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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.
What's new in HCL Domino Designer 12?
The following features are new for developers in HCL Domino® Designer 12.
What's new in Domino Designer 12.0.1?
The following features are new in HCL Domino Designer 12.0.1
Larger database icons
Templates can have database icons that are up to 64x64 pixels in size.

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 12?
  The following features are new for developers in HCL Domino® Designer 12.
  - What's new in Domino Designer 12.0.1?
    The following features are new in HCL Domino Designer 12.0.1
    - New methods for DQL named results
      The DominoQuery class includes a new method, execute, that returns the results of a query to named results in a database.
    - New method to saved sorted QueryResultsProcessor results to a results view
      The QueryResultsProcessor class includes a new method, ExecuteToView, that saves sorted results to a specialized results view in a database.
    - New methods for named documents
      New methods are provided with the Database class to create and manage a new type of document referred to as a named document.
    - Ability to exclude fields from full-text search indexes
      A new application property allows you to specify fields to exclude from full-text search indexing.
    - Larger database icons
      Templates can have database icons that are up to 64x64 pixels in size.
    - UseDoubleAsPointer method for Notes session class
      This new method for the LotusScript Notes session class lets you use a Double to handle a 64-bit pointer argument for a C API call.
    - Database comparison tool
      A new application template, CompareDBs Reports (comparedbs.ntf), installed on the Domino 12.0.1 server, can be used to compare two database designs and/or document contents or to analyze the design of one database.
  - What new in Domino Designer 12.0?
    The following features are new in HCL Domino Designer 12.0.1.
- 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.
- 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.

Larger database icons

Templates can have database icons that are up to 64x64 pixels in size. Previously, database icons could be a maximum of 32x32 pixels.

The following applications provided by HCL display new 64x64 database icons after you upgrade their template design to the 12.0.1 version:


Application	12.0.1 application template	12.0.1 icon after design upgrade
Mail	mail12.ntf
Personal Address Book	pernames.ntf
Bookmarks	bookmark.ntf
Notebook	notebook12.ntf
Teamroom	teamrm12.ntf
Discussion	discussion12.ntf
Resource Reservations	resrc12.ntf
Domino Directory	pubnames.ntf

If you create 64x64 pixel icons for your own applications, you can update them through Domino Designer as follows:

Open the application in Domino Designer, expand Resources, and then click Icon.
In Icon Properties, click Replace and select the new 64x64 pixel icon. If an icon is larger than 64x64, it is compressed.