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What’s New in Application Design Lotus Domino Designer 6

What’s New in Application Design Lotus Domino Designer 6. Session 8617 Patricia Egen, Patricia Egen Consulting Nashville – March 2002 www.egenconsulting.com. Agenda. General Application Enhancements Designer Update General Overview – look and feel New Design features

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What’s New in Application Design Lotus Domino Designer 6

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  1. What’s New in Application DesignLotus Domino Designer 6 Session 8617 Patricia Egen, Patricia Egen Consulting Nashville – March 2002 www.egenconsulting.com

  2. Agenda • General Application Enhancements • Designer Update • General Overview – look and feel • New Design features • Programming enhancements • Formulas, Tables, Forms, Views • LotusScript, JavaScript, DXL, XML • Web Development Enhancements • Design features for mobile devices

  3. General Development Enhancements • Design tools to enable Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS) • Tools for mobile application development • Better support for web enablement • Support for third party tools and WebDav • Tools for HTML, XML and increased support for data connectivity

  4. Designer Look and Feel • Toolbars have replaced SmartIcons • Multiple dockable toolbar rows • Each client “owns” their own toolbar – client, designer and administrator • Easier folder management for database organization • Drag and drop design elements between database bookmarks

  5. New Design Features - I • Html programming pane • New Shared Resources • Files • Data connections • Style Sheets

  6. New Design Features - II • Hide-When options to restrict design elements when programming for mobile devices

  7. New Design Features - III • Bookmarks show names of databases • Actual location of database shows with hover • Insert Resources • JavaScript, Java, HTML, Style Sheets, Data Connections • Enhanced printing from Programmers Pane

  8. Programming Enhancements • Lots of new @Functions and @Commands • Several LotusScript enhancements • Autocomplete • When coding in LotusScript, formulas or even HTML, a dialog box will “suggest” the next characterssimilar to other IDE’s • My “Favorite” new enhancement!!

  9. Formulas - 1 • In order to facilitate adding formulas and capabilities, IRIS had to rewrite the formula engine • Great article in the View Magazine by Damien Katz • The new engine is at least 5 times faster than the old engine • For all of you who are programmers and have been frustrated by the lack of looping – well, wait no more. • @DoWhile, @For, @While @DoWhile, @For, @While • A new Array syntax

  10. Formulas - II • Ever get that nasty message when you try to assign something to a FIELD formula • Now you can next assignments in a formula string and it does not have to be at the front of the formula • Old way: x := x;@Uppercase(x) • New way: @Uppercase( x := "hello"); the result is "HELLO"

  11. Formulas III • @Transform • @Nothing • @Sort (yeah!!!) • @Compare • @Count – similar to @Elements • @IfError • No more of that @If(@IsError(temp);””;temp) on those @DB lookups

  12. Formulas IV • @GetValue, @ThisName, @ThisValue • Named element formulas • @Eval and @CheckFormulaSyntax • @BusinessDays • @ThisValue • 64K limit is removed • Many existing formulas improved

  13. LotusScript • You can now recompile LotusScript at the database-level • Invoked from a Tools option on Toolbar • Event Model • Distinguish between Notes and Web • New Events • InViewEdit, OnBlur, OnChange,OnFocus,OnHelp event, PostEntryResize,PostSend,QueryEntryResize,QueryRecalc,QuerySend • Remote debugging of agents helps in diagnosing problems with Web agents

  14. XML • XML tags • Set contents as HTML and present to XML parser • Include tags in column formulas • Uses a Domino DTD • Stylesheets using Extensible Stylesheet language (XSL) • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) • Add XML directly on client • Use agents for dynamic XML • DXL • XML representation of Domino Data • LotusScript backend classes

  15. Tables, Fields, Layers, Oh My • Tables • Use sections to expand tables • Use tabs or captions to select rows • Finally – control over tabs • Fields • Descriptive text • Types: time zone, color, Rich Text Lite • Layers • Overlapping content on page, forms or subforms

  16. Forms, Fields & Actions • Forms • Add a full functional editor inside a form • Embedded elements include: • Scheduler, Editor, Folder Pane, File Upload control • Fields • Sizing, alignment options New sizing options • New border styles and accessibility optionsNew • Actions • Nested Actions • More style options, Computed labels, Checkboxes and Menu separators

  17. Agents • Easy to change Agents from Shared to Private • Run agents “on behalf of” • Eliminates many of the problems with agents on the web • Remote debugging and user activation settings • Can now use imported Java and Java

  18. Framesets and Views • Framesets • Add captions and Shift frames horizontally • Views • Programmable control of views, using Domino objects and LotusScript • Formulas to hide columns or customize row colors) • Use different images for twistees • User-customizable private views without Designer • Different types of shared options and multiple styles • Popup text

  19. Outlines and Embedded Elements • Outlines • Computed outline and text • Popup text • Embedded Elements • Choose views based on formulas • Show action bar on embedded views • Enhanced stylingEnhanced styling • Cross-database referencing Enhanced styling

  20. Enhanced Web Development • Language levels upgraded • JavaScript 1.4 • You can build libraries and share them as Resources • JRE 1.3.0_02 on Win32 • Use WebDav for authoring and versioning of web pages • Users can set preferences for how they access Domino databases – like preferred language • http://<servername>/$Preferences.nsf

  21. Additional Considerations • SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol • J2EE - Enterprise Java Beans • Sametime, Quickplace, Knowledge discovery integration • Integration with Websphere • Designing for Web Services

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