WHAT'S NEW IN DOMINO DESIGNER 6?

Application design
The following feature documentation is new in the Application Design section of online help.

Introduction to Domino Designer

Printing source code from within the Programmer's pane

Printing frames and framesets from within Notes

Planning an application

Planning a Notes and Web application

Planning an application for mobile clients

Using hide-when features to streamline a mobile application

Creating an application

Customizing twisties

Using folders and bookmarks to organize your application

Linking shared resources across databases

Creating borders for embedded elements

Sharing non-NSF files

Allow document locking to prevent replication and save conflicts

Enabling an application for Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS)

Adding Sametime instant messaging to an application

Designing pages

Creating layers

Creating style sheets as shared resources

Inserting a JavaScript library

HTML editor

Designing forms

Creating layers

Embedded Editors

Adding an embedded scheduler to a form, subform, or page

Designing a form for contact printing

New subform properties

Designing fields

Creating multiple shared fields for different languages

Rich text lite fields

Color fields

Time zone fields

Designing views

Setting column colors programmatically

Displaying custom icons and displaying mulitple icons in a column

New formatting and display options for numbers in a column

New formatting and display options for dates in a column

Displaying view icons to vision-impaired users

Displaying a background image for a standard view

Displaying a background image for a calendar view

New style setting for standard views

New style settings for calendar views

Setting properties for an embedded view

Allowing users to customize a view

Allowing users to create or edit documents from a view

Allowing users to set colors in a view

Automation in applications

New way to create agents

New Security tab on Agents Properties box

New way to view and create shared actions

Shared action notes

New properties when creating a button

Using third-party tools and WebDAV to extend an application

Using third-party tools and WebDAV

Customizing the Designer Tools menu

Editing and managing database resources using a WebDAV client

Accessing database resources using a WebDAV client

Viewing and exporting XML for design elements

Viewing and exporting XML

Completing an application

Displaying Hide-When formulas in Design Synopsis

Updating multiple design elements

Locking design elements

Accessing data in enterprise applications

Overview of data connection resources

Creating a Database Connection

Specifying options for the database connection

Using a data connection resource

New and enhanced URL commands

OpenImageResource

OpenFileResource

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