Developer'S Guide To Lotus Notes And Domino R5. Cd-Rom Included

A comprehensive reference and development guide for application developers, Developer's Guide to Lotus Notes and Domino R5 provides clear examples, concise tutorials, and a variety of tools and sample code. The authors begin by highlighting some of the key upgrades in Notes and Domino R5, then move into the importance of using good development techniques and designing functional user interfaces. In addition, the major capabilities of LotusScript and how they should be used and implemented in Notes applications are presented. Developers also learn to extend the functionality of LotusScript and Notes via external applications using OLE automation and calling API functions in Notes. An introduction to Java for the Notes programmer, including its core elements and implementation in Domino and Notes, completes this guide. The companion CD-ROM contains several databases and text files used in the examples throughout the book, in addition to SmartMoves' SmartTools software, sample Notes and Domino training materials from wareSource, and Boom Vang Software's Hard Copy Reporter. This book covers: * Key upgrades to Lotus Notes and Domino R5. * Tips on development techniques such as naming conventions and commenting. * The Domino Object Model and all of its properties, methods, and classes. * Communicating with other applications through object linking and embedding (OLE). * Manipulating files and databases with LotusScript. * Using the Windows API via LotusScript. * Implementing Java in Domino applications.