Reading Lotus Documents from .NET (VB or C#)

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Subject: Reading Lotus Documents from .NET (VB or C#)

Feedback Type: Question

Product Area: Notes Client

Technical Area: Customization

Platform: Windows XP client

Release: 8.5

Reproducible: Unknown

I am a VB.NET developer. I need to build a VB.NET app that can open a Lotus Notes document and parse the data. I've googled and not been able to find anything relevant to documents. Here are my considerations:

1. I've downloaded the Lotus Notes 8.5 trial suite and created a document which appears to be stored as 'TestDocument.odt' in MyDocuments which is fine.

1. I've built the app using the COM Domino Objects reference dll.

2. I can initialize a session.

3. I'm lost here. I do not understand how to open the document and read whatever I can into VB.

4. I do not understand the concept of the database as Lotus is using it. Are my documents supposed to be stored in one?

This is a proof of concept project but my final project will go up against a Domino server.

Can someone point me in the right direction. I don't think I'm first guy trying this.

Many thanks!

Ron Thomas

Feedback number WEBB7TUTSF created by ~Fritz Zekkitherlen on 07/11/2009

Status: Open
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