LotusScript for Visual Basic Programmers - IBM Redbooks

NotesDatabase
NotesDatabase is contained by NotesSession and NotesDbDirectory.
It contains NotesACL, NotesAgent, NotesDocument,
NotesDocumentCollection, and NotesView.
Note In Notes Release 4.5, NotesDatabase will contain NotesForm and will
be contained by NotesUIDatabase.
We have many ways to access NotesDatabase:
To access an existing database when you know its server and file name,
use the New method of NotesDatabase, or the GetDatabase method of
NotesSession.
To access the database in which a script is currently running, without
indicating a server or file name, use the CurrentDatabase property of
NotesSession.
To access an existing database when you know its server and replica
ID, use the OpenByReplicaID method of NotesDatabase.
To access an existing database when you know its server but not its file
name, use the NotesDbDirectory class.
To access the current user’s mail database use the OpenMail method of
NotesDatabase.
To open the default Web Navigator database, use the OpenURLDb
method of NotesDatabase.
To access the available Address books, use the AddressBooks property
of NotesSession.
To test for the existence of a database with a specific server and file
name before accessing it, use one of these properties or methods of
NotesDatabase: IsOpen, Open, OpenIfModified.
To create a new database from an existing database, use one of these
methods of NotesDatabase: CreateCopy, CreateFromTemplate,
CreateReplica.
To create a new database from scratch, use the Create method of
NotesDatabase.
To access a database when you have a NotesView, NotesDocument,
NotesDocumentCollection, NotesACL, or NotesAgent from that
database, use the appropriate Parent (or ParentDatabase) property.
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