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IBM Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
Designing composite applications
You can create composite applications from XPages.
Working with components in XPages
Components based on XPages can be developed with Domino® Designer.
Using parameters
Parameters require work in both the component and XPage interfaces.

IBM Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
- Product overview
  IBM® Domino® Designer supports applications development for the IBM Domino platform using XPages, forms, views, and other elements such as controls.
- Tutorials
  This section contains tutorials and information about tutorials.
- Administering applications
  IBM® Domino® Designer provides features for administering and managing your work and related files while developing your application projects.
- Designing XPages applications
  IBM® Domino® Designer provides the means to populate an XPage with controls and other artifacts, and to associate an XPage with data stores.
- Designing composite applications
  You can create composite applications from XPages.
  - Working with components in XPages
    Components based on XPages can be developed with Domino® Designer.
    - Creating a component (JavaScript™)
      Creating a component requires work in both the component and XPage interfaces.
    - Publishing and receiving events (JavaScript™)
      You can use Publish and Receive events to communicate among components in an application.
    - Using parameters
      Parameters require work in both the component and XPage interfaces.
  - Running an XPage as a component in a composite application
    You can run an XPage as a component in a composite application.
- Programming
  XPages uses JavaScript™ for programming while the forms-based design elements use the formula language, LotusScript®, Java™, and JavaScript.

Using parameters

Parameters require work in both the component and XPage interfaces.

Procedure

Add parameters to the component using the Add button on the Parameters tab of the component interface.
Access parameters on the XPage using any of the following techniques.
- In a server script, you can make the following global object specification where name is the name of a component parameter:
```
componentParameters.name
```
- In a server script, you can use the following methods of the XSPContext object:
```
getComponentParameter(name:string) : any
setComponentParameter(name:string, value:any) : void
```
- On the Data tab of a control, you can bind a parameter to the control. Click Advanced, select Component Parameter, and specify the parameter.

What to do next

The XSPContext object has the following additional methods for working with components:

getComponentInstanceId() : string
getComponentMode() : string
isComponent() : boolean
setComponentMode(mode:string) : void
setComponentMode(mode:string, cancel:boolean) : void

The allowable mode values are view, edit, and help.