilenamedialogbox,enterauniquefilenameforyourcopyofthedatabase.Forexample,ifyourinitialsareABC,enterPracticeABC.nsf.

6 IntheSpecifyTemplateforNewDatabasesection,selecttheclassroomserver intheServerdialogbox.

7 IntheTemplatelist,highlightthePracticetemplate.

8 ClickOK.

Result:ThenewPracticedatabaseopensintheNotesclient.

9 Right-clickonthewindowtabforyourdatabase.ChooseCreateBookmark.

10 ClickOK.



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Asstatedearlier,thenoteisthedatastructureusedtostoreallinformationinaNotesorDominodatabase.

Characteristicsofnotes

Allnotesinadatabaseareessentiallythesame.Theyarepeerstooneanotheranddonotsharehierarchicalorotherrelationships.NotesonlydifferinthedatavaluestheycontainandhowLotusDominousesthem.

Howanotestoresdata

Anotestoresdatainitems.Eachitemisidentifiedbyanameandcontainsalistofvalues.Thevaluesinasingleitemmustbethesamedatatype.Itemsalsostoreinformationaboutthedata.ThismetadataisavailabletotheapplicationandtheDominoservices.

Metadatais,literally,dataaboutdata.



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Typesofnotes

ADominodatabasecontainsHeader,ACL,andDesignnotes.ItalsocontainsDatanotesoncetheusersofthedatabasecreatethem.

Somenotesarecreatedbyusersanddevelopers,andothernotesaremaintainedbyLotusDominototrackandcontrolinformationinthedatabase.

Notesthatdeveloperscreate

ThefollowingtabledescribesthetypesofnotesthatusersanddeveloperscancreateinaDominodatabase.

TypeofNote Purpose

Data Storesdatavaluesusedintheapplication.

Forexample,adatanotemaycontaincustomerprofileinformation,suchasthecustomersname,address,andphonenumber.

Design Storesdatausedtoprocessoraffectthepresentationandfunctionalityoftheapplication.

Forexample,adesignnotemaycontaininstructionsforhowLotusDominodisplaysinformationtoauser.

NotesthatLotusDominomaintains

ThefollowingtabledescribesothertypesofnotesthatLotusDominomaintains.

TypeofNote Purpose

ACL TheACLstoresalistofnamesandoptionsforcontrollingaccesspermissionstothedatabase.

Databaseheader LotusDominostoresinformationaboutthedatabaseinadatabaseheadernote.ThedatabaseheadercontainsinformationsuchastheversionofLotusDominousedtocreatethedatabase,thetitleofthedatabase,thedatabaseID,andsoon.



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Dataisstoredinaspecifickindofnote,referredtoeitherasadatanoteoradocument.Bothtermsareusedinterchangeablythroughoutthiscourse.Youcan

createandaccessdocumentsinmanyways.

TheDocumentPropertiesbox

TheNotesclientprovidesuserswiththeabilitytoexaminedocumentsthroughapropertiesbox.TheDocumentPropertiesboxreadsthecontentsofadocumentanddisplaysinformationtotheuser.

ThefollowingdiagramshowstheDocumentPropertiesbox.

OpeningtheDocumentPropertiesbox

FollowthesestepstoopentheDesignDocumentPropertiesbox.

Step Action

1 OpenthedatabaseintheNotesclient.

2 Selectthedocumentyouwishtoexamine.

3 ChooseFileDocumentProperties(orright-click)toopenthe

DocumentPropertiesbox.

4 UsethetabsofthePropertiesboxtoviewthestructureofthedatanote.



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ExaminingadocumentthroughthePropertiesbox

ThePropertiesboxhasseveraltabsthatdisplaydifferentinformationaboutthedocument.Thefollowingtabledescribesthreeofthesetabs.

Tab InformationDisplayed

DocumentInfo DataaboutthedocumentthatLotusDominomaintains,forexample:

Whenitwascreated

Whenitwaslastmodified

Wholastmodifiedit

Fields

Listoftheitemsinthedocumentandthedataeachitemcontains.Selectinganitemintheleftpanedisplaysitsvalueandmetadataintherightpane.MetadataincludesthedatatypeandspecialflagsLotusDominouseswhendealingwiththisdata.

DocumentIDs TheuniqueIDofthedocument.

Otherwaysofaccessingdata

Dominoprovidesaccesstodatainseveralways,including:

Fieldsonaform

Columnsinaview

Programmatically,viaanyofthefollowing:

Formulalanguage

LotusScript

JavaScript

Java

XML



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Examinethecontentofdocuments

Inthisexercise,youwillanswerquestionsaboutthecontentofdocuments.

Completethesetasks

OpentheCustomerviewinyourcopyoftheInstructorDemodatabase.Answerthefollowingquestions:

Wholastupdatedthedocument?

Whenwasthedocumentcreated?

WhatisthedatatypeoftheCustomerIDitem?



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Dominoapplicationsareclient-serverapplications.Theclientcommunicateswiththeapplicationusingaproprietaryremoteprocedurecallmechanism.TheNotesRemoteProcedureCall(NRPC)transmitstheclientrequesttotheDominoapplicationandreturnstheresults.

LotusDominoauthenticatesuserswhentheyaccessapplicationsontheserver.OtherDominoservicesarecalledupondependingonthespecificsoftheapplication.

AccessingaDominoapplicationwithLotusNotes

ThefollowingtabledescribesthestagesthatoccurwhenauseraccessesaDominoapplicationfromaNotesclient.

Stage Description

1 Usermakesarequesttoopen,read,orsavedataintheapplication.

2 Dominoauthenticatestheusermakingtherequestandprovidesauthenticationinformationaboutitselftotheuser.Thisoccurswhentheclientfirstaccessestheserver.

3 Dominoverifiestherightsoftheusermakingtherequest,everytimearequestismade.

4

Dominoexecutestherequestandrespondstotheclient.

ThefollowingdiagramillustratestheNotesclientaccessingaDominoapplication.



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Workingwithlocalapplications

Alocaldatabaseallowsuserstoworkoffline(notconnectedtothenetwork).Localdatabasescanalsobeusedtorunpersonalapplicationsthatshouldnotbeavailabletomultipleusers.

TheNotesclientprovidesasubsetofDominoservicestoexecutecommonfunctionalitylocallyandreducetheloadontheserver.Theclientdoesnotsupportthesamelevelofsecuritychecksandrestrictionsthattheserverdoes.However,therearedatabasepropertiesthatthedevelopercanemploytoenforceacertainlevelofsecurityonapplicationsthatresidelocally.



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DominosupportstheHTTPprotocolallowingWebbrowserstoaccessapplicationsonaDominoserver.

AswithaccessusingaNotesclient,DominoauthenticatesuserswhentheyaccessapplicationsontheserverviaaWebbrowser.

AccessingaDominoapplicationwithaWebbrowser

ThefollowingtabledescribeshowbrowsersinteractwithDominoapplications.

Stage

Description

1 Usermakesarequesttoopen,read,orsavedataintheapplication.

2 DependingontheserversetupandthedatabaseACL,Dominoauthenticatestheusermakingtherequestandprovidesauthenticationinformationaboutitselftotheuser.IfbothserveranddatabaseallowAnonymousaccess,nochallengeisissuedtotheclientandtheuserisnotauthenticated.TheresultisthattheuserisidentifiedasAnonymous.

3 Dominoverifiestherightsoftheusermakingtherequest.

4 DominotranslatestheHTTPrequest.

5 Dominoexecutestherequest.

ThefollowingdiagramillustrateshowaWebbrowseraccessesaDominoapplication.Inthisexample,dataisalsoaccessedfromDB2.



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Lesson 2 Ex pl or in g Lo tu s Do mi no D esign er 7

TheLotusDominoDesigner 7clientisusedtocreateDominoapplications.Inthislesson,youwillexploreLotusDominoDesigner.

Objectives


9 Accessthedesignofadatabase.

9 Accessindividualdesignelementswithinthedatabase.

9 CreateapplicationbookmarksinLotusDominoDesigner.



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Less o n 2 Ex p l or in g Lo t u s Do m i no De s i gn e r 7

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DominoDesigneristhedevelopmentenvironmentusedtobuildDominoapplications.DominoDesignercontainsthetoolsnecessarytocreatepowerful

Dominoapplications.Toaccessthedesignofadatabase,openthatdatabaseinDominoDesigner.

