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Alvin
Alvin

Reputation: 171

Downloading Documents from lotus notes

I am using the NCSO.jar api for lotus notes. Now I can create the connection remotely to the domino server. I tried to download the documents created by the lotus notes such as the .odt documents. But it is not success. my code:

     database = session.getDatabase(host, "names.nsf", false);
     DocumentCollection documentCollection = database.getAllDocuments();

The returned result is always same and not included any .odt files. So is there another way to download the documents created by ibm notes? for example, I use lotus notes created a documents like a test.odt which is saved under the myDocuments folder. I want use an external application to download this file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1819

Answers (1)

Phil Donaldson
Phil Donaldson

Reputation: 101

Surely the database.getAllDocuments() will return all Notes documents in the specified database - in this case names.nsf. This doesn't include external files created via Lotus Notes - so, I'd look at two options:

[1] Store the path of the file created in the Notes document and use this information from the field information in the NotesDocumentCollection returned, or

[2] Attach the file created to the Notes document in a RTF (Rich Text Field) - the attachment will then be returned in the NotesDocumentCollection and you can retrieve it/manipulate it by processing the RTF which contains it.

But remember, if you store only references to the file (name and path etc as in [1] above) then you'll have to store these on a network share - not your 'local' machine.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

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