#Admin
Posts tagged #Admin · 7 posts
- Managing the Full-Text Index from Code: CreateFTIndex, UpdateFTIndex, and the Local-vs-Server Split
FTSearch needs a full-text index to be fast — and to support wildcards and relevance ranking — and NotesDatabase can create, update, and remove one from LotusScript. The catch is a split almost nobody expects: CreateFTIndex / UpdateFTIndex / RemoveFTIndex work on LOCAL databases only, while FTIndexFrequency is server-only, and server indexes are actually managed by the Updall task (updall -X rebuilds, it doesn't create). This article covers the options bitmask, the create-vs-update distinction, and that split.
2026.07.17 - NotesAdministrationProcess: Filing AdminP Requests from LotusScript
Renaming a user, deleting one cleanly, recertifying, moving a mail file, changing an Internet password — these are AdminP jobs you'd normally click through in the Administration client. NotesAdministrationProcess files those same requests from code into admin4.nsf. This article covers session.CreateAdministrationProcess, the request methods and their note-ID return value, the certifier properties, and the three things that trip people up: it needs unrestricted rights, it's asynchronous, and '*' means 'no change'.
2026.06.29 - NotesIDVault: Pulling IDs from the ID Vault, Syncing, and Resetting Passwords in Code
The ID Vault is Domino's policy-based facility for centrally storing user ID files. NotesIDVault lets you operate it from code — pull a user's ID file out of the vault, sync a local ID back, check whether someone's ID is in the vault, even reset a vault password. This article covers getting it, the GetUserIDFile / SyncUserIDFile / IsIDInVault / ResetUserPassword / PutUserIDFile methods, its relationship to NotesUserID, and the permission prerequisites for these operations.
2026.06.25 - The ODS Developers Rarely Notice: Domino's Database Format Versions, and What Actually Triggers an Upgrade
You write LotusScript / XPages all day and probably never think about a database's ODS (on-disk structure) version — until a feature like LargeSummary needs a certain ODS, or you move an old database between servers and aren't sure whether its ODS follows. This article covers the ODS-to-release mapping from a developer's angle, the most counterintuitive point (upgrading the server version does not upgrade the ODS), and exactly what triggers an ODS change and what governs it — then answers a concrete case: an R9 ODS51 database, new-copied from an R12 client to an R12 server, does its ODS change automatically?
2026.06.21 - Domino REST API: v1.1.7 Is the Current Latest — New Endpoints and Fixes
HCL Domino REST API's current latest release is v1.1.7 (shipped April 7, 2026), adding endpoints for calendar profiles, PIM unread state, and message updates, plus fixes for attachment download, Microsoft Entra ID auth, and meeting invitations.
2026.05.04 - Domino V12 lets notes.ini hold multiple HTTPAdditionalRespHeader entries
Older Domino releases let you put exactly one HTTPAdditionalRespHeader in notes.ini — a second line silently overwrote the first. HCL added a numbered convention (HTTPAdditionalRespHeader01, 02, …) in V12.0.x so you can ship a full security-header baseline through notes.ini alone, which is the only path that still works when HTTP won't start and the Internet Site documents are unreachable.
2026.04.28 - HCL Domino REST API Quickstart Guide
This guide walks you through installing, configuring, and starting with the HCL Domino REST API, enabling access to Domino databases via a modern RESTful interface.
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