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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.
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:
The database access control list
Security overview for Web applications
Examples of ACL settings for a Web database
These are examples of ACL settings to use if you design an application for Web users.

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 Domino Designer 12?
  The following features are new for developers in HCL Domino® Designer 12.
- 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:
    - The database access control list
      - Setting up a database ACL
      - Access levels in the ACL
      - Access level privileges in the ACL
      - Roles in the ACL
      - Editing the database ACL
      - Default ACL entries
      - Acceptable entries in the ACL
      - User types in the ACL
      - Enforcing a consistent access control list
      - Displaying the ACL history
      - To display a name's effective access
      - Security overview for Web applications
        Application access for Web users
        The Advanced section of the ACL lets you specify a maximum access setting for Internet users who are authenticated with Basic authentication (that is, name and password, and also with Sessions-based authentication for HTTP only). You can limit access to what you specify as the "Maximum Internet name & password access." The "Maximum Internet name & password access" field does NOT apply to Internet users authenticated using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Client certificates. These users have the full access granted to them in the ACL.
        Enforcing encrypted Web transactions using SSL
        Maximum Internet name-and-password access
        Examples of ACL settings for a Web database
        These are examples of ACL settings to use if you design an application for Web users.
    - Application design element security
      An application developer can restrict access to design elements within an application. Application design security takes effect when users gain access to an application.
    - Notes® and Domino® encryption
      Encryption is a digital security mechanism that protects data from unauthorized access. Encryption protects data from unauthorized access. Using Notes® and Domino®, you can encrypt:
  - 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.
  - 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.

Examples of ACL settings for a Web database

These are examples of ACL settings to use if you design an application for Web users.

ACL for a high-security confidential database


Web user	Access level
-Default-	No Access Note: Do not select Read or Write public documents privileges.
Anonymous	No Access Note: Do not select Read or Write public documents privileges.
Authorized readers	Reader
Contributors	Author
Supervisors	Editor
Maximum Internet name & password access	Reader

ACL for a medium-security project database


Web user	Access level
-Default-	Reader
Anonymous	No Access Note: Do not select Read or Write public documents privileges.
Authorized readers	Reader
Project team members	Editor
Maximum Internet name & password access	Editor

ACL for a low-security informational database


Web user	Access level
-Default-	Reader
Anonymous	Reader
Contributors	Author
Supervisors	Editor
Maximum Internet name & password access	Editor


Web user	Access level
-Default-	Author
Anonymous	Author
Supervisors	Editor
Maximum Internet name & password access	Editor