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HCL Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
Product overview
HCL Domino® Designer supports applications development for the HCL Domino platform using XPages, forms, views, and other elements such as controls.
Getting information
The immediate resource for getting information is the installed help system.

HCL Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
- Product overview
  HCL Domino® Designer supports applications development for the HCL Domino platform using XPages, forms, views, and other elements such as controls.
  - Understanding XPages
    An XPages application is XML interpreted by a Domino® server or Notes® client and rendered in a web browser or a Notes client. You can interact with controls on the page to send requests to the server.
  - Forms and views
    In Domino®, a form defines how documents are displayed to the user and how the form's data items are stored. A view reports documents in columns and rows.
  - Navigation in Domino® Designer
    HCL Domino® Designer is installed as Eclipse perspectives arranged into easy-to-access views, palettes, and editors. You can perform tasks using the main menu, right-click menus, and icons in the view, palette, and editor title bars.
  - Getting information
    The immediate resource for getting information is the installed help system.
    - Setting a search scope
      A search scope limits the help topics that are searched.
  - Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts
    HCL Domino® Designer provides some assistive aids to those with restricted mobility or limited vision.
- Tutorials
  This section contains tutorials and information about tutorials.
- Administering applications
  HCL Domino Designer provides features for administering and managing your work and related files while developing your application projects.
- Designing XPages applications
  HCL 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.

Getting information

The immediate resource for getting information is the installed help system.

To access help from Domino® Designer or Notes®, click Help > Help Contents. Easiest access is typically by searching. Here are some tips:

Enter complete words. Case does not matter but words must be complete. For example, if you are looking for the createFTIndex method, you can enter createftindex but createftinde fails.
The search results might show duplicate or similar titles, especially for reference topics. When you hover over a title, a pop-up tells you the name of its book. This information also appears on the status line.
If you are using one part of the help frequently, you should set a search scope for it. See the referenced task.

Clicking F1 show a complementary help system in the right pane. Some of that material is summary in nature. You can navigate to fuller documentation by using the links or clicking Search or All Topics at the bottom of the page.

Use Google or another Web product to expand your search beyond help. Preface your search query with domino designer. For example, to get information on the createFTIndex method, you might enter domino designer createftindex as a search query.

For a hands-on introduction to XPages, use the tutorial in this help. The tutorial uses the advanced template named Site finder demo.