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HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Application Design
Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
URL commands for Web applications
You have a variety of options for programming a Web site. You can directly manipulate objects such as documents or views in an application using Domino® URL commands. Adding Domino URL commands as HTML in forms gives users shortcuts for navigating databases and performing other tasks quickly.
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.
CGI variables
When a Web user saves a document or opens an existing document, the Domino® Web server uses CGI variables to collect information about the user, including the user's name, the browser, and the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address.

CGI variables

When a Web user saves a document or opens an existing document, the Domino® Web server uses CGI variables to collect information about the user, including the user's name, the browser, and the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address.

To capture this information in a Web application:

Create a field with the name of a CGI variable.
Create an agent whose script contains a CGI variable as a DocumentContext property.