OpeningaDominodatabaseinDominoDesigner

FollowthesestepstoopenadatabaseinDominoDesigner.

Step Action

1 OpenDominoDesigner.

2 ChooseFileDatabaseOpenfromthemenu.

3 IntheServer:box,enterthelocationoftheapplication(servernameorlocal).

4 IntheDatabase:box,selectthedatabasefromthelist,orenteritintheFilename:box(directoryandfilename).

5 ClickOpen.

Exploringthedesignenvironment

WhenyouopenadatabaseinDominoDesigner,thefirstlevelofthedesignenvironmentopens.Thefollowingtabledescribesseveralareasinthisenvironment.

Area Description

Designpane IncludestheDesignlistforthedatabase.ThisisthelistofdesignelementsandtheDesignbookmarkicons,whichpointtothemostrecentdatabasesonwhichyouhaveworked.

Workpane Listseverythinginthecurrentdatabasefortheselecteddesignelement.

AcrossthetopoftheWorkpaneareDesignactionbuttons.Thesebuttonsperformactionsonthecurrentlydisplayedelements(suchascreatinganewform).

Windowtabs Eachitemthatyouareworkingoncurrentlyhasitsowntabthat,whenclicked,takesyoutothewindowthattabrepresents.



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DominoDesignerincludesstructurescalleddesignelementsthatarethebuildingblocksforapplications.Customizethesestructurestocreateapplications.

Applicationtasksandcorrespondingdesignelements

ThefollowingtablesummarizestasksyoumightwantanapplicationtoperformandthecorrespondingDominodesignelement(s)youcoulduse to implementthem.

ApplicationTask/Functionality

DesignElements

Display,gather,andorganizeinformation.

Pages:Containtext,images,applets,andotherobjects.Userscannotenterinformationintopages.

Forms:Containfieldswhereuserscanentervalues.Thevaluesarestoredasadocument.

Views:Indexanddisplaylistsofdocumentscontainedintheapplication.

Automatetasks. Actionsandagents:Canrunscriptswhenauserdoessomething.

Controlnavigation.

Hotspots,framesets,outlines,andimagemaps:Whenusedincombination,allowuserstomovearoundtheapplicationquicklyandeasily.

Accesscontrolandprogramming

DesignelementsareoneoffourpiecesofaDominoapplication.TwootherpiecestheAccessControlListandLogicwillalsobediscussedinthiscourse.

To... Use...

Applylogic. Programminglanguages,whichenableyouto:

Calculateormodifyinformation.

Validateinputsbeforesaving.

Restrictaccesstoinformation in thedatabase.

TheAccessControlList(ACL)andotherelements,whichidentifytheuserswhocan:

Create,read,andmodifydata.

Changethedesignoftheapplication.



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Accessingdesignelements

WhenyouclickadesignelementintheDesignlist,alloftheindividual,database-specificelementsofthattypeofelementarelistedintheDesignpaneandtheWorkpane.Toopenanindividualdesignelement,double-clicktheelementintheWorkpane.TheelementthenopensintotheWorkpane,withtheProgrammerspanebelowit.

ThefollowingdiagramshowstheseareasinDominoDesigner.

Designlist Workpane

pane

Programmerspane

Objects tab Reference tab Script area

UsingtheWorkpane

TheWorkpaneisusedforcreatingandmodifyingforms,pages,views,andotherelementsintheDesignlistthatarespecifictoyourapplicationordatabase.Whenyouopenorcreateanindividualdesignelement,DominoDesignerautomaticallydisplaysthatelementintheWorkpane.



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UsingtheProgrammerspane

UsetheProgrammerspanetoaddcodeinareasofthecurrentdesignelementintheWorkpane.ThefollowingtabledescribesthepartsoftheProgrammerspane.

Part Function

Objectstab Listsallareas(objectsandevents)inthecurrentdesignelementwhereyoucanaddcode.CodeisaddedintheScriptarea.WhenyouclickanitemintheObjectstab,theScriptareachangestoshowthecodethatdescribestheobject.TheReferencetabreflectsthelanguage(s)thatyoucanuseintheScriptarea.

Referencetab Listsfieldsandfunctionsthatcanbeusedtoscripttheobject.

Designerscanpastefromthelistorfromthecontext-sensitiveHelpintotheScriptarea.

Scriptarea UsedtowritescriptsfortheelementselectedusingtheObjectstab.

DominoDesignerreferences

ThefollowingtabledescribesdifferentwaysofgettinghelpinDominoDesigner.

Resource

Function

HowtoOpen

DominoDesignerHelp

Providesdetailson:

UsingDominoDesigner

DesigningDominoapplications

ChooseHelpHelpTopics

fromthemenu.



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TheDominoDesignerenvironmentprovidestoolstohelpdevelopersmanagethedevelopmentofcomplexapplications.ThesetoolsincludetheabilitytocreatebookmarksontheDesignerbookmarkbar,andtheabilitytocreatefolderstoorganizeapplicationbookmarks.

Createafolderandbookmarkforthecoursedatabasein

DominoDesigner

InthisGuidedPractice,youwillcreateafolderontheDominoDesignerBookmark

barthatcontainsabookmarkforthePracticedatabase.

Step Action

1 OpenDesigner.

2 ClickthefoldericonintheDesignpane.

Result:TheCreateFolderdialogboxopens.

3 Enteranameforthenewfolder.CallitFoundation.

4 IntheCreateFolderdialogbox,selectthe-Folders-location.

5 ClickOK.

Result:ThefolderappearsontheBookmarkbar.Ifyoumovethecursoroverthefolder,itsnameappearsaspop-uptext.

6 Nowcreateabookmarkwithinthefolder.

ChooseFileDatabaseOpen.

7 SelectthenameofyourPracticedatabase.

8 ClickOpen.

Result:ThedatabaseisopenedinDesigner.

9 DragthedatabaseicontotheFoundationfolder.

Result:AbookmarkfortheFoundationpracticedatabaseiscreatedintheFoundationfolder.



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Throughoutthiscourseyouwillworkinseveraldatabases.Theyare:

Practicedatabase.ThisdatabaseisusedinGuidedPracticesandsomeexercises.YoucreatedapersonalcopyofthisdatabasefromatemplateinLesson1:IntroductiontoLotusDomino 7.

OccasionallyyouwillaccesstheInstructorDemodatabase.YoucreatedapersonalcopyofthisdatabaseinLesson1.

Policiesdatabase.Youwillcreatethisdatabaseduringexercisesthroughoutthecourse.

ThePoliciesdatabasethatyouwilldesignanddevelopwillcontaincorporatepolicesandproceduresforWorldwideCorporation.Itwillalsocontainadiscussionforumsothatemployeescanaskquestionsaboutpoliciesorprocedures.

Thescenario

WorldwideCorporationisaninternationalpotterymanufacturer.Thecompanysellsceramicsworldwide.Productsincludetiles,china,andvariouskindsofpottery.Thecorporateofficehousesmanufacturing,researchanddevelopment,productmanagement,qualitycontrol,humanresources,andsystemadministration.Thereareseveralsmallersalesofficesandresellersthroughouteachregion,andsomesalesrepresentativeswhoworkfromtheirhomes.



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Lesson3 WorkingwithForms

Lesson4 WorkingwithViews

Lesson5 WorkingwithPages


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Less o n 3 Wo rk i ng w i th Fo r ms

Formsdisplayandcollectinformation.Aformprovidesastructureforcreatinganddisplayingdocuments.

Objectives


9

Defineaform.

9 Designaform.

9 Createaform.

9 Addtextandformattingfeaturestoforms.

9 PreviewaforminLotusNotesandontheWeb.

9 Createfieldstostoredata.

9 Describethedifferenttypesoffields.

9 Setadefaultvalueforafield.

9 UseHide/Whenoptionstodeterminewhentodisplaydata.



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Less o n 3 Wo r k i ng w i th Fo r ms

Aformisadesignelementthroughwhichdataisenteredanddisplayed.Formscontainapplicationlogic,andcanactondata.Thedatacollectedviaaformis

storedinadatanote,alsodescribedasadocument.

Whenauseraddsinformationtoadatabasethroughaformandsavesit,theinformationissavedasaseparatedocumentfromtheform.Whenauseropensadocument,thedocumentusestheformasatemplatetoprovidethestructurefordisplayingthedata.

