Book your D8530GB Developing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Applications - Intermediate Skills Training Course

Lesson 1: Working with Strings, Lists, and Loops

Topic 1A: Writing Formulas to Manipulate Text Values

• Useful Functions for Inspecting and Searching Text
• Inspecting and Searching Strings
• Useful Functions for Parsing a String
• Examples of Parsing a String

Topic 1B: Working with Lists

• Creating Lists
• List Operations
• List Operations
• Using the List Subscript Operator
• Useful Functions for Inspecting Lists
• Useful Functions for Modifying Lists
• Useful Functions for Converting Lists

Topic 1C: Creating Iterative Formulas

• Iterative Statement Functions
• Using a For Loop
• Using a While Loop
• Using a DoWhile Loop

Lesson 2: Writing Formulas to Interact with the User

Topic 2A: Using the @Prompt Function

• Introducing The @Prompt Function
• Examples of User Prompts
• The @Prompt Function
• @Prompt Styles

Topic 2B: Working with the @DialogBox Function

• The @DialogBox Function
• Using the @DialogBox Function
• Creating a Form for @DialogBox

Topic 2C: Using Layout Regions

• Layout Regions
• Creating a Layout Region
• Adding Elements to a Layout Region

Lesson 3: Advanced View Design

Topic 3A: Using a Background Image in a View

• Background Images
• Background Image Formatting Options
• Adding a Background Image to a View

Topic 3B: Hiding a View Column

• Hiding Columns
• Using a Formula to Hide a Column

Topic 3C: Modifying View Elements

• Highlighting View Documents
• Programmatically Setting Colors in a View
• Creating a View Column to set the Colors of a Row
• Using Values to Specify the View Text Color
• Using Values to Specify the View Background Color and Text Color
• Hiding the Color Column
• Expanding a Column to Use the Available Width

Topic 3D: Working with Embedded Elements

• Adding an Embedded Editor to the Form
• Preventing a Document from Being Saved
• Combining Embedded Elements
• Embedded Schedulers

Lesson 4: Adding Navigational Elements Using Links and Imagemaps

Topic 4A: Linking to Other Documents and Pages

• Types of Links
• Creating a Link Hotspot on a Page or Form
• The Hotspot Resource Link Properties
• Named Element Links
• Creating a Named Element Link in the Properties Box
• URL Links
• Creating a URL Link

Topic 4B: Creating Imagemaps

• Imagemaps
• Describing Hotspots on an Image
• Creating a Hotspot on an Image

Lesson 5: Working with Outlines

Topic 5A: Creating an Outline

• The Outline Design Element
• Process of Creating an Outline
• Create an Outline
• Default Outlines
• Creating a Default Outline

Topic 5B: Adding Outline Entries

• Outline Entries
• Creating a Hierarchical Outline
• Creating an Outline Entry

Topic 5C: Modifying Outline Entries

• Setting Outline Entry Properties
• Indenting and Outdenting Outline Entries

Topic 5D: Embedding an Outline

• Embedding Outlines
• Embedded Outline Properties
• Formatting an Embedded Outline

Lesson 6: Creating a Frameset

Topic 6A: Adding a Frameset to an Application

• What are Frames?
• What are Framesets?
• Structuring a Frameset
• Guidelines for Designing Framesets
• Creating a Frameset

Topic 6B: Adding Content to a Frame

• Specifying Frame Information
• Specifying a Content Source
• Using a Target Frame
• Specifying the Default Target Frame
• Target Frame Precedence
• Placing a Page in a Frame

Topic 6C: Launching an Application Frameset

• Setting Database Properties to Launch a Frameset

Topic 6D: Adjusting Framesets

• Adding New Frames to a Frameset
• Launching Individual Elements in a Specific Frame
• Opening Documents in a Frame
• Setting a Target Frame

Lesson 7: Accessing Data in IBM Lotus Domino Databases

Topic 7A: Accessing Data from a View

• Common Arguments for @Db Functions
• Options for Caching the Results of a Lookup
• Guidelines for Caching the Results of a Lookup
• Specifying a Database for Lookups
• How Lotus Notes Searches for a Replica
• Using @DbColumn
• Using @DbLookup
• Optional Keywords for @DbLookup
• Optional Keywords for @DbLookup

