Domino 8.5 designer unable to open notes 6.5 databases

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Domino 8.5Windows Server 2003

I have just started testing our 6.5.x applications on our 8.5 test domain and have run into an issue.

Any developer running a 8.5 eclipse designer client is unable to open a 6.5.x database, the opening sequence locks on ‘create’ and will stay there all day. (the clients appear to work as we can create new etc)

The applications open and run in the Notes client and the web front ends work fine too.

I have tried the following

compact -c

updall -r

fixup

I have also copied these applications locally to eliminate the server and this has also not worked.

I am able to open these applications

in the 8.0.2 client and have used this to recompile our scripts but also did not work.

I have searched high and low for a solution to this issues but to no avail.

Can anyone help or at least point me in the right direction?

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Subject: RE: Domino 8.5 designer unable to open notes 6.5 databases

Does this also happen for newly created 6.5 databases or just existing databases? What is the exact version of 6.5 client are you running?

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Subject: Client 6.5.6

I have just created a new database running client version 6.5.6 and it opens using my developer client 8.5.

So I guess that means it is just existing databases.

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Subject: RE: Domino 8.5 designer unable to open notes 6.5 databases

This is certainly odd behavior. I would consider one of the following actions:<<< Before you do anything perform an OS level backup >>>

  • Run maintenance again in the following order:

load fixup db.nsf -F

load compact db.nsf -c -D -i

load updall db.nsf -R

  • if above does not work consider upgrading the ODS. read over the Administration client help article:

“Running Compact to update the ODS version of a mail file”

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Subject: Same issue

I’m having the same issue any resolution?