<A target="_blank" href="http://dontpanic82.blogspot.com/2011/06/simple-helper-function-to-get-path-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dontpanic82+%28DontPanic+-+a+blog+about+Lotus+Notes+%2F+Domino%29">Tommy Valand has posted a bit of code that adds the protocol</A> and hostname to generated URLs. This lets you use xp:link to locate applications.