Course Description Course Title:Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.1: Classic Notes Applications Course Code:DDCNA851 Product:Lotus Notes/Domino R8.5.1 Provider:wareSource Duration:4 days Topics/Pages:37 topics / 624 pages Price (US dollars):$85 per user Description Over the years Notes has steadily evolved along with Domino Designer to build applications that ran in Notes as well as those that Domino served up to browsers and handheld devices. Things changed radically when Notes 8 Standard Configuration was retooled as a plugin to the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. Situating Notes inside the extensible Eclipse container enabled the addition of the sidebar with its plugin applications such as Sametime Contacts, Lotus Symphony, and the integration of components from a variety of data sources and technologies (including Lotus Notes Pages, Forms, and Views) by Composite Applications. Version 8.5 represented a revolutionary change for Domino Designer when it too was retooled to run under Eclipse. Notes application developers could take advantage of the more robust Eclipse Integrated Development Environment tools including code editors, code compare, and search across multiple design elements. But there was another monumental shift with version 8.5, the addition of XPages and the accompanying Themes, Server JavaScript Library, and Custom Control design elements. XPages were used to create Web 2.0-enabled applications that could create and display data from Domino documents and display values from Domino Views. Continuing the revolution today, Notes 8.5.1 can display XPages, and XPages can be converted into components that can be used in Composite Applications. Although many new Web applications will be built using XPages, there continues to be a demand for the design and support of “classic Notes applications” that use traditional design elements such as Pages, Forms, and Views. While not as new-tech as Composite Applications and XPages, classic Notes applications are versatile in that they run in previous versions of Notes and in Notes Basic Configuration clients, in the Eclipse-based Notes Standard Configuration, and their design elements can be surfaced in Composite Applications. With a little work and especially with the use of Dojo widgets, these same classic applications can be easily adapted to run on the Web without the architectural “rip and replace” that XPages require. Note: 99% of the content of this course is the same as our Lotus Domino Designer 8: Basic Notes Applications course, rewritten to run in the new Eclipse-based Domino Designer. If you already have the Basic Notes Applications course, our free Lotus Domino Designer 8.5: User Interface course will get you up to speed with Eclipse based Domino Designer. Course goals This course will teach you how to: decide which applications are appropriate for Notes and how “Notes classic applications” can be structured to accomplish their objectives create a new database on your local hard drive and create a replica of the database on the Domino Server use Domino Designer to build a simple classic Notes application that is stored on and shared by a Domino server and run by Notes design applications using Pages, Forms, Fields, Views, Framesets, Outlines, Actions, and Agents use the formula, LotusScript, and JavaScript languages to validate data entry and give action to the application establish relationships between documents through data inheritance and a Response Document hierarchy secure the application by assigning user rights and roles in the Database, Form, and View Access Control Lists embellish the appearance of Forms and Pages using style sheets and add general and context-sensitive help create standard and calendar Views that display document data make it easy for users to navigate and control the application use shared elements, code, and resources use Templates to create new databases using your design and Master Templates to centralize your code changes rollout a new application in a production environment maintain the database data and design describe the different ways to exchange data with other database systems. Audience This course is designed for individuals new to Domino Designer but who have: significant experience using the Notes 8.5+ client experience with another programming language, or with any worksheet or word processor macro language. This course relies on the WYSIWYG tools in Domino Designer and only introduces the programming languages used in Domino Designer, so a programming background is not required. This course is part of a series of Domino Designer 8 training courses offered by wareSource. Duration This course is sold as a 4-day course, but it is unlikely that you can finish all the topics in four days. To finish in four days, it is recommended that you defer the last few topics for self-study. Many training centers allocate five days to cover this material. Course design This is a lecture/lab course that follows a task-oriented approach. During the many course exercises you will create a working application from the ground up. As you learn about various aspects of Domino Designer, you will immediately apply the concepts and techniques as you work on your application. Outline 1 Getting Started with Domino Designer Notes Applications and Databases Notes as an Eclipse plugin Notes database structure Compatibility with older and newer versions Composite Applications XPages Designer experience Programming languages Start Domino Designer Store database on Local drive or on Domino Server security controls new and replica database creation Create new database Exercise: Create a new database Copy an existing database How/where applications are executed Domino Designer Quick Tour Perspective and Eclipse Views Customize Eclipse Views Customize and save a Perspective Exercise: Create a Classic Domino Designer Perspective Add and remove applications from Eclipse Applications View Eclipse