Lotus Notes^® and Domino^TM 5 Bible

by Kyle Brown; Kenyon Brown

• ISBN13: 9780764545900
• ISBN10: 0764545906
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

With Lotus Notes and Domino 5 Bible, you can access these knowledge-management tools and be brought up to date with Version 5. Offering a flexible applications design capability, Notes automates workflow as it empowers your work groups. You2ll find everything you need to navigate the Notes environment, get an introduction to using its database, and learn how to link and embed data objects to create compound" documents. See how working solutions for the real world -- calendars and schedules, forms, and customized views -- help serve both internal and external customers.The Lotus Notes and Domino 5 Bible includes chapters for the beginning developer who wants to discover Notes applications basics as well as information for the more seasoned pro who2s programming with LotusScript and Java languages. And Domino Web server technology makes Notes databases easy to distribute and access over your network.Added to this reference guide and tutorial is a CD-ROM packed with demos, a screen cam movie, and database templates, along with the complete Notes version of this book.

Author Biography

About the Authors Kyle Brown is the Chief Information Officer for Right Source, a division of Caribiner, Inc, and a 15-year veteran of information technology. He has extensive experience with Lotus Notes and Domino at all levels, including design, development, and deployment, and was formerly a Certified Lotus Instructor. This is his fifth book on the subject. Kenyon Brown is an Editorial Manager at IDG Books Worldwide. He has written several popular books on computer applications, including a bestselling title on Lotus Notes and Domino. Keith Brown is a consultant specializing in the design and development of object-oriented software for distributed environments based on Java, RMI, CORBA, OODBMSs, and related technologies. Carl Abrahamson is a CLP Application Developer currently developing Notes and Domino applications for Right Source, a division of Caribiner International in Wilton, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xii
Introduction	xxxi
Part I: Using Lotus Notes and Domino 5	1	(354)
Touring Notes	3	(20)
Navigating the Web	23	(16)
E-Mailing	39	(48)
Calendaring and Scheduling	87	(26)
Accessing a Notes Database	113	(14)
Viewing the Contents of a Database	127	(16)
Indexing a Notes Database	143	(18)
Searching a Notes Database	161	(16)
Creating a Document	177	(18)
Enhancing the Appearance of Documents	195	(22)
Linking and Embedding Objects in Documents	217	(20)
Printing Views and Documents	237	(14)
Importing and Exporting Data	251	(26)
Replicating Databases	277	(26)
Hitting the Road with Mobile Notes	303	(28)
Managing Databases	331	(24)
Part II: Designing Notes Applications	355	(310)
The Art of Notes/Domino Application Design and Development	357	(10)
Principles of Application Design	367	(24)
Creating Forms: A Closer Look	391	(46)
Magic Formulas	437	(32)
Representing Tabular Data and Creating Tables in Forms	469	(20)
Creating Dynamic Forms	489	(24)
Creating Custom Action in Your Forms	513	(18)
Views: A Closer Look	531	(38)
Putting a Great Face on Your Applications---Navigators	569	(14)
Advanced Application Development	583	(18)
Using the Agent Builder to Automate Processes	601	(28)
Basing a Database on a Design Template	629	(20)
Rolling Out Notes Applications	649	(16)
Part III: Programming Notes and Domino	665	(124)
Comparing Notes, Domino, and the Web	667	(20)
Using Domino to Publish Database on the Web	687	(14)
The Domino Object Model	701	(10)
An Introduction to LotusScript	711	(36)
JavaScript	747	(16)
Programming with Java	763	(8)
Domino and CORBA	771	(18)
Appendix A: What's on the CD-ROM?	789	(18)
Appendix B: Lotus Notes Keyboard Shortcuts	807	(4)
Glossary	811	(34)
Index	845	(39)
End-User License Agreement	884	(4)
CD-ROM Installation Instructions	888