Formsconsistofthefollowing:

Fieldsusedtocollectordisplaydata.

Staticelements,suchastext,graphics,andtablesusedtocontrolappearanceanduserinterface.

Programmingtoactondata.Thefollowinggraphicrepresentstheformdesignelement.



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Databasenotes

AformisadesignnotestoredinsideaDominodatabase.Thedataitcontainsisthedescriptionoftheform.Dominodatabasescontainfourdifferenttypesofnotes.

Thefollowingtablebrieflydescribesthefournotetypesstoredinadatabaseandtheirfunction.

NoteType Function

Header Containsinformationaboutthedatabaseitself,suchasitsname,size,andcreationdate.Eachdatabasehasasingle

headernote.

ACLNote StorestheAccessControlList,alistofnamesandpermissionsassociatedwiththedatabase.

DesignNote Eachdesignelement,suchasaform,view,orpageisstoredinthedatabaseasadesignnote.

Theformdesignnoteactsasatemplateusedtocreatenewdocumentsordisplayinformation.

DataNote Adatanoteholdstheinformationenteredusingaform,aswellassystemdatausedbyDominoformanagementpurposes.



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Elementsusedinforms

Thefollowingtabledescribestheelementsthatmightbeincludedonaform.

Element Function

Textandgraphics Displayinformationorpicturesonalldocumentsusingthe

form.

Fields Displaydatafromdocuments.

Savedatatoadocument.

Computeavalue.

Properties Controlattributesoftheform.Forexample,abackground

colorisaformproperty.

Otherelements,suchas:

Subforms

Sharedfields

Buttonsandactions

Offeradditionaltoolstothedesigner,oftenenhancinginteractivityorefficiencyoftheform.

Processofcreatingaform

Therearethreephasesincreatingaform:

Designtheappearance.

Createtheform.

Testtheform.



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Whendesigningaform,considerthefollowingquestions:

Whatshouldthisformdo? Whatkindofinformationisneededfromtheuser?

Shouldanyofthisinformationbeautomaticallygenerated?

Whatprocess(es)shouldoccuroncetheformissubmitted?

Whatclient(s)willbeusedtoaccesstheform?

Designingaform

Completethesetaskstodesignandcreateaform.

Step Task

1 Decidethepurposeoftheform.

2 Determinetheinformationtheformwillcollect.

3 Determinerequiredelementsfortheform.

4 Createtheform.

5 Addtherequiredelementstotheform.

6 Savetheform.

7 Testtheforminvariousclients.



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Onceyouhavedecideduponyourformsdesign,youcancreateit.

Creatingaform

Followthesestepstocreateaform.

Step Action

1 OpenthedatabaseinDesigner.

2 IntheDesignpane,clickForms.

Result:IntheWorkpane,thelistofexistingformsappears.TheNewForm

buttonappearsonthebuttonbar.

3 IntheWorkpane,clickNewForm.

4 ChooseDesignFormProperties.

5 EnteranameintheNamefield.

6 ClosethePropertiesbox.

7 Addelementstotheform.

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TheFormpropertiesbox

Toexamineinformationaboutaform,usetheFormpropertiesbox.Thepropertiesofaform,aswellasanyotherelement,aremodifiedthroughthepropertiesbox.

Theprocesstochangethepropertiesofanelementisasfollows:

Selecttheelement.

Openitspropertiesbox.

Specifytheappropriateproperties.

Closeorcollapsethepropertiesbox.

Propertiesboxesdonotneedtobeclosedaftereachmodification.Theyarelive

andchangetoreflectthelatestelementselected.Changesareapplied immediately.

ThefollowinggraphicshowstheFormpropertiesbox.

Element Name

Tabbed

Panes

Individual

Properties

Expand/

Collapse

Icon

Close Icon

Context

SensitiveHelp Icon

Usethepropertiesboxtospecifyattributesofaformsuchas:

Formname

Backgroundcolor

Headerandfootertext



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Namingtheform

Formnameswithinthesamedatabasemustbeunique.

Formnamesmayinclude:

Characters

Spaces

Numbers

Punctuation

Formnamesarealsocase-sensitive.

Althoughthenameitselfislimitedto64bytes,thesizelimitincreasesto256charactersifthereisanamealiasorcascadingmenuoption.



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Aliases

Analiasissimplyanothernameforaformorotherdesignelement.Aliasesareashortwaytorefertotheform.Ifanaliasexists,itisusedto:

Refertotheformprogrammatically.

Consistentlyrefertotheform,evenifthenameoftheformchanges.

Aliasesareaninternalreferencetotheform,orelementtheyareassociatedwith.

Creatingaformalias

Followthesestepstoaddanaliastoaform.

Step Action

1 Opentheform.

2 ChooseoneofthefollowingmethodstoopentheFormpropertiesbox:

DesignFormProperties

Right-clickontheform.ChooseFormproperties.

3 IntheNamebox,entera|(pipe*)andyouraliasnameaftertheexistingformname.Forexample:

formName | fn

*PressSHIFT+\forthepipesymbol.

4 ClosetheFormpropertiesbox.

5 Saveyourform.



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Createaform

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Followthesestepstocreateasimpleformwithanalias.

Step Action Result

1 OpenthePracticedatabase.

2 ClickFormsintheDesignlist. AlistofexistingformsappearsintheWorkpane.

3 ClickNewForm. Anewblankformopens.

4 ChooseDesignFormProperties.

TheFormPropertiesboxopens.

5 EnterthefollowingnameandaliasintotheNamebox:

Employee Information | ei

6 ClosetheFormpropertiesbox.

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Formscancontainthefollowingkindsoftext:

Statictext,forexample,theformtitle,fieldlabels,orexplanatorytext. Dynamictext,forexample,textthatiscomputed.

Formattingtext

UsetheTextpropertiesboxtomodifytextonyourform.Usingthetextpropertiesbox,youcontrol:

Font

ParagraphAlignment

ParagraphMargins

ParagraphBorder

Whentodisplayorhideaparagraph

ParagraphStyles

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Addandformattext

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Followthesestepstoaddformattedtexttoyourform.

Step Action Result

1 OpentheEmployeeInformationforminthePracticedatabase.

2 Enterthefollowingtext:

EmployeeInformationForm

Thetextappearsinthetopleftcornerofyourform.

3 HighlightthetextyoujustenteredandopentheTextpropertiesboxbychoosing

TextTextProperties.

TheTextpropertiesboxopenstotheFonttab.

4 OntheFonttab,chooseArial24points. ThetextchangestoArialfontand24pointslarge.

5 ClicktheParagraphAlignmenttabandchoosethecenteredtextoption.

Thetextiscenteredacrossthetopofthepage.

6 ClicktheParagraphBordertabandchoosetheDoubleBorderstyle.SelectDropshadow.

Aborderboxappearsaroundyourtext,runningthelengthoftheform.

7 ClosetheTextpropertiesbox.

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Todeterminehowyourworklooksandbehavesinthetargetclient,previewyourworkinthesupportedWebbrowsersaswellasintheNotesclient.

ForeachsupportedbrowserDominoDesignerfindsinstalledonyourPC,itaddsanicontothePreviewtoolbar.Clickingabrowsericonpreviewsthecurrentdesignelementintheassociatedbrowser.

ThefollowinggraphicshowsthePreviewtoolbar.

Previewingyourwork

Followthesestepstopreviewyourwork.

Step Action

1 InDesigner,openthedesignelementyouwishtopreview.

2 EitherchoosetheappropriatemenucommandsorclickoneofthePreviewbuttons.Themenucommandsareasfollows:

DesignPreviewinNotes

DesignPreviewinWebBrowser

Result:Youarepromptedtosaveanychangestothedesignelement.Then,thedesignelementisopenedintheselectedclient.

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Atableisanelementyoucanusetoorganizecontentintorowsandcolumns.Usetablestoorganize,summarize,andalignelementssuchastext,fields,and

graphics.

Tablescanbecreatedin:

Pages

Forms

Subforms

Tablecells

Typesoftables

DominoDesignerprovidesfourtypesoftables.Thefollowingtabledescribesthesetypes.

Display Description

Basic Displaysdataorganizedintorowsandcolumns.Lookslikeagridorspreadsheet.

Tabbed Displayseachrowofdataasaseparatetab.Usersviewinformationdisplayedintherowsbyselectingatab.

