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The Lotus Notes NotesDatabase class provides a method to determine a template name, but it only works for the template file itself -- template.ntf.
As far I could find out, there is no prescribed method to grab the true template name for a Lotus Notes database.
Upon further research, I found out that the name is stored in the NotesDatabase icon. The icon can be accessed as any other Lotus Notes document.
From Lotus Notes/Domino R6 on, there is a new class -- called NotesNoteCollection. The NotesNoteCollection class represents a collection of Lotus Domino design and data elements in a Lotus Notes database.
I did a quick debug to find the proper place to look for the template name value. Below, you will find LotusScript code that will retrieve the name of a template used for a specific Lotus Notes database.
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How about using the DesignTemplateName property of the NotesDatabase object.
This gives direct access to the template name that a database inheri
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Thierry S.
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Why not just use the database property: DesignTemplateName?
Steen H.
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The "Icon" design document has a fixed NoteID, therefore you do not need to skip through design elements to get this design document. Just simply use the following:
Using this method, you can, easily get the following design documents, for example:
Dennis F..
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