How to modify the design of a database whose design has been hidden?----thanks in advance
Subject: How to modify the design of a database whose design has been hidden?
You really can’t. You can add to it, but it is very difficult to bring back a hidden design.
You really need the template from which the database’s hidden design was made.
HTH – Cheers
Subject: How to modify the design of a database whose design has been hidden?
Hello Edward,
it is possible without script to modify the design.
Go to www.searcdomino.com and search for “edit hidden design”.
Or clikck here: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid4_gci833237,00.html
I have done this for a long time. But I’m not able to find the paper. If you ar a registered user You will be able to read the article how to do this.
Regards Rico
Subject: RE: How to modify the design of a database whose design has been hidden?
The tip is incorrect. This technique will only work if the database design wasn’t properly hidden to begin with. When a database design is correctly hidden, the individual design elements are changed; the LotusScript and Java source code are removed, leaving only the compiled code. The formulas are flagged to not show their source (formulas can’t be securely hidden because there is no separate source and compiled version).
Changing a bit flag in the nsf file cannot restore the missing source code.
With Notes 5, a database design refresh from template can overwrite the hidden design elements, replacing them with design elements whose design is not hidden, so the missing source code is restored. This leaves just the database level flag, which can be cleared as described in the tip. The database design is not securely hidden. So there’s some chance the tip will work, but only if the developer let the database continue to inherit design from its non-hidden template.
Notes 6 design refresh will not replace hidden elements with their non-hidden counterparts, so the tip is much less likely to work with 6.