 | Level: Intermediate Nicholas Chase (ibmquestions@nicholaschase.com), Writer, Freelance
Keith Strickland , Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator, Developer and Author
25 Sep 2007 Become familiar with the
animation process and learn how to create and run OpenLaszlo animations.
This is the second in a
series of three tutorials that chronicle the building of a site that enables
collaborative discussion and animation building using Domino and Open Laszlo.
Part 1 of this series familiarized you with Notes and Domino in the
process of setting up the core of the BlammoSplat Web sites. Part 2 shows you how to
create and run OpenLaszlo animations.
In this tutorial
In this tutorial, learn: - What OpenLaszlo is
- How to set up the OpenLaszlo development environment
- How to create a basic OpenLaszlo animation
- How to use images, video, and sound in an OpenLaszlo animation
- How to animate objects
- How to use scripting in an animation
- How to run a Domino agent when a form loads
- How to create an agent that saves an attachment to the server
- How to use the OpenLaszlo server to convert animations "on the fly"
- How to enable users to control a running animation
Prerequisites
This tutorial is for Web developers who want to learn more about using
Lotus®
Notes and Domino to create and host Web applications. It assumes that you have some programming experience. You should have
a basic understanding of creating Notes applications, which you can get from
reading Part 1 of this series. The example uses LotusScript, but it's fairly
straightforward and explained in detail, so previous experience is not required.
Familiarity with XML is also helpful, but not required.
System requirements
To complete the steps in this tutorial, you need to have the
following software installed and ready to use:
- The basic BlammoSplat
application: Part 1 chronicled the creation of a Notes
database that enabled users to create an account on the BlammoSplat site, and
to post and read messages. You can download the NSF file (link provided in
tutorial), but you will need to read Part 1 to
perform the appropriate configuration.
- Domino 8: Available as a trial download. You can download the Domino 8 server software.
This software hosts the application, so you will need to download and install
it.
-
Domino Designer 8: Available as a trial download. This application enables you to
build Domino database applications from scratch; you'll be using it for the
registration application.
-
JDK 1.4x or higher:
OpenLaszlo runs on an embedded Tomcat server. You won't need to worry about
that, but you will need to have the Java SDK -- the JRE is NOT enough --
installed in order for it to work.
-
OpenLaszlo: The
animations created in this tutorial use the OpenLaszlo API, so to compile and
run the you will need the OpenLaszlo server.
Duration
Less than 2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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