I have an outline with entries for opening views from another database. That worked fine until I made a local replica from that database. Since then the links do not work anymore. If I try to make new entries and chose the right database on the server, the dialog box will not show any views. Sometimes I can chose the right database, but then the entry opens a view from a copy of that database on an other server. All I would like to know is, how to put the path for a specific database and view in the formula window for those entries. That would solve the problem.The following I allready tried:
Other Outlines with the same settings work flawless. But there are no differences I can see between them. I have also local copies of those and no problems.
I tried to embed the outlines from those other databases. It also uses the wrong database on that other server.
OpenView will ONLY work on views in the CURRENT database - You can NOT specify which database to open a view in. If You need that functionality You must use either a Link, a Named Element or an URL.
Nothing new then?I now all that. I just tried anything to get it work. The problem is not, that I do not know how to handle the different things, it just does not work or not work anymore or once in a while. Named elements do work fine, as long as you can chose the database you want. But that is the problem. I can not get the database path right in that dialog box where you can chose your named element. And even if I can chose the right database, which happens once in a while, it will still open a view from a copy of this database on an other server. This can not be a behavior that is intended by Lotus.
That is the reason, why I tried to include the path in the programmers pane (source) for this entry.
I just want to know, how I can control the path for the named element. That’s it. Easy no?
If you are creating the entry as a named element and don’t see the database in the Database List (in the Locate Object) dialog, you can click the Browse icon to open a dialog that let’s you select any db - similar to the File\Database Open dialog.
If you want to specify a database on a particular server, you can create the entry as a Named Element with computed source. Rather than use the programmer’s pane, click the formula icon to open the Named Element Formula dialog. You can specify a formula for the kind of element, database, and element name. The syntax for the database would be “server!!path\filename.nsf”.
I am having the same difficulty here. I need whatever solution I put in place to work with either a user on the server or on a replica copy of the database. So far I am not seeing how to adapt this formula to automatically adjust to the appropriate server, ie. local or network server. Can anyone show me how to write this formula?