APPLICATION MANAGEMENT


Creating "Using Database" and "About Database" documents
Every database should include a "Using Database" and an "About Database" document to explain the database to users.

The "About Database" document

Use an "About Database" document to describe the purpose of a database. You can specify that the About document opens automatically when a user opens the database. To display this document, choose Help - About This Database.

The About document should include:


The "Using Database" document

Create a "Using Database" document to provide users with instructions on using various forms, views, and navigators in the database. To display this document, users choose Help ­ Using This Database.


To create a document

1. In IBM® Lotus® Domino(TM) Designer, open the database you're designing.

2. In the Applications Navigator, click Resources.

3. Double-click "About Database Document" or "Using Database Document."

4. Write or edit the information. You can also create links, buttons, hotspots, and attachments. You can apply text styles, as you would for any IBM® Lotus® Notes® form.

5. Save the document.

To automatically display the "About Database" document

1. Choose File - Application - Properties and click the Launch tab.

2. Do any of the following:

You can use this document as a springboard to a file in another database or another product's file. To do so, use the Database Properties Launch options for "Launch first attachment in About database document" or "Launch first doclink in About database document."

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