Comments on: SnTT: Is database design hidden (Notes API Solution)

By: Ulrich Krause

Ulrich Krause — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:21:08 +0000

@Craig: I’ ve fixed it in the code.

By: Craig Schumann

Craig Schumann — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:14:48 +0000

@Ulrich – There appears to be a small bug in the posted code. On line 30 you check for Flags > 0 to tell if the database is hidden. According to the api, there are many different non-zero values that can be stored in the Flags member. For example, if replication is disabled for the database, the Flags member will have the value REPLFLG_DISABLE (&h004) set in addition to anything else that may be set. Long story short, I think you want to rewrite the test to be (Flags And REPLFLG_HIDDEN_DESIGN)

@Bruce – once the design is hidden, the Formula is encrypted and the LotusScript source is deleted. These cannot be undone by turning off this flag in the replication flags. All the flag does once the design is hidden the first time is cause designer to not show the ‘Open in Designer’ menu item. It will still not prevent someone from seeing the design with other tools like NotesPeek or something similar.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:02:09 +0000

Ulrich,

Thanks for the reply. I don’t want to unhide a db design however, we sell some products with hidden design elements.

By: Ulrich Krause

Ulrich Krause — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:55:07 +0000

Unhiding a hidden design has been discussed numerous times in forums all aroung the Notes Planet. And even with this method you are not able to completely unhide the design.

Here is the attempt on LDD to hide/unhide the design by Rod Whiteley on 29.Oct.01 http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/46dom.nsf/0/4835a87a39abcd5380256af400402cbe?OpenDocument

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:49:42 +0000

Are you able to unhide the design with this?