DURATION
3 Days
Summary description
This 3-day course provides students with hands-on practice using several of the new features and enhancements that were introduced in IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6 and that were added in IBM Lotus Domino 6.5.
To properly set expectations for this course, please note that students will have in-depth, hands-on practice with the content presented on Days 1 and 2 of this course. Day 3 focuses on programming features. The goal of
this final class day is to use overviews, demonstrations, and walk-throughs to provide a high-level view of the new programming features and the extensibility of some of the new Domino Designer 6 tools.
Note
This course has been updated from the Exploring the New Features of IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6 (ND420) course. Students who attended the Exploring the New Features of IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6 (ND420) course do not need to attend this course. Instead, it is recommended that they refer to the product documentation for update information and instructions.
Topics covered
This course covers the following topics:
Working with the enhanced event model
Locking design elements
Using an embedded editor
Using an embedded scheduler
Using the Agent Properties to create and set security for agents
Using new action features
Using new LotusScript classes for XML
Setting up and using data connection resources (DCRs) to exchange data between Domino and DB2 (and other external data sources)
Working with Formula language enhancements (including looping)
Calling Java programs from LotusScript (LS2J)
Using folders and bookmarks to organize complex applications
Using layers and style sheets to enhance presentation of content on the Web
Using enhancements to HTML editing capabilities
Setting column colors programmatically
Using formulas to hide columns
Using a background image in a view
Creating customized design reports
Enabling IM for views and forms (new in ND6.5)
Audience
The target audience for this course is application developers who have experience developing Release 5 applications for Notes and the Web. An additional audience is Release 4 developers who have taken ND410 to become familiar with the Domino Designer 6.x user interface and basic functionality.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for this course include
For Release 4 developers only: Preparing IBM Lotus Domino Release 4 Developers to Use IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6 (ND410) 1-day, instructor-led, generally scheduled to immediately precede ND420A.
Experience creating Release 5 applications for Notes and the Web.
Experience coding in Java and JavaScript, or LotusScript is recommended.
System requirements
This product requires the following to run properly:
NOT APPLICABLE
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