Animated Displaysonerowofthetableatatimebasedona

specifiedtimeinterval.AnimatedtablesarenotsupportedontheWebandarenotdesignedfordataentryonforms.

Programmed Displaysadifferentrowofthetablebasedonanactionorfield.



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Tablewidthoptions

Whenatableiscreated,therearethreewidthoptionsavailable:Fitwithmargins,Fittowindow,andFixedwidth.

Thefollowingtableliststheseoptionsandtheirresults.

TableWidthOption Result

Fitwithmargin Thetablefillsagivenbodysize,frommargintomargin.Thisisusefulwhennestingtableswithinoneanother.

Fittowindow Thewidthofthetablewillfillthemargins

regardlessofframesize.

Fixedwidth Ameasuredcolumnwidthissetforthetable,regardlessofthesizeofthewindow.

Creatingatable

Followthesestepstocreateatable.

Step Action

1 OpenaforminDesigner.

2 ChooseCreateTablefromthemenu.

3 Specifythenumberofrowsandcolumnsforthetable.

4 Specifythetablewidth.

5 Selectatabletypebychoosingoneoftheoptions.

6 ClickOK.

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Afieldisapartofaformthatcollects,calculates,ordisplaysdata.Eachfieldstoresasingletypeofinformation.Thetypeofinformationafieldacceptsmustbe

defined.

Fieldsareusedto:

Enterdataindocuments.

Modifythecontentofdocuments.

Viewdataindocuments.

Calculatedatathroughformulas.

Creatingformfields

Completethesetaskstocreateformfields.

Step Task

1 Addthefieldtotheform.

2 Namethefield.

3 Specifydatatype.

4 Specifyhowthefieldispopulated.

5

Setadditionalfieldproperties,and/or

6 Optionallyprogramfieldcontents.

7 Savetheform.

8 Testtheforminvariousclients.



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Specifyingfieldcharacteristics

Whenyoucreatefields,specifyatleastthefollowingcharacteristics:

Fieldname

Fieldtype

Howthefieldispopulated

EachofthesecharacteristicsisspecifiedusingtheFieldpropertiesbox.

Addingafieldtoaform

Followthesestepstoaddafieldtoaform.

Step Action

1 Placethecursoratthedesiredlocationontheform.

2 ChooseCreateFieldfromthemenu.

Alternatively,right-clicktheformandchooseCreateField.*

Result:Dominoaddsafieldtotheformandopensthefields

propertiesbox.

3

EnteranameforthefieldontheFieldInfotabinthepropertiesbox.

4 SpecifythefieldtypeontheFieldInfotabinthepropertiesbox.

*Note:Likemanyapplications,therecanbeseveraloptionsforperformingatask.Inthiscourseweusethemenubaroptionforconsistency.However,feelfreetochoosewhichevermethodyouaremostcomfortablewith.



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Namingfields

Eachfieldinaformmusthaveauniquenameinthatform.Usethefollowingrulesandguidelineswhennamingfields.

Fieldnamescannot:

Exceed32characters.

Beginwithanumber.

Usethe@symbol.

Containspaces.

Caution

Fieldnamescanbeginwithdollarsigns($).However,thistypicallyindicatesareservedfieldname.Thesetypesoffieldsaddfunctionalitythatyouwouldotherwisehavetoprogramyourself.Ifyoutrytouseareservednameinawaythatisdifferentfromitsintendeduseorredefinethefield,DominoDesignerdisplaysanerrormessage.

Specifyingthetypeofdataforafield

Thefieldsdatatypedeterminestwothings: Whattypeofinformationthefieldcancontain

Howthefieldispopulated

Fieldscancontainsomeofthefollowingtypesofdata:

Text

Numbers

Dateandtime

Formulas

Richtext

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Specifyinghowthefieldispopulated

Whenyouindicatethetypeofdataafieldcontains,youalsoindicatehowthefieldgetsitsvalue.

Thefollowingtableliststhefieldvalueoptionsandtheirpurpose.

HowtheFieldValueIs

Created

ValueIs...

Editable Enteredbytheuser.Therecanbeadefaultentrybasedonaformula.

Computed Createdastheresultofacalculation.Fieldsarecalculated

when: Saving

Refreshing

Changingmodes

Computedfordisplay Createdastheresultofacalculation.

Dominodoesnotstoretheresultwiththedocument.Itcalculatesthevalueeachtimeusersrefreshthedocument.

Computedwhencomposed

Createdwhenthedocumentiscreated.

Note:Ifthefieldisaddedtoaform,afterdocumentshavebeencreated,thevalueiscalculatedthenexttimeoneof

thesedocumentsisopened.

Designconsiderationswhenaddingfields

Beforeaddingfieldstoaform,determinethefollowing:

Thetypeofdatathatyouwanttocapture(text,number,date,andsoon).

Logicalpositionoffieldsontheform(considerdataentryflow).

Howtoidentifytousersthepurposeofthefield(forexample,fieldlabels).

Howthedatashouldappeartothereader.

Howtoidentifythefieldforyourselfwhendesigningtheapplication(fieldname).

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DominoDesignerallowsyoutospecifythetypeoftextdataafieldwillstore.Thetypesoftextdatainclude:

Text

Richtext

Lists

Names

Usingtextfields

Atextfieldiseditablebydefault.Userscanenterandviewalphanumericdatain

thistypeoffield.Oneexampleofatextfieldisafieldusedtocollectordisplayacustomername.

Textfieldshavethefollowingcharacteristics:

Thedisplayformatisdefinedbythefieldontheform.

Thefieldlengthisnotfixed.

Thefieldcontentcanbedisplayedinaview.

Usingrichtextfields

Arichtextfieldstorescomplexdata.AnexampleofarichtextfieldistheBodyfieldusedinthemailmemo.

Richtextfieldshavethefollowingcharacteristics:

Storemanytypesofdata,includinggraphics.

Storeformattingwiththedata.

Cannotdisplayinaview.

UsingNativeOSstyle

NativeOSisastyleselectedontheFieldInfotabintheFieldpropertiesbox.TheNativeOSstylehasauser-friendlyinterfacefortextfields.Forexample,Editabletextfieldsappearonthedocumentasafixed-sizedoutlinedboxinsteadofasablankspacemarkedoffbybrackets.



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Usinglistfields

Listfieldspresentuserswithalistofpre-definedchoices.Sometypesoflistfieldsallowtheselectionofasinglechoice,multiplechoices,orchoicesnotinthelist.

Thefollowingtabledescribesthelisttypesavailableandwhentousethem.

UseThisTypeofField IfYouWanttheUsertoSelect

Dialoglist Oneormorechoicesfromapop-updialogbox,ortoaddachoicenotinthelist.

Checkbox Oneormorechoicesfromashortlist.

Radiobutton Onlyonechoicefromashortlist.

Listbox Oneormorechoicesfromascrollinglist.

Combobox Onechoicefromadrop-downlist,ortoaddachoicenotinthelist.

Creatingalistofchoices

Followthesestepstocreateafieldwithalistofchoices.

Step

Action

1 Placethecursoratthedesiredlocationontheform.

2 ChooseCreateFieldfromthemenu.

Enteranameforthefieldandchooseoneofthelistfieldtypes.

3 ClicktheControltab.

4 Selectoneofthelistchoices:

Enterchoices(oneperline)

Useformulaforchoices

Note:Dialoglistshaveseveralmorechoiceoptions.

5 Entereitherthelistchoicesoraformula.

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Createandsetadefaultvalueforalistfield

InthisGuidedPractice,youwillcreateseverallistfieldsandsetdefaultvaluesforthem.FollowthesestepstocompletetheGuidedPractice.

Step Action Result

1 OpentheEmployeeInformationforminDesigner.

TheformappearsintheWorkpane.

2 Addthefollowingfieldlabelbelowthetable:

EmploymentStatus

Thetextisinserted.

3

Addafieldnexttothetext.

Anewfieldisinserted.

4 OpentheFieldpropertiesbox.Addthe followingcharacteristicson theFieldInfotab:

Name:EmploymentStatus

Type:Listbox,Editable

Thenameandfieldtypesareset.

5 OntheControltab,enterthefollowingchoices:

Fulltime

Parttime

Contractor

Thelistchoicesareset.

6 FromtheObjectstabintheProgrammerspane,selecttheDefaultValueobject.

Justabovethescriptarea,thetextEmploymentStatus(Field):DefaultValuedisplays.

