This document describes how to develop applications using Lotus Domino Release 5.0.

The earlier chapters in the book introduce some of the basic design elements of a Domino database such as the database itself, forms, views, folders, and navigators. Those readers that are familiar with developing applications using earlier releases of Lotus Domino may want to move straight to the chapters that introduce the new features in Domino 5.0, such as framesets, pages, outlines, resources and headlines.

The book then describes how to use the programming languages available in Domino Designer; the formula language, LotusScript, JavaScript, Java, IIOP and CORBA, C++ API and the LSX toolkit. Some good practical advice on Domino development do’s and don’ts are then outlined before discussing the Domino Enterprise Connector Services (DECS) which are used to access data from external data sources, along with chapters describing how to use NotesSQL, ODBC, and the LotusScript Data Object (LSDO). The book then explains how to create multilingual international applications for Domino and the Web using the Global Workbench tool.

Finally, the topic of creating workflow applications with the Approval Cycle template is covered with an in-depth look at the LotusScript in the ApprovalLogic subform.

This redbook was written for Domino technical specialists and programmers, customers, IBM Business Partners, and the IBM and Lotus community who need a good technical understanding of how to develop applications using Lotus Domino R5.0.

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Everyone needs this Redbook as reference - 2001-12-18
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I must have 20 Redbooks on Lotus Notes/Domino, and my copy actually is the earlier one with the all red cover. The price has jumped - I am guessing IBM is trying to pay off the Lotus purchase thru external sales of redbooks, but for someone new to Notes/Domino, this is one of the gotta have books. Gives a good overview of how all related standards technologies are used with Domino, sucn as Javascript, Java, Corba, etc. It is not so much a series of development examples, but quick glimpses of what a person should understand that is now working on Notes/Domino projects - so use it as a master index to decide where to go from there. Once you have one redbook, you will know where to find more.

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