IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
- Application Design
  Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Domino® Designer templates
  The templates described in the following table are available with Domino® Designer and are specifically intended for use by application developers.
- Importing to and exporting from views
- Developing applications using MAPI
  Domino® Designer Release 6 and later supports the messaging application program interface (MAPI), which allows mail integration between Domino and a MAPI-compliant messaging application, such as Microsoft™ Outlook, Microsoft Office applications, or user-written C++ programs.
- Features to avoid using in Web applications
  Developers creating applications specifically for the Web, or for the dual purpose of serving Notes® and Web clients, should review the following tables for features that are not supported on the Web.
- URL commands for Web applications
  You have a variety of options for programming a Web site. You can directly manipulate objects such as documents or views in an application using Domino® URL commands. Adding Domino URL commands as HTML in forms gives users shortcuts for navigating databases and performing other tasks quickly.
- Application Management
  Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
- 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.
  - Java™ Classes Coding Guidelines
    - Running a Java™ program
      You can call the Domino® Objects from a Java™ program by importing the lotus.domino package. The program can be coded as an application, a Domino agent, an applet, or a servlet. Local calls access run-time code on the local computer, which must have Domino installed. CORBA-based remote (IIOP) calls access run-time code from a remote Domino server; in this case, the local computer need not have Domino installed. Compilation must be on a computer with Domino Designer installed.
    - Accessing databases
    - Accessing views and folders using Java™
    - Accessing documents in Java™ classes
    - Accessing items in Java™ classes
    - Accessing rich text items in Java™ classes
      - Getting text renditions of rich text items in Java™ classes
        The following properties and methods render rich text items as plain text. Font styles and other formatting elements are lost. Rich text elements that cannot be converted to plain text, such as attachments, are lost.
      - Navigating in rich text items in Java™ classes
      - Writing in rich text items in Java™ classes
      - Working with text in Java™ classes
        Text includes text paragraphs and text runs, rich text styles, rich text paragraph styles, and tabs. A text run is text until the style changes or the paragraph ends.
      - Working with attachments and embedded objects in Java™ classes
      - Working with tables in Java™ classes
      - Working with doclinks in Java™ classes
      - Working with sections in Java™ classes
    - Accessing Domino® sessions
  - Java™ Classes A-Z
- Lotus® Connectors
  Lotus® 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.
- 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.

Accessing rich text items in Java™ classes

An item of Type Item.RICHTEXT (1) allows the inclusion of text of different fonts as well as attachments, embedded objects, tables, doclinks, and sections. The RichTextItem class inherits from Item, meaning that RichTextItem objects can use all the properties and methods of Item. RichTextItem has additional properties and methods that allow you to:

Get text renditions of rich text items
Navigate in rich text items
Write in rich text items
Work with text
Work with attachments and embedded objects
Work with tables
Work with doclinks
Work with sections

If you don't need the additional properties and methods, you can access a rich text item as either an Item or RichTextItem object.