7 IntheScriptarea,enterthedefaultvalueFulltimeandselectthecheckbox.

ThevalueisenteredintheScriptarea.

8 RepeatSteps2through5andaddanother list fieldwith the followingcharacteristics:

Name:Department

Type:Listbox,EditableChoices:Administration,

R&D,Manufacturing

9 Saveandtesttheform.



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Createanumberfieldwhenthedatathatuserswillenterisnumeric.LotusDominocanusedatainanumberfieldtoperformmathematicalcalculations.

Numberfieldsrecognizethefollowing:

Numerals0through9

Plus(+)andminus(-)signs

Decimalpoint(.)

Scientificnotation(E)

Numberfieldscanbeeditable,computed,computedfordisplay,orcomputedwhencomposed.

Settingthestyleofanumberfield

Followthesestepstosetthestyleofanumberfield.

Step Action

1 Createthefield.

2 IntheBasicstabofthefieldsPropertiesbox,selectNumberasitstype.

3 ClicktheControltabtosetthestyle.

Usingadefaultvaluefornumericfields

Caution

Ifanumericfieldissavedwithablank,anerrorwilloccurifyoutrytocomputeavaluebasedonit.Ablankvalueisrepresentedbytwoquotationmarks,"",andevaluatestoatextstring.

Toensurethatnumericfieldsmaintaintheproperdatatype,setanappropriatedefaultvalueintheProgrammerspane.



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Hide/Whenisapropertythatcontrolswhenanelementisvisibletousersoraspecificsetofusers.TheHide/Whenoptionhidestheentirerowwherethe

selectedfield,text,orgraphicislocated.However,iftheitemisinsideatablecell,onlythecontentsofthecellarehidden.

SomeelementsthatcontainHide/Whenfunctionalityare:

Text

Fields

Graphics

Thefollowingtabledetailstheoptionsavailableforhidingelements.

Option Description

Previewedforreading

ThehiddeninformationisnotvisiblewhenusersreaddocumentsinthedocumentPreviewpane.

Previewedforediting ThehiddeninformationisnotvisiblewhenusersworkondocumentsinEditmodeinthedocumentPreviewpane.

Openedforreading ThehiddeninformationisnotvisiblewhenusersopendocumentsinReadmode.Afieldthatcannotbereadcannotbeprintedorcopiedtotheclipboard.

Openedforediting ThehiddeninformationisnotvisiblewhenusersworkondocumentsinEditmode.

Printed Thehiddeninformationisnotvisibleonprinted

documents.

Copiedtotheclipboard Thehiddeninformationisnotvisiblewheninformationiscopiedtoandpastedfromtheclipboard.

Embedded Thehiddenelementisnotvisiblewhenthedocumentisanembeddeddocument.

Hideparagraphifformulaistrue

Aformuladeterminesthecircumstancesinwhichinformationishidden.

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ConditionsforusingHide/Whenoptions

Whendeterminingwhetherornottohideafield,askthefollowingquestions:

Isitappropriateforalluserstoseethisdata?

Dousersneedtoseethedataatalltimes?

Forexample,WorldwideCorporationhasastandardformfilledwithinformationabouttheiremployees.Whenamanageropensanemployeesprofile,shedoes not

needtoseeallthecompanydepartments,justtheonetowhichtheemployeebelongs.Ontheotherhand,whennewemployeesareadded,oranexistingemployeesinformationisupdated,itwouldbehelpfultoseeallthedepartments.

Thefollowingtableoutlinesconditionstohideinformation.

IfUsersAre... Then...

Readingadocument Hideinformationthatisusefulonlywhenuserscreateoreditdocuments.

Editing,creating,orprintingdocuments

Hideinformationthatisusefulwhenusersreaddocuments.

Inthepreviousexample,theDepartmentfieldisalistfield.Inordertoviewthelistfieldwhileeditingandtheresultingdatawhenreading,createthefollowingtwofields:

AlistfieldcontainingalltheWorldwideCorporationdepartments

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DisplayingtheselectedvalueofalistfieldinReadmode

FollowthesestepstosetHide/Whenoptionsforalistfield.

Step Action

1 Createaneditablelistfield.

2 SetthepropertiesontheParagraphHide/Whentabsothatthelistfieldishiddenwhenthedocumentis:

Previewedforreading

Openedforreading

3 CreateanotherfieldandsetthefieldtypetoComputedfordisplay.

4 SetthepropertiesontheHide/Whentabsothatthecomputedfieldishiddenwhenthedocumentis:

Previewedforediting

Openedforediting

5 IntheProgrammerspane,selecttheValueobjectforthecomputedfieldfromtheObjectstab.

6 IntheScriptarea,enterthenameofthelistfield.

7 Savetheform.

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SetHide/Whenproperties

InthisGuidedPracticeyouwillcreateafieldnamedDEmploymentStatus(theDinfrontofthefieldnameindicatesthatthefieldisfordisplayonly)andsettheappropriateHide/WhenpropertiessothattheEmploymentStatuslistfielddisplayswhenthedocumentisneworinEditmode,andtheDEmploymentStatusfieldisdisplayedwhenthedocumentisinReadmode.

FollowthesestepstocompletetheGuidedPractice.

Step Action Result

1 AddlabeltextandafieldonthelinebelowtheEmploymentStatusfieldthathasthefollowingcharacteristics:

Labeltext:EmploymentStatus

FieldName:DEmploymentStatus

FieldType:Text,Computedfordisplay

Thenewfieldiscreated.

2 TosetthevalueofDEmploymentStatus:

Highlightthefield.

IntheScriptareaoftheProgrammerspane,enterEmploymentStatus.

ThedefaultvalueforthenewfieldissettothevalueoftheEmploymentStatusfield.

3 TosetHide/Whenpropertiesforthenewfield:

Highlightthefield. IntheFieldpropertiesbox,clickthe

ParagraphHide/Whentab.

SelectPreviewedforEditingandOpenedforEditing.

ThefieldwillonlydisplaywhentheformisinRead

mode.Itwillnotdisplaywhentheuseriseditingthedocument.

4 TosettheHide/WhenpropertiesfortheEmploymentStatusfield:

Highlightthefield.

OpentheFieldpropertiesbox.

ClicktheParagraphHide/Whentab.

ChoosePreviewedforReadingand

OpenedforReading.

ThefieldwillonlydisplaywhentheformisinEditmode.Itwillnotdisplaywhentheuserisreadingthedocument.

5 Saveandtestthedesignchanges.

Createfourorfivedocumentsusingthis

form.

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WorldwideCorporationisintheprocessofcreatingorganizationalpolicies.Inthisexerciseyouwillcreateadatabaseandtheformthatwillbeusedtoenterthecompanyspoliciesandprocedures.

Completethesetasks

Performthefollowingtaskstocompletethisexercise:

Createanewblankdatabase.NameitPolicies.nsf.

Createanewforminthenewdatabase.NameitPolicy.

TitletheformPoliciesandProcedures.

Formatthetitle.

Useatabletoorganizethefollowingfieldsandfieldlabels.

Addthefollowingfieldlabelsandfieldnamestocollectand/ordisplaythefollowinginformation:

PolicyNumber:PolicyNo

PolicyTitle:PolicyTitle

EffectiveDateofthepolicy:EffectiveDate

PolicyDescription:Description

PolicyCategory:CategoryThecategoriesareOfficeGuidelines,Benefits,Holidays,andGrievanceProcedures.

Thecategoryshoulddisplaywhenthedocumentisinthereadmode,whileallthecategoriesshouldbevisiblewhenthedocumentisineditmode.

Testtheform.

Createseveraldocumentsfromthenewformtoseeifthecorrectinformationisgatheredanddisplayed.ClosethedocumentandreopenittotesttheCategoryfieldfunctionality.

Note:Thedatabasewillcontainadefaultview.Allofthedocumentsyoucreate

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Les so n 4 Wo rk i ng Wi t h V i ew s

ThepurposeoftheViewdesignelementistocreateanorganizedlistofdocumentssothatuserscanfindtheinformationtheyneed.Viewsareoneofthe

entrypointstothedocumentsstoredinaDominodatabase.Alldatabasescontainatleastoneview.However,mostdatabasescontainmorethanoneview.

ThefollowinggraphicrepresentstheViewdesignelement.

