You can create a resource library of images to use throughout your application. Image resources let you maintain the image in only one location. If there are any changes to the image, changing and refreshing the source file distributes the changes wherever the image is referenced.
Note Refer also to the Lotus Domino Designer XPages User Guide for more information on using images in Domino Designer.
You can now select this image from the Controls palette where you can drag-and-drop it on, for example, an XPage when creating a page design
Use the following to import an image from the Control palette:
The imported image also displays in the Resources-Images section in the Applications Navigator. It is now available from the image list every time you dran and drop an image from the Core Controls section of the palette.
To set Image properties, select the image from the list of images and select the Properties tab below the work pane.
This tab contains information on the selected image and let you set basic properties and advanced properties at the image file level, for example, name, alias, comment and page placement and display options. You can also preview the image from this tab. You can also specify:
This tab contains options for setting properties on how images are handled in Web applications. This includes the following fields:
This tab contains file information such as creation date, modification date, size, access, etc.
On the Design tab of the Image Resource Properties box, select any of the following design options:
Field or box
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Description
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Inherit from the design template |
Type the name of a template from which the design element might inherit changes. |
Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify |
Select this to prevent this design element from being modified during a refresh or replace. If you use a template to refresh or replace the database design, to ensure that this option takes effect, select this option as well as the option "Propagate this prohibition of design change" in the design properties of the template. |
Propagate this prohibition of design change |
Select this so that if a database inherits this design element, the "Prohibit design refresh or Replace to modify" box option will be inherited also, and it will still be selected. |
Do not show this design element in menus of Notes R4 or later clients |
Select to hide the design element from Web users. |
Hide design elements from (Web Browsers) |
Select to hide the design element from Web users. |
Hide design elements from (Notes R4.6 or later clients) |
Select to hide the design element from IBM® Lotus® Notes® Release 4.6 or later clients. |
With this tab you can look up a field in a design element and troubleshoot if it is not running properly. To view specific information for each field, select the field name, and refer to the right panel which gives information about the selected field.
If you want an image to blend with the user's system colors, select the option "Colorize grays" on the Basics tab of the Image Resource Properties box. When enabled, the grays in an image that use the Lotus palette change to the color scheme of the user's operating system. This feature lets the image resources blend in with the other elements of the user's system, such as dialog boxes and menu bars.
Tip You can use the images among multiple databases by putting the image into a template. Databases inheriting from that template have easy access to the image.
For more information on creating templates and inheriting design, see the topic "Templates" in the chapter "Completing an Application and Managing Design Changes."
You can insert an image resource from a file that you created and stored in your current database.
Browse your directory to include an image resource in the current database.
The image resource appears in the form, document, or page.
Perform the following steps to rename an image resource that you created.
The new name appears in the image resource list.
Perform the following steps to delete an image resource that you created.
You can use Pass-thru HTML to reference image resources within a database.
<img src="r5-banner.gif">
To make design changes to a graphic used as an image resource, export the image to a graphics program. Once the changes are made, update the image resource and distribute the design changes.
When you redesign an image resource, you can distribute the changes wherever the image appears in the database.
Designer automatically updates the image in all of the places it is referenced in the application.
You can select a graphic to appear as the mail header for all employee mail. Simply add your company's logo to the image resources of your organizations' mail templates. Only employees who have access to the mail template will see the letterhead; other recipients, such as those outside your company or with an Internet mail account, will receive a standard letterhead.
For details on creating a custom letterhead, see "Creating a custom letterhead" on the Lotus Developer Domain.