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Notes applications
An HCL Notes® application contains information about a particular area of interest, such as the forms and policy documents for a department, or it might contain documents of a similar type, such as email messages. In addition, some companies create "discussion applications," where employees can post responses to particular topics.
Advanced Notes applications topics
More advanced Notes applications tasks include determining which applications to back up, how to use XPages applications with Notes, and creating a subscription to an application.
Domino Restyle for Notes applications
The Restyle application function is available for users with Designer access.
Restyle Configuration Store
Restyle can utilize customized configuration stored in an instance of a database named restyle.nsf. Customizations can be created per-user or shared by other Restyle users in your organization.

Notes applications
An HCL Notes® application contains information about a particular area of interest, such as the forms and policy documents for a department, or it might contain documents of a similar type, such as email messages. In addition, some companies create "discussion applications," where employees can post responses to particular topics.
- Getting started with Notes applications
  An HCL Notes® application contains information about a particular area of interest, such as the forms and policy documents for a department, or it might contain documents of a similar type, such as email messages. In addition, some companies create discussion applications, where employees can post responses to particular topics.
- Notes applications quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for Notes applications, which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Advanced Notes applications topics
  More advanced Notes applications tasks include determining which applications to back up, how to use XPages applications with Notes, and creating a subscription to an application.
  - Which Notes files should be backed up?
    You may want to back up and later restore particular HCL Notes® applications and files.
  - How do I use XPage applications in Notes?
    You can run XPage applications in HCL Notes®.
  - Subscribing to Notes applications
    Subscriptions allow you to receive real-time updated information from your favorite HCL Notes® applications. A subscription is a results document that displays the information you choose to monitor in a specified Notes application. For example, you have a New Mail subscription set up in Headlines that, when enabled, notifies you when you have new mail.
  - Domino Restyle for Notes applications
    The Restyle application function is available for users with Designer access.
    - Defining application colors with Restyle
      Restyle provides a set of coordinated colors and the ability to choose a custom color for each individual application being restyled. However, there may be instances where an organization's own corporate colors do not align with the predefined set. In such cases, Restyle allows for the creation of a customization database which extends the standard application colors to all users of the organization.
    - Customizing themes with Restyle
      Restyle can utilize user-supplied themes.
    - Customizing typography with Restyle
      Restyle can utilize user-supplied typography stored in the configuration_store_restyle.html.
    - Restyle Configuration Store
      Restyle can utilize customized configuration stored in an instance of a database named restyle.nsf. Customizations can be created per-user or shared by other Restyle users in your organization.

Restyle Configuration Store

Restyle can utilize customized configuration stored in an instance of a database named restyle.nsf. Customizations can be created per-user or shared by other Restyle users in your organization.

Per-user sharing can be achieved using a local instance of restyle.nsf, whereas organization-wide sharing can be accomplished by creating a server-based instance of restyle.nsf.

Create the Customization Database

To enable this feature, you need to create a database named "restyle.nsf" from the restyle.ntf advanced template, which is included with HCL Notes Client.

From the main menu, navigate to File > Application > New.
In the section titled "Specify New Application Name and Location":
1. Use Local if not creating a shared database, otherwise select a server that allows you to create a database.
2. Enter a descriptive title for the database.
3. Specify restyle.nsf as the filename.
In the section titled "Specify Template for New Application":
1. Select Local as the server name.
2. Select the Show advanced templates checkbox. This option allows advanced templates to be displayed in the selection.
3. In the "Template" section, select "restyle.ntf" from the dropdown list.
4. Ensure the Inherit future design changes checkbox is selected. This ensures the new database will receive future design updates.
Click OK to create the new database.
When asked, "Do you want to index this database now?", select No.
Close your application.

Create a Local Replica of the Customization Database

If you are using a server-based instance of restyle.nsf, you need to create a local replica of restyle.nsf so that Restyle will use the customizations.

Open the shared copy of restyle.nsf that was created in the previous steps.
Click File > Replication > New Replica.
Confirm that the "Server" field is Local.
Confirm that the file path is restyle.nsf.
Select All Documents and leave the other settings as they are.
Ensure the Encrypt the replica using checkbox is selected. This encrypts the replicated database.
Do not select Create full text index for searching. This means no text index will be created for search.
Ensure Create immediately is selected. This initiates the replication process immediately.
Click OK. You will see the replication page indicating the replication progress.