Characteristicsofaview

Thefollowinglistdescribessomeofthecharacteristicsofviews:

Aviewisalistofdocumentsinadatabase.

Eachrowinaviewrepresentsadocumentinthedatabase.

Eachcolumndisplaysinformationfromoraboutthedocumentinthatrow.

Aviewmayincludealldocumentsorasubsetofdocumentsbasedonselectioncriteria.

Usersreadtheinformationintheviewtolocatespecificdocuments.

Excessivenumbersofviewsandpoorlydesignedviewscanhaveaseriousimpactondatabaseperformance.

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HowDominostoresaview

Dominousesaninternalfilingsystemcalledtheviewindextostorethelistofdocumentsinaview.Endusersanddesignersneverworkdirectlywiththeviewindex.ItisbuiltandmaintainedbytheDominoapplication.

ThefollowingtabledescribeshowDominobuildsaview.

Stage Description

1 Theapplicationdevelopercreatestheviewdesign.

2 Dominopullsinformationfromdocumentsaccordingtothedesignandbuildsaviewindex.

3

Dominodisplaystheinformationtousers.

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HowDominobuildsaview

ThefollowingdiagramillustrateshowDominobuildsaview.

TheNotesIndexFacility

TheNotesIndexFacility(NIF)resideswithinaDominodatabase.TheNIFisresponsibleforalltasksthatkeepdocumentsorderedwithineachdatabaseview.SomeoftheNIFfunctionsinclude:

Openandclosecollections. Updatetheindex.

Locatenoteswithinanindex.

Locateindexentries.

Updatecollections.



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Minimizingthenumberofviews

Eachviewbuildsitsowncollectionandrelatedindex,withallthecollationsorsortsyouhavespecified.Whenpreparingaviewfordisplaytoaclient,keepinmindthatitismuchfasterforDominotoreorderacollectionthatisalreadyopen(differentsortsinsameview)thantoopenandorderadifferentcollection(differentviews).

UsetheClickoncolumnheadertosortpropertytominimizethenumberofviewsandmaximizethesortingwithinthoseviews.

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Whendesigningaview,startbycreatinganinitialviewdesign.Theinitialviewdesignincludes:

Creatingtheview

Namingtheview

Determiningtheviewtype

Controllinghowtheviewwillappearintheviewlist

Settingtheviewselectionconditions

Creatingaview

FollowthesestepsinDominoDesignertocreateanewview.

Step Action

1 IntheDesignpane,clickViews.

2 IntheWorkpane,clickNewView.

3 IntheCreateViewdialogbox,settheinitialviewproperties.ClickOK.

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Guidelinesforsettinginitialviewproperties

Thefollowingareguidelinesforsettingtheinitialviewproperties.

Property Guidelines

Viewname Useashort,descriptivenameindicatinghowthevieworganizesdocuments.

Type SelectShared,tocreateaviewmanyuserswillaccess.

SelectShared,containsdocumentsnotinanyfolders,iftheusertypicallystoresdocumentsinfoldersandwantstofindallothersquickly.

SelectShared,containsdeleteddocumentsforuserstodragoutofthetrashtoafolder,orundelete,ifthesoftdeletionsoptionhasbeenactivated.

SelectPrivatetocreateapersonalviewforasingleuser.

SelectShared,private-on-first-useviewstodistributeviewsthatbeginasshared,butchangetoprivateonceauserhasaccessedandsavedtheview.

Note:Youcannotchangethetypeonceyoucreateaview.

Location Useuptotwolevelsinahierarchy.

Groupviewsthatincludethesamedocumentstogether.

Createacascadedlistofviews.

Note:Enteringabackslash(\)afteraviewsnamewithanewnameaccomplishes thesamecascadedviewmenu.

Copystylefrom Usethedesignofanotherviewinthecurrentdatabaseasatemplate.

Selectionconditions

Leavetheconditionblanktoincludealldocumentsinthedatabase.

ClickAddConditionandusetheSearchBuildertospecifycriteriaforincludingasubsetofdocumentsintheview.

Changetheselectionconditionsafteryoucreatetheview.

Note:Itisbettertohaveonewell-designedviewthanadozenpoorly-designed

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Creatinganaliasforaview

Followthesestepstosetpropertiesaftercreatinganewview.

Step Action

1 OpentheviewinDominoDesigner.

2 OpentheViewpropertiesbox.

3 OntheBasicstab,enteranAliasandComment.



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Addselectionconditionstocontrolwhichdocumentsaviewincludes.

Addingselectionconditionstoaview

Followthesestepstoaddselectionconditionstoaview.

Step Action

1 OpentheviewinDominoDesigner.

2 IntheObjectlistoftheProgrammerspane,clickViewSelection.

3 IntheInfolistoftheProgrammer'spane,ensurethatthedefaultisSimple

Search.Result:AnAddConditionbuttonisaddedtothebottomofthescriptareaintheProgrammerspane.

4 IntheScriptarea,clickAddCondition.

Result:TheAddConditiondialogboxopens.

5 IntheAddConditiondialogbox,createacondition.ClickAdd.

6 RefreshtheviewindexinDesigner.

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SpecifyingconditionsintheAddConditiondialogbox

ThefollowingtabledescribesthetypesofconditionsyoucanspecifyintheAddConditiondialogbox.

UsetheCondition... ToFindDocuments...

ByAuthor Whoseauthorisorisnotaspecifieduserorusers.DocumentsmusthaveanAuthorsfield.

ByDate Thatwerecreatedormodified:

On,after,before,ornotonaspecifieddate

Inthelast,inthenext,olderthan,orafterthenextspecifiednumberofdays

Betweenornotbetweenaspecifiedrangeofdates

ByField Thathaveafieldthatcontainsordoesnotcontainaspecifiedvalue.

ByForm WhoseFormfieldcontainsthespecifiedformname.

Filloutexampleform WhoseFormfieldcontainsthespecifiedformnameandwhosefieldshavematchingconditions.Onlyfilloutthefieldsthatarerelevanttoyoursearch.

InFolder Inthespecifiedfolder.

MultipleWords Thathaveany,orall,ofuptoeightterms,wordsorshort

phrases.

Note:AddConditionisatoolusedmainlybyenduserstosimplifysettingviewconditions.Itdoesnotreplaceformulas.Developersshouldusetheselectstatement.FormulabuildingwillbediscussedinModuleC:ProgramminginDominoApplications.



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Createaviewwithanalias

InthisGuidedPractice,youwillfirstcreateaviewthatislimitedtodocumentscreatedusingtheEmployeeInformationform.

Followthesestepstocreatetheviewandlimitthedocumentsintheview.

Step Action Result

1 OpenthePracticedatabase.

2 ClickViewsintheWorkpane.

3 ClickNewView. Thecreateviewboxopens.

4

Choosethefollowingoptions: Name:EmployeeInformation

ViewType:Shared

Location:Views

Copyfrom:Blank

Selectcondition:None

ClickOK.

AnewblankviewiscreatedanddisplayedintheWorkpane.

5 Double-clicktoopentheviewyoujustcreated.

AblankviewopensintheWorkpane.

6

IntheViewpropertiesInfotab,enterthefollowing:

Alias:ei

Comment:Thisisthefirstpracticeview.

7 ClosetheViewpropertiesbox.

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Createaviewwithanalias...

Step Action Result

8 IntheInfolistoftheProgrammer'spane,ensure thatAddConditionisselected.

9 IntheScriptarea,clickAddCondition.

TheAddconditionbuttonappearsatthebottomoftheProgrammerspane.

10 IntheAddConditiondialogbox,choosethefollowing:

Condition:Byform

Searchfordocumentswhichuseform:EmployeeInformation

ClickAdd.

TheconditionappearsintheProgrammerspane.

11 Previewyourchanges. OnlydocumentscreatedusingtheEmployeeInformationformshouldappear.

12 Closetheview.ClickYestosavetheview.

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Addandformatviewcolumns

InthisGuidedPracticeyouwillmodifytheEmployeeInformationviewtoshowemployeesnamesanddepartments.

Followthesestepstoaddandformatviewcolumns.

Step Action Result

1 InthePracticedatabase,opentheEmployeeInformationviewinDesigner.

TheviewopensintheWorkpane.

2 Selectthefirstcolumnandchoose

FieldintheProgrammerspane.

The Programmers pane displays all

thefieldsavailableinthePractice.nsfdatabase.

