Using Domino URL Syntax

Domino URL commands enable designers to manipulate objects, such as forms or images, directly. Designers can provide navigational elements by adding URL commands as HTML on the form or button.

Domino URL syntax is as follows:

http://Host/Database/DominoObject?Action&Arguments

Table 16.4 explains URL syntax by listing its parameters and their descriptions.

Table 16.4. URL Syntax
ParameterDescription
HostAdd DNS entry or IP address to identify the server. Do not use the server's name.
DatabaseDatabase in which DominoObject resides. If opening a database, the syntax would be

http://Host/Database.nsf?OpenDatabase

Database can be identified:

By its filename or

By its replica ID, preceded with a double underscore and appended with ...

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