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Using DXL classes to create version control

Tim Tripcony
10.10.2003
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Although third-party vendors sell wonderful version control software for Domino, for those of you strapped for cash, some of the new LotusScript classes added in ND6 provide a fairly easy way to design your own version control tool.

NotesNoteCollection allows you to obtain a handle on any notes in a database (data, design elements, ACL, etc.), based on specified criteria. NotesDXLExporter and NotesDXLImporter allow you to, respectively, export one or more notes to DXL and create notes by importing DXL into a database. Finally, the NotesStream cla

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ss acts as temporary storage for the exported information. Combining these three classes, you can take periodic or on-demand snapshots of any design element and roll back to previous versions. NotesDXLExporter can also pipeline directly to NotesDXLImporter, which allows you to easily copy design elements from one database to another.

Create a database containing the following design elements. I hope this information is useful for some of you. Enjoy!

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