3 ChoosetheLastNamefield.

4 Double-clickthecolumnheadertoopen theColumn propertiesbox,

andenterthetitle:LastName

ThecolumntitlechangestoLastName.

5 InsertacolumntotheleftoftheLastNamefieldwiththefollowingfeatures:

Field:FirstName

Columntitle:FirstName

TheFirstNamecolumnappearstotheleftoftheLastNamecolumn.

6 AppendacolumntotherightoftheLastNamecolumnwiththefollowingfeatures:

Field:Department

Columntitle:Department

TheDepartmentcolumnappearstotherightoftheLastNamecolumn.

7 AppendacolumntotherightoftheDepartmentcolumnwiththefollowingfeatures:

Field:Salary

Columntitle:Salary

TheSalarycolumnappearstotherightoftheDepartmentcolumn.

8

SelecttheTitletab.ChooseCenter,Bold,andApplytoall.

Alltheviewcolumntitlesarecenteredandbold.

9 ClosetheColumnpropertiesbox.

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Onceyouhaveaddedcolumnstodisplayrelevantinformationfortheusers,organizethelistofdocumentssouserscanlocateaspecificdocumentquickly.

ThesortingtabintheColumnpropertiesboxprovidesseveraldifferentwaystoorganizedocumentsinaview.

Therearetwotypesofsortoptionsyoucanchoose:

Standard:Sortsdocumentsbythecolumnvalueinascendingordescendingorder.

Categorize:Groupstogetherdocumentswiththesamecolumnvalues.

Whenyousortorcategorizeacolumn,youarechangingtheorderinwhichtheviewdisplaysthedocumentstousers.

Sortedcolumns

Asortedcolumndisplaysdocumentsinaspecificorder.Thefollowingtabledescribeshowaviewsortsdifferenttypesofvalues.

ColumnsThatDisplay... SortDocuments...

Textvalues Alphabetically

Numbervalues Numerically

Date/timevalues Chronologically

Ifthecolumnbeingsortedcontainstext,therearetwootheroptionsthatcouldbeuseful:

Case-sensitivesorting:Sortslowercaselettersbeforeuppercaseletters.Forexample,"ab"sortsbefore"Aa."

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Sortingdocumentsbycolumnvalue

Followthesestepstosortdocumentsbasedonthecontentsofacolumn.

Step Action

1 Selectthecolumnyouwanttosort.

2 OpentheColumnpropertiesbox.

3 ClicktheSortingtab.

4 SelectNone,Ascending,orDescending.

5 Setoptionalpropertiestorefinethesort:

Case-sensitivesorting Accent-sensitive sorting

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User-sortedcolumns

Thesortcolumnfeatureallowsenduserstoclickonthecolumnheadertochangethecolumnssortorder.ThisoptionisavailableintheSortingtaboftheColumnpropertiesbox.

Thefollowingtabledescribesthedifferentendusersortcontroloptions.

Option Function

Ascending Anupward-pointingtriangleappears inthecolumnheader.Usersclicktheheadertosortinascendingorderorreverttotheoriginalorder.

Descending

Adownward-pointingtriangleappearsinthecolumnheader.Usersclicktheheadertosortindescendingorderorreverttotheoriginalorder.

Both Atwo-headedtriangleappearsinthecolumnheader.Usersclicktheheadertocyclebetweenascending,descending,andtheoriginalsortorder.

SecondarySortColumn Designateasecondcolumntosorttheviewfurther.Forexample,iftheprimarysortcolumnislastname,thesecondarycouldbethefirstname.

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Setsortcolumns

InthisGuidedPracticeyouwillmodifytheEmployeeInformationviewsouserscansorttheviewbylastname,thenfirst,ifnecessary.

Followthesestepstocreateuser-sortedcolumns.

Step Action Result

1 InthePracticedatabase,opentheEmployeeInformationviewinDesigner.

TheviewopensintheWorkpane.

2 Double-clicktheLastName

columntoopentheColumnpropertiesbox.

TheColumnpropertiesboxopens.

3 ClicktheSortingtabandmakethefollowingselections:

Clickoncolumnheadertosort:

Both

Secondarysortcolumn:FirstName

Order:Ascending

TheLastNamecolumnhasatwo-headedarrowinthecolumntitleheader.

4 Previewyourchanges.



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Guidelinesforformattingcategorizedcolumns

Aviewdisplaysthecolumnvalueofacategorizedcolumninitsownrow.

Thefollowingtablelistssomebestpracticeguidelinestofollow,andtheirexplanations.

Guideline Why

Donotuseatitleforthecolumn. Thecolumnvaluesappearintheviewandshouldbeself-explanatory.Acolumn titlewouldberedundant.

Setthewidthofthecolumnto1. Thishelpssaveroomintheviewtosee

moredata.

Showtwistieswhentherowisexpandable.

Thissimplifiesexpandingandcollapsingdifferentcategoriesforendusers.

Useboldandcolortomakethecategorizedcolumnvaluestandoutfromotherinformationintheview.

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UsetheViewpropertiesboxtoformattheview.

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Formattingaview

ThefollowingtabledescribessomeofthepropertiesintheViewpropertiesbox.

Tab SetPropertiesto...

Options Opentheviewbydefaultwhenthedatabaseopens.

Specifythisviewasthedefaultforallnewviews.

Specifyhowtheviewdisplaysthedocumentswhenitopens.

Style

Applycolortotheviewsbackground. Applyanimagetotheviewsbackground.

Displayalternaterowsindifferentcolors.

Displaytotalsinthecolumn.

Setrowspacing.

Advanced DeterminewhenDominorefreshestheviewindex.

SetcolorsforlinksinaWebbrowser.

Security Listuserswhowillusetheviewinthedatabase.

Note:Thisoptiondoesnotpreventusersfromseeingdata inthedocumentsdisplayedintheview.Userscouldselecttodisplaythe

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WorldwideCorporationwantstoprovideanewwayoforganizingitspoliciesand

proceduresinthePoliciesandProceduresapplication.Theviewshoulddothe

following:

ListdocumentscreatedwiththePolicyform.

Displaythetitleofthepolicyanditseffectivedate(inthatorder).

Organizethedocumentsbythetypeofpolicy(Guidelines,Holidays,andsoon).

Completethesetasks

Performthefollowingtaskstocompletethisexercise:

Buildaviewaccordingtotherequirementsstatedabove.

NametheviewPolicies.

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ThepagedesignelementissimilarinconceptandusagetoastaticHTMLpage.Dominopagesstructureanddisplay information that remains relativelystable.

Applicationusersdonotcreatepagesoraddcontenttopages,butusethemtodiscoverinformationandnavigatethroughasiteorapplication.

Pagescanconsistofthefollowing:

Information

Organizingelements

Programmableelements

Navigationalelements

Caution

Alloftheelementsavailabletopagesareavailabletoforms;however,not

allelementsavailabletoformsareavailabletopages.

Typesofinformationonapage

Thefollowingtableliststhetypesofinformationthatcanbeincorporatedona

page.

Element Description

Text Staticdatasuchasacompanyname

Graphics ImagessuchasGIF,JPEG,andBMPfiles

Organizingelements

Thefollowingelementscanbeusedtoorganizeanddisplayinformationonapage.

Element

Description

Tables Informationorganizedinrowsandcolumns

Sections Collapsibleandexpandableareasthatcanincludetext,graphics,andobjects

Layers Controltheplacement,size,andcontentofinformationinoverlappingblocks.



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DisplayingpagesinDominoDesigner

Pagescanbedisplayedtotheuserinseveralways:

Aspartofaframeset

Asalinkfromaform,subformoutline,oranotherpage

Fromanaction

Asanoutlineentrythatdisplaysthepage

Examineapage

Followthesestepstoexamineapage,itselements,andproperties.

Step Action Result

1 IntheDesignpane,selectPages. AlistofpagesappearsintheWorkpane.

2 Double-clicktheFirstLookpagetoopenit.

TheFirstLookpageopens.

3 ChooseDesignPageProperties. ThePagepropertiesboxopens.

4 Clickthefollowingelementstosee

thedifferentpropertiesboxes:

TheIBMlogo

Thepicture

Thetext

Thepropertiesboxchangesto

PicturesandText.

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Pagesandformsaresimilarinmanyways.Bothdisplayandorganizeinformationandbothsharemanyelements.Forms,however,cancollectinformationand

containcertainelementsnotavailableonpages.

