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IBM Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
Programming
XPages uses JavaScript™ for programming while the forms-based design elements use the formula language, LotusScript®, Java™, and JavaScript.
Scripting in XPages
The scripting contexts are event handlers and formulas. The scripting language is JavaScript™ supplemented by simple actions and expression language (EL).
Running agents in the Notes® client
You can call an agent from an XPage. On Domino® Server, security is based on the Agent security properties set for the agent. On the Notes® Client, security is based on the client ECL settings for the signer of the agent.

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.
- Programming
  XPages uses JavaScript™ for programming while the forms-based design elements use the formula language, LotusScript®, Java™, and JavaScript.
  - Scripting in XPages
    The scripting contexts are event handlers and formulas. The scripting language is JavaScript™ supplemented by simple actions and expression language (EL).
    - Events
      Listed here are the available events.
    - Simple actions
      A simple action performs a pre-programmed activity that can be modified by arguments. Simple actions apply to event handlers. Simple actions can be grouped.
    - Client-side scripting
      The triggering of a Client event sends its JavaScript™ code plus the XPage context to an interpreter on the user's client.
    - Server-side scripting
      The triggering of a Server event sends its JavaScript code plus the XPage context to an interpreter on the Web server.
    - JavaScript™ editor
      Use the JavaScript™ editor to create and maintain scripts.
    - JavaScript™ debugger
      Use the JavaScript™ debugger to examine server-side JavaScript code during execution on a Domino® server or a Domino preview server (which runs on the Domino Designer client).
    - JavaScript™ libraries
      A JavaScript™ library allows you to store classes, functions, and variables for common use within an application. A JavaScript library is either a client library or a server library.
    - Running agents in the Notes® client
      You can call an agent from an XPage. On Domino® Server, security is based on the Agent security properties set for the agent. On the Notes® Client, security is based on the client ECL settings for the signer of the agent.
  - Eclipse-based language interfaces
    Java™ and LotusScript® have interfaces based on Eclipse as well as the older interfaces based on Notes®.

Running agents in the Notes® client

You can call an agent from an XPage. On Domino® Server, security is based on the Agent security properties set for the agent. On the Notes® Client, security is based on the client ECL settings for the signer of the agent.

The following NotesAgent methods of the JavaScript™ Domino® library are supported:

`NotesAgent.run() : void NotesAgent.run(noteID:string) : void`	Runs the agent on the computer running the current XPages application in the Notes® client, optionally passing the note ID of a document to the `ParameterDocID` property of the called agent. This value can be accessed, for example, in a Java™ agent, by calling the `Agent.getParameterDocID()` method.
`NotesAgent.runWithDocumentContext(doc:NotesDocument) : void NotesAgent.runWithDocumentContext(doc:NotesDocument, noteID:string) : void`	Runs the agent on the computer running the current XPages application in the Notes® client, passing a saved or unsaved in-memory document to the `DocumentContext` property of the called agent. This value can be accessed, for example, in a Java™ agent, by calling the `AgentContext.getDocumentContext()` method. The document can be updated in the agent and when control returns to the XPage, the updated values can be read from the document. The `noteIDnoteID` parameter is the same as for run.
`NotesAgent.runOnServer() : int NotesAgent.runOnServer(noteID:string) : int`	Runs the agent on the computer containing the application returning the status of the operation where 0 indicates success. The `noteID` parameter is the same as for `run`.