When I am starting a new release of a database design, I tend to take the existing design template, and make a new copy.
With an R5 server, what would happen is that the information on the design properties tab would copy across, and I would then go in and change the template name to say “ExpensesWorkflow_25Mar03”.
Now, with the SCT function, what seems to happen is that the client tries to write the database design properties, and fails because the Single Copy Template engine correctly refuses to allow two databases to have the same design name.
The side effect is that the database title is blanked, and other fields are missing too.
Surely a better solution would be to ensure that whenever copying a database, the Notes client always clears the “is a master template” field.
Alternatively, the server could just accept all the information except the master template field, to achieve the same result.
I prefer the first, as having multiple templates on an R5 or earlier server is a problem anyway.
Is this considered a bug ??