Applications View sorting Open mode preference Working Sets of applications Help System Application Access Control List and Properties Database Access Control List Exercise: Database ACL Database/Application Properties Exercise: Set Application properties Design element locking 2 Forms to Create Documents Form Basics What is a Form? The Form is not the document Form designer concerns Create a new Form Form design panes Save the design element Test the Form Exercise: Create and test new Form Form design list Form properties Fields on the Form Purpose of Fields Field versus Item Add Field Edit existing Field Copy and paste Fields Text properties Field properties Commonly used Field names Internal Field names Reserved Field names Example of reserved Field name: SaveOptions Example reserved Field: Form Data types and Field types Control tab Advanced tab Exercise: Add Fields to Product Form Rich Text Fields Rich Text Lite Fields Default and Computed Field Formulas Field type and its events Example Default Value formulas Formula language function syntax Auto-completion Programmers Pane properties Search and replace What Field formulas can contain Programming rules Exercise: Add Default Value formulas Computed formulas Exercise: Add Computed formulas Debugging Field formulas Form evaluation sequence What you see is not always what you get 3 Views of Documents Create New View View characteristics Create new View Save and Customize Exercise: Create a View Multiple Editor View tabs View Columns Add View columns Column properties Info tab First understand the data Column restrictions Column Value Example formulas Exercise: Column Values Special View-only functions Document statistics View Column Properties Column properties Format tabs Exercise: Advanced Format for columns Display values as icons Exercise: Display values as icons Sorted columns Exercise: Sorted column Categorized column Exercise: Categorize column Column totals Exercise: Column totals Use value as color Exercise: Use value as color Advanced tab: Hide column Exercise: Hide column Advanced tab: Programmatic Name View Selection View selection options Select documents using Simple Search Conditions options Select documents using a formula Time-based selections Select by document property Selection by exclusion Fuzzy selections Exercise: Out of Stock View Private Views and select by user name Normalizing user names Exercise: Sales Rep Private View Change the design of a Private View View Properties View name and alias View style Options tab Style tab Advanced tab Exercise: View properties View index size and performance concerns View index refresh Folders Purpose of Folders Shared versus private Folders Special design considerations Delete document error Exercise: Create shared Folder 4 Application Layout and Navigation Application Structure Developer decisions Application purpose Applications NOT right for Domino Applications right for Notes Application structure options Default structure Increasing detail Linear progression Random access Actions Inherent Notes client capabilities Types of Actions Action Pane Working in the Action Pane Create Action Action with Sub Action System Actions Simple Actions Coding the Action Action Bar properties Hidden Actions Hide When Exercise: Form navigation using Actions Using @Commands Syntax guidelines @Command evaluation sequence View Actions Exercise: View Action Example Hide When formulas Hide When and the Evaluate actions View property Exercise: Context-sensitive View Action Pages What is a Page? Create Page Page name Exercise: Create container Page Hotspot button Exercise: Welcome Page with a button Computed Text Exercise: Page with Computed Text Outline Control History of the Notes window Outline Control features Create an Outline Step 1: Create Outline and Outline Entries Exercise: Create Outline and Outline Entries Step 2: Embed the Outline Embedded Outline properties Info tab Example Outlines Exercise: Embed the Outline on a Page Special Entries Image Resources Image Resource properties Rollover images and image wells Exercise: Add Image Resources Exercise: Add Image Resources to Outline Entries Framesets Frames and Framesets Create Frameset What usually goes into Frames Assign Frame content Special Frame names and document preview Self-framing design elements Targeting content to Frames Exercise: Create Frameset Special target names Notes-only Frame features Database Launch Options Default database launch property Control database launch options Database Postopen event for Notes clients Exercise: Database launch Exercise: Fix a small glitch 5 Accurate Data Entry Editable Field Translation and Validation Input Translation event Input Validation event Triggering validation from the Save Action Exercise: Add Editable Field formulas Field onBlur event Field onBlur using Javascript Language choice for Field operations Form flow Automatically refresh fields List Fields Where the choices come from Static text list of choices Keyword synonyms Exercise: Keyword synonyms Use formula for choices Use Address dialog or Access Control List for choices Use View dialog for choices Exercise: Use View dialog for choices Checkbox and radio button options Refresh on change Allow multiple values in Fields Multiple value items and Views Edit versus Read mode display 6 Response Forms and Views Inherit Values Why inherit data? Enable inheritance Using inheritance Inheriting data across databases Document Universal Note ID (UNID) and NoteID Exercise: Inherit data Inherit entire selected document into Rich Text Field Response Documents Three types of documents From response to document and back again Design response Form @Commands to create response documents Response with reference View Response documents Design a hierarchical View Select response documents in a View Common columns Responses only column Responses only column formula Indicating response documents in a View View column totals Exercise: Response documents 7 More