Lotus Domino Designer 6.5 Help - Setting database launch properties

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Setting database launch properties
You can set database properties that control what a user sees when the database opens. For example, you might want all users to start from an application home page or a registration page. Or you might display a main navigator that leads users to different pieces of the application. You can specify one option for an application when it runs on a Notes client and another option for the application when it runs on the Web.

When the database opens on the Notes client, you can display:

A frameset you specify
A navigator you specify
A navigator in its own window
The "About Database" document for the database
The first attachment in the "About Database" document
The first doclink in the "About Database" document - Adding a link here gives users access to information in another application from a Designer application. For example, to collect spreadsheet data for use in the application, launch a link to a spreadsheet application so users immediately see the spreadsheet when they open the database. Data entered in the spreadsheet can be used to populate fields in the application. If you choose to launch a page, you will need to specify the page in the Properties box. Designer gives you a drop-down list of the pages that are available to choose from. they open the database. Data entered in the spreadsheet can be used to populate fields in the application.

When the database opens on a Web browser, you can display:

Using the Notes launch option
The "About Database" document
A frameset you specify
A page you specify - in the Database Properties box, Designer gives you a list of the pages that are available to choose from.
A navigator in its own window
The first doclink in the "About Database" document
A doclink you specify
The first document in a view

To set the database launch property

1. Select or open the database and choose File - Database - Properties.

2. Click the Launch tab.

3. Choose what to display for a Notes client and for a Web client

4. (Optional) Choose whether to restore the database as the last user viewed it

5. (Optional) Choose whether to display the About This Database document when the database opens for the first time and/or when the About This Database document is modified.

If you choose to launch a doclink

1. Copy the doclink on to the clipboard.

2. Open the Database Properties box.

3. On the Launch tab, choose - On Web open launch designated doclink.

4. Click Paste doclink.

To launch a Page from the Notes client

1. On the Launch tab of the Database Properties box, choose On Database Open - Open designated Navigator.

2. Select Type of Navigator: Page.

3. Enter or select the name of the Page.

Displaying a document preview automatically

You can automatically display a preview pane that shows the contents of the highlighted document in a database view before the user opens the document. This gives users a sense of what is in a database without having to open and close each document. If you do not display the preview pane automatically, users choose View - Document Preview to access it.

1. Select or open the database you are designing and choose File - Database - Properties.

2. Click the Launch tab.

3. Click "Preview Pane Default." Note that this option is not available if you launch a frameset from the Notes client.

4. Choose a location for the document preview pane to display.

5. Check "Maximize document preview on database open" to display the preview pane automatically. Note that this option is not available when setting launch properties from the Notes client.

Launching a database into a frameset

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