• Link

  Open a Web site, a database, or an element in a database (a page, view, frameset, form, document, folder, or navigator).

• Text pop-up

  Display information in a pop-up.

• Button

  Complete a programmed task, using simple actions, formulas, LotusScript, JavaScript when the button is used in the IBM® Lotus® Notes® client. In addition, you can code the same button to run JavaScript when the button is used in a Web browser.

• Formula pop-up

  Complete a programmed task using only formulas, with the results displayed in the pop-up.

• Action hotspot

  Complete a programmed task using simple actions, formulas, LotusScript, or JavaScript when the action hotspot is used in the Notes Client. In addition, you can code the same action hotspot to run JavaScript when the action hotspot is used in a Web browser.

Create a hotspot in a document when the hotspot is specific to the document. Create a hotspot in a form when every document using that form needs the hotspot.

Examples of hotspots

• Use a document or database link to provide a cross-reference for more information that is stored in a document in other database.
• Use a URL link to cross-reference a Web site for downloading software.
• Use a text pop-up to provide help information about what values to specify in a field.
• Use a button to submit a completed document for processing or add a database to a user’s workspace.

Adding automation to applications
Creating an action hotspot
Creating a button
Creating a formula pop-up
Creating an imagemap
Creating links
Creating a text pop-up

Glossary