Views of Documents Embedded Views Embedded View How to embed a View Single category View Exercise: Single category View View Filter Embedded Editor Calendar Views Calendar features Create a Calendar View Style tab Font tab Calendar format Two types of entries Defining just the required columns Defining all the columns Exercise: Create Calendar View Exercise: Show out of stock products Optional Exercise: Calendar View Events Embedded Date Picker Grid-Style Views View properties View-level edit caveats Enabling cell edits Column programmatic name Inviewedit event code NEWENTRY_REQUEST Cycling through allowable values Exercise: Alter All Products View to be Grid-style 8 Security At All Levels Authenticated User Names Security model Register Notes users Authentication process Anonymous users Hierarchical names Authenticated name Alternate name Domino Administrator responsibilities Developer responsibilities Database Access Control List Access Control List Example ACL Entries Add users to the ACL Acceptable ACL Entries Standard settings User Type Conflicting/overlapping access Explicit versus Effective Access Access privileges Roles Create and assign a role Exercise: Define ACL and roles Set Administration Server Enforce Consistent ACL Enforce Consistent ACL and new replicas, new copies Form, View, and Document Security Form security Anonymous Form View security Document security: Name storage @UserName and data type Authors Fields Exercise: Design element access and Authors Field Authors Fields you should always include Readers Fields Implied readership Full Access Administration mode access to protected documents Readers/Authors Fields interaction Empty Authors and Readers fields Authors and Readers fields and Adminp Author access and replication @Name Determining user access @Author Determining user role membership Signed documents Sections and Controlled Access Sections Sections Controlled Access Sections refine authorship Define Controlled Access Section Controlled Access Sections and true document security Controlled Access Sections and signed Fields Field Security Editor access to update Example: Editor access to update Input Enabled event for Fields Exercise: Input Enabled event Field encryption Task 1: Create a Secret Key Task 2: Distribute the key Task 3: Enable the Field(s) for encryption Task 4: Associate the key with the Form Exercise: Encrypt pricing details Encryption caveats Changing/ removing document encryption 9 Embellishing the User Interface Form Design and Layout Non-scrolling header Layers Tables Create table Nested tables Exercise: Tabbed and nested tables Cascading Style Sheets CSS attributes of objects Add a style sheet Exercise: Add a style sheet Images Helping the User On Open Form properties Window Titles Exercise: Add Window Title Default printout header and footer Database Icon Exercise: Database/Bookmark Icon About/Using this Application onHelp and HelpRequest events Field-level help Enable instant spell check Text popup Formula popup Hotspots Link Hotspot Action Hotspot Remove a Hotspot Image maps 10 Application Rollout and Maintenance Database Rollout Rollout checklist Application properties Notes client ECLs and signatures Re-sign the design User manually changes the ECL Enforcing standard ECLs Mail-In Database document Testing cycles Mitigate performance problems Create archive of design Design Synopsis Edit DXL of design elements DXL Code Compare Verify ACL Server and Domain-wide ACL management Exercise: Application Catalog Verify Server document Copy database to Domino Server Create replicas Encrypt databases Full Text/Domain Search Indexes Application Library Librarians Create Application Library Exercise: Publish application Notify Users Monitor database use Update Agents Four components of every Agent Create new Agent Agent design list Agents and security How formulas operate in update Agents Trigger: Running an Agent from the Actions menu Search: SELECT statements Search: Full text search Search: Response documents Action: FIELD statement Examples: Field and document-related Actions Exercise: Review ConvertInStock Agent Shared Elements and Code Subforms Subform examples Create Subform Exercise: Create and insert Subform Computed Subforms Example: Computed Subform Insert a Computed Subform Shared Subform caveat Shared Fields Add Shared Field to Form Work with Shared Fields Shared View Columns Insert Shared Column Find Views where a Shared Column has been used Shared Actions Shared Elements/Code and performance Shared Elements and Code from other databases Shared Element and Code caveats Templates Templates versus Master Templates Create a new database using a Template Create a Template from a .NSF Second use for a Template Default ACL settings in a Template Exercise: Create and apply a Template Design maintenance Create a Master Template Inherit the design of a Master Template Entire database design refresh Specific design element refresh Blocking design element refresh/replace Copy and paste design elements Exercise: Master Templates Application Properties that are replaced/refreshed Master Template strategies One-to-many Example: One-to-many One-to-one Many-to-one Hide design Single Copy Template and Design Compression Where to do your design work Template auditing Data Exchange Requirements Built-in access from the inside out Programmatic 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This course is sold as a 4-day course, but it is unlikely that you can finish all the topics in four days. To finish in four days, it is recommended that you defer the last few topics for self-study. Many training centers allocate five days to cover this material.
Course design This is a lecture/lab course that follows a task-oriented approach. During the many course exercises you will create a working application from the ground up. As you learn about various aspects of Domino Designer, you will immediately apply the concepts and techniques as you work on your application. Outline