GetDocumentByUNID - no error, no document?

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Subject: GetDocumentByUNID - no error, no document?

Feedback Type: Problem

Product Area: Notes Client

Technical Area: Application Development

Platform: Windows

Release: 8.5.2

Reproducible: Always

I am using GetDocumentByUNID to retrieve a document in a database. Somehow this function is returning Nothing. My understanding from the help is that it should return a NotesDocument or an error. I have verified that the UNID being used is the correct one. Below is the relevent code, which is running in a script library.

resUnid = letterDoc.ResearchRequestID(0)
If researchDoc Is Nothing Then
Set researchDoc = session.CurrentDatabase.Getdocumentbyunid(resUnid)
If researchDoc Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Unable to find research request for this letter (" & s.CurrentDatabase.Title & " -- " & resUnid & ")",0,"Programming error."
End
End If
End If

Somehow the msgbox in the above code is firing. I would have thought that to be impossible. Can anyone see what I am missing?

Feedback number WEBB955VCR created by ~Mark Nonjipysterings on 02/21/2013

Status: Open
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