Duffbert's Random Musings

1 - Thanks for all the great input, everyone... I'm sure the person who posed the question will appreciate it.

2 - Easy. If its lotusscript - NO CHANGE REQUIRED.

If its lotusscript which calls C-API stuff - check out http://www.ls2capi.com (and buy the book, its excellent).

If its C-API - then download the C-API v7 toolkit and read the reference pages. its been around since balmer had hair - and is very very straightforward.

Java - no worries. Just replicate the database there, and off you go.


----* Bill

3 - I have no idea how many apps your caller has. However, he may want to make sure that none of the apps are using OS file level stuff, like attaching/detaching files to specific locations on the server.

Maybe something like TeamStudio would help with mitigating the issues?

4 - A first place to look might be the Domino Designer help document "UNIX platform differences in LotusScript" http://www-12.lotus.com/ldd/doc/domino_notes/6.5.1/help65_designer.nsf/855dc7fcfd5fec9a85256b870069c0ab/ca7c716175dc2e8685256e00004a3860?OpenDocument)

5 - One caveat to Bill's comment - if they are accessing files on the file system, the directory path delimiters are wrong. On AIX, dirs are separated with / whereas it is \ on wintel. So, if it's Lotusscript, the only change you have to make is to the directory separator in any file system operations.

We did a move like this for a customer about 7 years ago and put in logic to determine what OS they were running on and inserted a variable in file names so that it would run in a mixed environment.

6 - When dealing with file system operations, it's not just the filepath delimiters (slashes vs. backslashes) but the case sensitivity as well. On Wintel, CoNfIG.xMl is the same as config.xml i, on UNIX (AIX, Solaris) or LINUX it's not