URL commands for Web applications

Domino URL Commands
A URL command combines a specific URL with a command that manipulates an item such as a document or view. Adding Domino URL commands as HTML in forms gives users shortcuts for navigating databases and performing other tasks quickly.

URL commands for opening servers, databases, and views

URL commands for opening framesets

URL commands for opening agents, forms, and navigators
The following commands open agents, forms, and navigators in a database. Hidden design elements are hidden from the server too; you can't use Domino URL commands to access documents in hidden forms.

URL commands for opening resources
The following URL commands open resources, design elements that allow you to import, store, and deploy a variety of file types in an NSF application. Resources are widely used with Web applications and applications designed for use with WebDAV.

URL commands for creating, deleting, editing, opening, and saving documents
The following commands manipulate documents in a database. Hidden design elements are hidden from the server too; you can't use Domino URL commands to access documents in hidden views.

URL commands for opening documents by key
The following commands allow you to open a document by using the key value of the first sorted column of a view, such as a document name, or to generate a URL to link to a document by key. Hidden design elements are hidden from the server too; you can't use Domino URL commands to access documents in hidden views, unless you've hidden the view by surrounding its name in parentheses, rather than using the Hide tab in the Properties box.

URL commands for opening pages
The following command will open a Web page using its name or UNID.

URL commands for opening attachments, image files, and OLE objects
The following commands open files and objects within a document.

URL commands for searching for text
Search-related URLs are available for performing view, multiple-database, and domain searches. Typically you define a URL that displays an input form -- either a customized search form or the default search form -- to let users define their own searches, but you may also define a URL that performs text searches without user input. Both input and results forms may be customized.

Using Next and Previous buttons or hotspots with Start and Count parameters

URL commands for required authentication

URL commands for processing SSL certificates
The following commands automate the request and receipt of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates stored in a database.

URL commands for setting user preferences in Web applications
In a Notes® application, many settings -- such as how a date or time value is formatted or defaut language preferences -- are set through a user's operating system. Users can modify the settings according to their preferences. In a Web application, the formats are determined by the settings that are installed with the browser. The URL command OpenPreferences allows users of browser applications to select display formats that apply to applications on one server or all the servers in a domain.

Managing multilingual input in a single database
The charset=[MIME charset name] argument can be added to any URL command to return the requested form or page in the specified character set, regardless of the preferred language setting in the browser. The server does not generate the charset=[MIME charset name] argument automatically. It must be built into the application.

Perl Scripts
Domino supports programs written in Perl. Perl programs have file names that end with .pl. Place Perl programs in the cgi-bin directory. By default, Domino looks in directories that are included in the server's PATH statement for a Perl interpreter named perl.exe. To override this default, define an environment variable (PERLBIN) that gives the name or absolute path of the perl interpreter -- for example, c:\perl5\bin\perl.exe.

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs
CGI is a standard for connecting external applications with HTTP servers. CGI programs allow you to do some background processing on a Web page. To run CGI programs, place them in the default cgi-bin directory or in a directory that has execute access. Because Domino does not maintain access control at the file system level, scripts must include access control measures to prevent unauthorized use.