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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:
Window title, section access, and insert subform formulas
Section access formulas
A section access formula specifies the names or ACL roles of users who can edit the fields in the section. Other users only have reader access to the section. However, this specification does not override the access control list for the database.
Examples: Section access formulas

Examples: Section access formulas

This formula restricts edit access to a section to Mary Chen and Donna Hill.
```
"Mary Chen" : "Donna Hill"
```
This formula restricts edit access to the section to those users listed in Column 1 of the By Person view of the current database.
```
@DbColumn(""; ""; "By Person"; 1)
```
This formula restricts edit access to the section to those users assigned the [EditStaff] role in the ACL.
```
"[EditStaff]"
```
This formula defines who can edit the section based on the content of the Status field on the form. If Status contains "Submitted," users with [Editors] or [Admins] user roles in the ACL can edit it. If Status contains "Draft," only the user whose name is in the OriginalAuthor field can edit it. Otherwise, noone can and "-nobody-" displays in the "Who can edit this section" dialog box if a user attempts to edit it.
```
@If(Status = "Submitted"; "[Editors]":"[Admins]"; Status = "Draft"; OriginalAuthor; "-nobody-")
```