APPLICATION DESIGN

Creating formulas and buttons for the Web
To use certain @commands or create multiple form buttons for Web applications accessed on the Web, select the database property "Web access: Use JavaScript when generating pages" on the Database Info tab of the Database Properties box. To open the Database Properties box, open or select the database and choose File - Application - Properties.

Note There is no Web Formula module in the new dual platform event model. If you write Client Formula code to perform an action in a Web application, check the Hide option "Notes 4.6 or later clients" on the Hide tab of the properties box for the element you are programming.

Web application performance tips

Selecting the "Web access: Use JavaScript when generating pages" affects display, buttons, and @commands throughout the application in the following ways:

If you select "Use JavaScript"If you don't select "Use JavaScript"
Display: Documents and navigators display faster because hotspot formulas are not evaluated until users click each hotspot. Display: Documents and navigators display more slowly because the hotspot formulas are all evaluated at the display time.
Buttons: IBM® Lotus® Domino(TM) doesn't generate a Submit button automatically. Buttons: Domino automatically generates a Submit button, at the bottom of the form.
To allow users to save and close a form on the Web, you must create a button, hotspot, or action that contains these commands:

@Command([FileSave]);

@Command([CloseWindow])

If there is already one or more buttons on the form, Domino converts the first button it recognizes to a Submit button automatically and ignores all other buttons on the form.
You can have multiple buttons on a form.You can have only one button, a Submit button, on a form.
@Commands: The following commands are supported on the Web:

@Command([CloseWindow]) @Command([FileSave]) @Command([ViewRefreshFields])

@Commands: The following commands are not supported on the Web:

@Command([CloseWindow]) @Command([FileSave]) @Command([ViewRefreshFields])

Domino does not check the formulas before displaying pages.Domino checks the formulas before displaying pages. Actions that contain unsupported @commands or @functions will not be displayed on the Web.

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