Usingpages

Whendevelopingorupdatinganapplication,designersdeterminewhentouseapageversusaformtodisplayinformation.

Thefollowingtableliststheconditionsusedtodeterminewhethertouseapageoraform.

IftheGoalIsto...

Usea...

Displaystaticinformationsuchascompanydataandbackgroundinformation.

Pagetostructureanddisplayinformation

Collectandstoreinformationfromendusers.

Formtostructureanddisplaythedata

Elementsnotavailableonpages

Thefollowingtableliststheelementsavailabletoformsbutnottopages.

DesignElement Page Form

Layoutregions No Yes

Subforms No Yes

Fields No Yes

Sharedfields No Yes

Embeddedelements:

Fileupload

Scheduler

Editor

No Yes

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Whendevelopingpages:

Createthepage.

Setthepageproperties.

Addtherequiredelements.

Creatingapage

Followthesestepstocreateapage.

Step Action

1 IntheDesignpane,clickPages.

2 IntheWorkpane,clickNewPage.

3 SelectDesignPageProperties.

4 EnteranameintheNamefield.

5 Closethepropertiesbox.

6 Addappropriateelementstothepage.

7

Savethepage.



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Inadditiontothecontentthatresidesonthepage,apagecontainspropertiesorattributesofitsown.Likeformsandviews,thepropertiesofapagearemodified

throughthepropertiesbox.

ThefollowinggraphicshowsthePagepropertiesbox.

Element NameExpand/Collapse

Icon

Tabbed

PanesClose Icon

Individual

Properties Context-Sensitive

Help Icon



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Usepropertiestospecifyattributesoraspectsofapagesuchas:

Pagenameandalias Backgroundcolor

Backgroundgraphic

Createapage

Followthesestepstocreateapage.

Step Action

1

OpenthePracticedatabaseinDesigner.

2 SelectPagesintheDesignlist.

Result:ThePagesdesignlistappears.

3 ClickNewPage.

Result:AblankpageopensintheWorkpane.

4 Namethepage:

PracticePage

Result:Thepagenameisset.

5 Enterthefollowingtextatthetopofthepage:PracticePage

Leavethetextleft-justifiedandformatithoweveryoulike.

6 SavethepageasPractice.

7 Previewthepage.



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Theuseofgraphicscanmakeanapplicationmoreappealingandeffective.LotusDominoprovidesseveraltoolsforincorporatinggraphics.Youcan:

Copyandpasteagraphicfromtheclipboard.

Importanimagefromafile.

InsertasharedimagefromthesharedresourcesareaoftheDominodatabase.

Thefollowingimagetypescanbeused:

BMP(Bitmap)

CGM

JPEG

GIF

LotusPIC

PCX

Tiff5.0

Imagescanbeusedinpagesandforms.

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Importinganimagefromafile

Followthesestepstoimportanimagefromafile.

Step Action

1 OpenthePracticepageinDesigner.

2 Placethecursorwhereyouwantthegraphictoappear.

3 Chooseoneofthefollowing:

CreatePicture

FileImport

4

Selecttheimagesfiletype.Result:TheCreatePicturedialogboxdisplaysonlyimagefiletypes.FileImportdisplaysallfiletypesthatcanbeimportedintoaDesignerpageorform.

5 Selectorenterthefilename.

6 ClickImport.

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Asharedresourceisanelement,suchasagraphicfile,storedwithinaDominodatabase.Eachdatabasecancontainalibraryofitsownsharedresources.

Sharedresourcesletyoureferencearesourcemultipletimesthroughoutadatabase,whileonlyhavingtomaintaintheresourceinonelocation.

Typesofsharedresources

Eachdatabasecancontainalibraryofsharedresourcesconsistingof:

Images

Files

Applets Stylesheets

Dataconnections

Sharedresourceadvantages

Usingsharedresourcesreducesdatabasemaintenance.Ifaresourceischanged,alloccurrencesofthesharedresourceareautomaticallyupdated.Amajoradvantageofsharedresourcesisthattheyareapartoftheapplication;ifthe

applicationismoved,copied,orreplicated,soareitssharedresources.

Addingsharedresources

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Asyousawearlierinthislesson,youcanimportanimagefromthefilesystem.However,ifthegraphicfilechanges,theimageintheapplicationisnotupdated

unlessyouimportitagain.

Addinganimageresourcetoadatabase

Thefirststepintheprocessofusingasharedimageistocreateanimage

resource.Followthesestepstocreateanimageresource.

Step Action

1 ClickSharedResourcesintheDesignlist.

2 ClickImages.

3 IntheWorkpane,clicktheNewImageResourcebutton.

4 IntheNewImageResourcedialogbox,dothefollowing:

Selectthefiletype.

Navigatetothecorrectdirectoryandselectthefilename.

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Imageresourceproperties

LikeotherDominoDesignerelements,imageresourceshavepropertieswhicharemodifiedusingapropertiesbox.

Usetheimageresourcepropertiestospecifyattributessuchas:

Nameandalias

Sourcefileinformation

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Insertinganimageresource

Thesecondstepintheprocessofusingasharedimageistoinserttheimageresourcewhereneeded.

Followthesestepstoinsertanimageresource.

Step Action

1 Createanew,oropenanexisting,pageinDesigner.

2 Movethecursortowhereyouwanttotheimagetoappear.

3 ChooseCreateImageResourcefromthemenu.

4

Choosethetypeofimage(GIF,JPEG,AllImages).

5 Clickthefilenamelistedinthelistbox.

Result:Athumbnailviewoftheimagedisplaysinthedialogbox.

6 ClickOK.

Identifyingapicturessource

Toidentifythesourceofapictureonapage,usethePicturepropertiesbox.

ThefollowinggraphicshowsthesourceofanimageaddedusingtheCreatemenu.

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WorldwideCorporationneedsapageinthePoliciesandProceduresapplicationthatgivespeopleanoverviewofthecompany.Inthisexercise,youwillcreatea

pageandpreviewitintheNotesclient.

ThisworkshouldbedoneinyourPoliciesdatabase.

Completethesetasks

Performthefollowingtaskstocompletethisexercise.

Createthefollowingsharedimages:

LogoWW1.gif

bluerule.gif

CreateapagenamedInfothatdisplaysthecompanylogo,LogoWW1.gifandthecompanyaddress123WorldwideBlvd.Metropolis,PA45555inatable.

Placebluerule.gifbelowthetable.

Enterthefollowingtextthatdescribesthecompany.Givethetextaheading.

Worldwideisaninternationalpotterymanufacturer.Thecompany

sellsceramicsworldwide.Productsincludetiles,china,and

variouskindsofpottery.Thecorporateofficehouses

manufacturing,researchanddevelopment,productmanagement,

qualitycontrol,humanresources,andsystemadministration.

Thereareseveralsmallersalesofficesandresellers

throughouteachregion,andsomesalesrepresentativeswhowork

fromtheirhomes.

Createasectionthatcontainsthetext.

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InthislessonyouwilllearnthebasicsofworkingwiththeFormulalanguage.Youwillusethisinformationthroughouttherestofthecourse.

Objectives


9 DefinetherulesandsyntaxoftheFormulalanguage.

9 Computevalues.

9 Comparevaluesusingoperators.

9 Use@functionsinformulas.

9 PerformFormulalanguagebestpractices.

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Syntaxrules

Allprogramminglanguageshaverules.TheFormulalanguageisnoexception.Aformulamustconformtothegeneralrulesdescribedinthefollowingtable.

RuleTitle RuleDescription

Statementseparators Separatemultiplestatementsusingasemicolon.Forexample:

@IsNewDoc(TrueArgument;FalseArgument)

Spaces Anynumberofspaces,includingnone,canbeusedbetweenoperators,punctuation,andvalues.

Keywordsandfunctions,however,mustbeseparatedbyatleastonespace.

Case Caseisnotsignificantexceptwithintextconstants.Byconvention,keywordsareusuallyuppercase,and@functionand@commandsareusuallywritteninmixedupperandlowercase.

Operatorsandvalues Twovaluesmustbeseparatedbyatleastoneoperator.

Wheretouseformulas

Formulascanbeusedinmanydesignelementssuchasforms,views,pages, fields,buttons,actions,andsoon.CodeisenteredinaneventofanobjectintheP