APPLICATION DESIGN


Using graphics
A page or form that contains a graphic is visually appealing but takes more time to display and print. You can paste or import graphics into pages, as you can into documents, forms, views, and navigators. IBM® Lotus® Domino(TM) Designer stores graphics in Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) in their native formats. Therefore, these are the best choices for graphic fidelity. Designer stores other types of graphics in a platform-independent 256-color format that is similar to GIF89a format. (GIFs are 256-color images.)

Graphics can be:


Preparing graphics

Your goal, when preparing a graphic, is to have it look as much as possible like the graphic you created in your drawing program. How graphics look depends on the user's viewer, operating system, and color mode.


Changing the color palette

If you are designing applications for users to access on the Web, you can change from the IBM® Lotus® color palette to a Web color palette to provide greater color fidelity. To change palettes:

1. Choose File - Preferences - User Preferences.

2. Check "Use Web Palette" on the Additional Options list of the Basics tab. If this option is unchecked, Designer uses the Lotus color palette.

Note When Web users open a database, Domino converts non-GIF and non-JPEG graphics to GIF or JPEG formats. The system administrator specifies the format in the "Image conversion format" field, which is part of the HTTP Server section of the Server document. For more information, see Administering the Domino System.

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