Creates a new database from an existing database.

Defined in

Database

Syntax

public Database createFromTemplate(String server, String dbfile, boolean inherit)
   throws NotesException

public Database createFromTemplate(String server, String dbfile, boolean inherit, int maxsize)
   throws NotesException

Parameters

String server

The name of the server where the new database resides. Specify null or an empty string ("") to create a database on the current computer.

The file name of the new database.

Specify true if you want the new database to inherit future design changes from the template; otherwise, specify false.

Note This parameter is new with Release 5.

The maximum size (in gigabytes) that you would like to assign to the new database. This parameter applies only to Release 4 databases or those created on a server that has not been upgraded to Release 5. Entering an integer greater than 4 generates a run-time error.

Database

The new database, which contains the forms, subforms, fields, views, folders, navigators, agents, and documents of the template.

If a database with the specified file name already exists, an exception is thrown.

The new database has the design elements and documents of the existing database.

The template is a Notes database with the "Database is a template" property checked. If the database property is not checked, the source is treated as a database instead of a template, and the method acts like the createCopy method.

If the source is a template, entries in the template ACL enclosed in brackets are copied to the new database with the brackets dropped. For example, [-Default-] in the template becomes -Default- in the new database. Entries not enclosed in brackets are not copied. In addition, the effective user name is added to the ACL with manager access. If the database is on a server, the server name is added to the ACL with manager access.

Programs running on a server or making remote (IIOP) calls to a server can't create or access databases on other servers. In these cases, the server parameter must correspond to the server the program is running on. There are two ways to do this:

• Use null or an empty string ("") to indicate the current computer. This is the safer method.
• Make sure the name of the server that the program runs on matches the name of the server parameter.

If the current database is not a template, the createFromTemplate method creates a new, blank database without any forms or views (equivalent to the create method).

Language cross-reference

CreateFromTemplate method in LotusScript NotesDatabase class

FileNewDatabase @command of formula language

Example
See Also

Creating, compacting, removing, and replicating a database