Topic 7B: Using @PickList

• Advantages of @PickList
• Styles of PickLists
• Displaying a View with @PickList
• Displaying a Domino Directory View with @PickList

Topic 7C: Working with Profile Documents

• Introducing Profile Documents
• Characteristics of Profile Documents
• Guidelines for Using Profile Documents
• Designing a Form for Creating Profile Documents
• Creating a Profile Document with Formulas
• Reading Data in Profile Documents
• Updating Data in Profile Documents

Lesson 8: Accessing Non-Domino Data

Topic 8A: Introducing Microsoft Open Database Connectivity

• Using ODBC
• Working with ODBC Drivers
• ODBC Driver Configuration
• ODBC Driver Configuration
• Example dBase Table

Topic 8B: Using @Db Functions to Access an ODBC Data Source

• Accessing Relational Data from IBM Lotus Domino with ODBC
• Comparing the @Db Functions that use ODBC
• Using @DbColumn
• Using @DbLookup
• Using @DbCommand

Lesson 9: Mapping Data Between IBM Lotus Domino and Relational Databases

Topic 9A: Introducing IBM Lotus Domino Enterprise Connection Services

• Data Mapping
• Data Mapping in Lotus Domino
• Using DECS
• How DECS Communicates with the External Data Source
• Capabilities of DECS

Topic 9B: Working with DECS

• The DECS Server Task
• Working with the DECS Administrator Database

Topic 9C: Using Data Connection Resources

• Working with DCRs
• The DECS Administrator Database and DCRs
• Using DCRs
• Creating a Data Source Resource for ODBC Access
• Creating a DCR
• Basic Properties of a DCR
• Optional Properties of a DCR
• Associate a Form with a DCR
• Mapping Fields to External Table Fields
• Importing External Data
• Enabling a Lotus Domino Database to Use DCRs

Lesson 10: Adding Workflow to IBM Lotus Domino Applications

Topic 10A: Defining Workflow

• Benefits of Automating the Process
• Elements of Workflow
• Using a Workflow Diagram
• Example of an Expense Reimbursement Workflow Diagram
• Workflow Elements of the Expense Reimbursement Process

Topic 10B: Routing Workflow Objects in IBM Lotus Domino

• The Routing Process
• Ways to Route Documents
• Making a Mail Database Known to the Router
• Making an Application Database Known to the Router

Topic 10C: Designing Workflow

• Triggering Workflow
• Identifying the Recipient
• Identifying the Data to Send
• Sending the Data

Topic 10D: Notifying Users

• Sending a Doclink Using @MailSend

Topic 10E: Routing Entire Documents

• Examples of Routing Entire Documents
• Configuring the Application to Route Documents
• Enabling Recipients to Read Documents
• Using a Form Formula in a View

Topic 10F: Sending the Current Document

• Defining the SendTo Field
• Creating a SendTo Field
• Using @MailSend Without Parameters
• Using the Present Send Mail Dialog Property
• Using the MailSend @command
• Using the Send Document Simple Action
• Using the MailOptions Field
• Forcing a Document to Route Using a MailOptions Field

Topic 10G: Tracking Documents

• Collecting Information on the State of a Document
• Useful @functions for Creating a History Log
• Adding a Tracking Field to a Form
• Creating a Tracking View

Lesson 11: Securing IBM Lotus Domino Application Data

Topic 11A: Limiting Who Can Read and Edit Sections

• Using Access-Controlled Sections
• Creating an Access-Controlled Section
• Limiting Who Can Edit a Section

Topic 11B: Signing Documents and Mail

• Enabling Signing Documents and Mail Messages
• Creating a Sign-Enabled Field
• Signing an Access-Controlled Section

Topic 11C: Encrypting Domino Data

• Determining What to Encrypt
• Types of Encryption Keys
• Using Public and Private Keys
• Using Secret Keys

Topic 11D: Creating and Distributing Secret Keys

• Creating a New Secret Encryption Key
• Distributing Encryption Keys with E-mail
• Exporting a Secret Encryption Key to a File
• Merging an Encryption Key Received by E-Mail
• Importing an Encryption Key Received as a File

Topic 11E: Encrypting Fields

• Enabling Encryption for a Field
• Applying Encryption
• Applying Encryption Automatically
• Providing a List of Secret Encryption Keys in a Field