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HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.
Programming Overview and User Interface
This section contains general guidelines and examples that show where to use Java, LotusScript, and the formula language.
Programming Overview
This documentation describes how to attach Java, JavaScript, LotusScript, and formula code to Domino design elements. Here are some overview topics:
Field design formulas
As part of the field design process, you can write the following formulas to run on the user's workstation:
Default value formulas
A default value formula provides an initial value for a field. This formula executes when a document is created, and for text fields when the document is saved. The user can change the value in the field except for rich text fields which are not editable. You must specify a default value formula for a text field.
Examples: Default value formulas
This default value formula makes the initial value for a field the user surname in uppercase letters. The @Left function returns the part of the name preceding the first slash, if there is a slash, which extracts the name proper from the hierarchical name. The @RightBack function returns the part of the name following the last space.

Examples: Default value formulas

This default value formula makes the initial value for a field the user surname in uppercase letters. The @Left function returns the part of the name preceding the first slash, if there is a slash, which extracts the name proper from the hierarchical name. The @RightBack function returns the part of the name following the last space.

@UpperCase(@RightBack(@Left(@UserName; "/"); " "))