Notes/Domino 6 and 7 Forum : Processing Read Notes (as opposed to unread)

Hello out there,

I was wondering if someone could help me with the following issue? I have developed a Notes application using the 2.4 C++ API. The purpose of this application is to pull data out of a Notes DB. Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this WITHOUT altering the read/unread status of every Note/Document I process.

Interestingly, the C++ API documentation states that opening a document via the API does not affect it's read mark. And yet we are seeing the contrary. The documents that we process are being flagged as read (?). Hmmmmmm. So here are my questions:

1) Does anyone out there know if it is possible to read data from Notes docs using the C++ API without causing the docs/notes being marked as read? I looked at the SetUnreadList documentation, but there seem to be problems with this - judging from other postings I have found regarding this method.

2) If there isn't a way to solve problem (1) above, is there a way to scan only read documents from a folder or view? It seems easy to scan unread docs, but read docs appear to be an entirely different "ball of wax." Skipping over unread docs is an acceptable alternative.

Thanks, in advance, for your time. Happy Holidays!

james