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HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.
Application Management
Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
Deploying an application
The tasks involved with application design, database design, database management, and DominoTMsystem administration may overlap, depending on the size of your organization and the structure of job responsibilities. In some organizations, an application developer may be responsible for both application and database design, while in others, a database manager may handle all database design and management tasks. In addition, database management overlaps with Domino® system administration.

HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.
- What's new in HCL Domino Designer 11 for developers?
  The following features are new for developers in HCL Domino® Designer 11.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- Application Design
  Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Application Management
  Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
  - Security in an application
    Domino® offers a multi-layered approach to security. Server administrators can secure databases, servers, and domains. Database designers and managers control the following:
  - Completing an application and managing design changes
    As you prepare to deploy an application, consider these finishing touches:
  - Deploying an application
    The tasks involved with application design, database design, database management, and DominoTMsystem administration may overlap, depending on the size of your organization and the structure of job responsibilities. In some organizations, an application developer may be responsible for both application and database design, while in others, a database manager may handle all database design and management tasks. In addition, database management overlaps with Domino® system administration.
    - Rolling out a database
      As you roll out your application, you need to work closely with your Domino® server administrator to organize your application on a server and perform a set of administrative tasks. The following tables list the mandatory and optional tasks that the Domino administrator performs to put a database into production. You must have Manager access in a database access control list (ACL) to perform these tasks.
    - Copying a new database to a server
    - Setting up replication for an application
      As you prepare to deploy an application, you must work with your Domino® server administrator to create a replication plan. Replication allows replica copies of databases to exchange updates. You can replicate both design elements and database content between replica copies. Replication can be unidirectional -- for example you can push out design changes but not receive any, or it can be directional, in which cases changes are both sent and received. Generally you perform design work on one copy of a database -- for example, you might keep a copy on your local hard drive -- then you replicate design changes to database replicas on servers.
    - Creating one replica manually
      These steps create one replica of a database.
    - Replication settings
      By default, two replicas exchange all edits, additions, and deletions if the servers the replicas are on have the necessary access. However, you can customize replication. For example, to save disk space, you can prevent the transfer of irrelevant documents. Using replication settings, you can:
    - Disabling and enabling replication of a database
    - Forcing a server database to replicate
  - Procedure for optimizing and troubleshooting databases
- Domino® Query Language
  Domino® Query Language (DQL) is a facility running on a Domino server that provides a terse, shorthand syntax for finding documents. It supports a wide variety and complexity of search terms. It leverages existing design elements, avoiding the need to write detailed code to access them. DQL consolidates all methods in Domino for searching document contents.
- Composite Applications - Design and Management
  Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and contextual collaboration strategy. The ability to create and edit composite applications lets you easily integrate different types of components and technologies.
- DB2® Access views
  Domino® Designer includes two types of design elements to assist you in managing data contained in DB2® enabled Notes® databases:
- Programming Overview and User Interface
  This section contains general guidelines and examples that show where to use Java, LotusScript, and the formula language.
- Formula Language
  This section documents the formula language.
- LotusScript® Language
  Welcome to the LotusScript® Language section of Domino® Designer Help.
- LotusScript/COM/OLE Classes
- Java/CORBA Classes
  This section documents the Java/CORBA classes.
- Connectors
  Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
- Javadoc™ for Domino® Designer related APIs
  As part of providing additional Java™ reference documentation, Domino® Designer ships with a help plugin that contains Javadoc™ for additional Domino Designer related APIs.

Deploying an application

The tasks involved with application design, database design, database management, and DominoTMsystem administration may overlap, depending on the size of your organization and the structure of job responsibilities. In some organizations, an application developer may be responsible for both application and database design, while in others, a database manager may handle all database design and management tasks. In addition, database management overlaps with Domino® system administration.

Therefore, depending on your organization, make sure you work closely with the people who are responsible for design, management, and administration tasks. For example, controlling user access is primarily a Domino® system administrator's responsibility, yet the application developer may determine user access levels because they are often integral to the database design. If you need to make design changes after a database is in production, be sure to:

Work with the Domino® administrators to implement and coordinate design changes
Consult with Domino® administrators when putting databases on servers, because administrators are aware of server resources and the connections between servers

For more information on designing or redesigning databases, see the Notes/Domino Release Notes®. For more information on rolling out a database, as well as information on Domino® administration, see Domino® Administrator Help.