Lotus Domino 6.0

ND520 Developing IBM Lotus Domino 6 Applications:

Intermediate Skills

Audience:

Application developers who have experience creating or modifying single database applications with IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6.

Summary Description:

This course builds on the skills learned in ND510 Developing IBM Lotus Domino 6 Applications: Foundation Skills. Through instruction lecture and student-centered activities and exercises, students learn to use IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6 to develop multi-database applications. This course examines navigation elements such as links, outlines, and framesets that bind the components of the application together and allow users to locate information easily. The course explores advanced formula techniques including looping, error checking, and user interaction with the application. The course explains different methods for access data sources outside the current Domino database including other Domino databases and relational databases.

Pre-requisites:

Prior to attending this course, the student should have experience using the IBM Lotus Notes client to access databases and have completed ND510 Developing IBM Lotus Domino 6 Applications: Foundation Skills (or equivalent knowledge, skills).

Duration:

3 Days

Topics Covered:

Creating and using links

List of resources you can link to

Types of hotspots you can create

Where/When to use which type of hotspot

Working with outlines

Building an outline

Embedding an outline

Building Framesets

Setting target frames for design elements

Creating a collapsible frame

Adding a caption to a frame

Advanced view design

Hiding view columns

Using colors and images in views

Using embedded views

Using view navigation @Commands

Creating calendar views

Advanced formula techniques

Error checking formulas

Looping formulas

User interface formulas

String/list manipulation formulas

Nesting assignment statements

Advanced data access mechanisms

Accessing other Domino databases

Accessing non-Domino databases with ODBC

Creating and using Data Connection Resources (DCRs) to access non-Domino databases

Using DECS to access non-Domino databases

Routing documents and notifying users

Using @Functions to send documents

Creating a mail-in database

Tracking documents through the workflow process

Using profile documents

Comparison of profile documents and environment variables

Creating profile documents

Accessing data in profile documents

Securing a Domino 6 application

Encrypting data

Signing databases

Agent security issues

Using the design synopsis to evaluate and document an application

Description of information available in a design synopsis

Creating a design synopsis

Locating information in a design synopsis

Using third-party tools and WebDAV to access Domino database resources

Enabling WebDAV for a database

Accessing a database resource through a Web browser

Scheduled Classes