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Using XML with Domino
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Tutorial Overview
This self-paced tutorial will help you get started using the XML language and in generating XML code in Domino Designer applications. The tutorial includes background information and hands-on activities. In about two hours, this tutorial will help you to:
- Create XML documents
- Format an XML document
- Create a Document Type Definition (DTD)
- Transform XML code
- Generate XML with LotusScript
- Generate XML with JavaScript
- Generate XML with Java
Hardware requirements:
Your PC or laptop should offer a screen resolution of 1024x768.
Software requirements:
To run the tutorial, you will need:
- Microsoft Windows
- Domino Designer Release 5.0.3 or higher
- Domino Notes client Release 5.0 or higher
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5 or higher (This is currently the only browser that is XML-compliant.)
- Microsoft Notepad (or other text editor)
- A zip utility, such as WINZIP
Detaching and installing the tutorial files:
The file that you will detach, XMLTutorial.zip, contains all the files needed to run the tutorial in zipped format. The files included in the zipped file are as follows:
- The tutorial file: XMLTutorial.exe
- A readme file that contains a copy of this document: XML readme.txt
- A template for the database you will create: Bookstore.ntf
- Exercise files used by the tutorial:
- Javaxml.hlp
- xml_act1.hlp
- xml_act2.hlp
- xml_act3.hlp
- xml_act4.hlp
- xml_act5.hlp
- xml_act6.hlp
- xml_act7.hlp
- xml_act8.hlp
- xml_act9.hlp
- xml_act10.hlp
- Three files and two folders that contain additional information used by the tutorial:
- a5dir32.xmo
- Rhgbtn32.dll
- splash.dir
- Folders:
To detach the file from a broswer
- Double-click XMLTutorial.zip.
- Select Save File... and save to its own local directory.
To detach the file from a Notes database
- Right-click XMLTutorial.zip.
- Select Detach and save to its own local directory.
To install the tutorial
- In Windows Explorer, double-click the file icon. This opens WINZIP or the ZIP program.
- Click Extract.
- Make sure the "Extract to" field specifies the target directory.
- Click Extract. This unzips the files into the named directory.
- Move the Bookstore.ntf file to your Notes\data directory.
- Start the tutorial by double-clicking the XMLTutorial.exe icon.
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