Opening Left Parentheses Character "(" as First Character in View or Folder Hides Element in R5
Category Software Development
I *so* wanted to blame Runtbert for this one... At my new job, we had a name lookup routine that used a view that just had the opening parenthesis in it. Since it was Joe's routine, I decided to ask him if he did that on purpose for some reason. He quickly denied that the view was his, and he only used the view that was already present in the NAB. So I guess with this KnowledgeBase item, it helps to solve the "what" of what was happening.
Opening Left Parentheses Character "(" as First Character in View or Folder Hides Element in R5
This issue is a problem when databases are migrated from R4 to R5 and views that were previously visible are now hidden.
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This issue was reported to Lotus Quality Engineering and has been addressed in Notes 6.0. Notes Domino 6 functions similarly to how Notes 4.x does. If any views were created with only an opening parentheses at the beginning of the view in R5, they will be visible in Notes 6. Designers do need to enclose the view name in both parenthesis.
As a workaround for 5.x, rename the design element so that the left parentheses character is no longer the first character in the name.
I *so* wanted to blame Runtbert for this one... At my new job, we had a name lookup routine that used a view that just had the opening parenthesis in it. Since it was Joe's routine, I decided to ask him if he did that on purpose for some reason. He quickly denied that the view was his, and he only used the view that was already present in the NAB. So I guess with this KnowledgeBase item, it helps to solve the "what" of what was happening.
Opening Left Parentheses Character "(" as First Character in View or Folder Hides Element in R5
Document Number:
1087273
Problem
The documentation and Online Help for
Domino Designer R5 states that in order to hide a design element such as
a view or folder, the name of the element should be enclosed in
opening and closing parentheses, for example (All). In R5, however,
design elements are hidden even when only the first character in the name
is the opening left parentheses "(" character. In Domino
4.5 and 4.6, the entire name had to be enclosed in order to hide the design
element. The following table illustrates the problem:
| View or Folder Name | Result in 4.5x and 4.6x | Result in 5.x |
| (January) | Hidden | Hidden |
| (1) January | Visible | Hidden |
| January (1) | Visible | Visible |
This issue is a problem when databases are migrated from R4 to R5 and views that were previously visible are now hidden.
Content
This issue was reported to Lotus Quality Engineering and has been addressed in Notes 6.0. Notes Domino 6 functions similarly to how Notes 4.x does. If any views were created with only an opening parentheses at the beginning of the view in R5, they will be visible in Notes 6. Designers do need to enclose the view name in both parenthesis.
As a workaround for 5.x, rename the design element so that the left parentheses character is no longer the first character in the name.
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Posted by Bas At 11:42:59 On 17/03/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Bas At 08:36:30 On 19/03/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Bas At 08:15:30 On 17/03/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Duffbert At 08:32:26 On 17/03/2004 | - Website - |
1. I guess 'Runtbert' is better than 'Baldbert'
2. Regardless of whether it works to use only the leading parenthesis, I still say that it is terrible form to do so. Just look at all the questioning - the time and therefore MONEY - that has been wasted on this. Had the original developer used an opening and a closing parenthesis, the view would still be hidden and no one would be wondering what the heck was going on. Now you know the real reason I had to move 3,000 miles away....That view name was just making me lose too much sleep.
Seriously, since you guys have TeamStudio, I think you should change the name of the view to be enclosed in parentheses, and run a Configurator agent to cycle through the directory and locate any references to this view in the various databases, changing the references to use the new name. Who needs the coward's way out of just using an alias!
Posted by Runtbert At 19:19:14 On 18/03/2004 | - Website - |