Programming
These questions are based on 834: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Application Development Foundation Skills
Lotus
Self Test Software Practice Test
Objective: Programming.
Sub-objective: Working with basic formula language.
Single answer, multiple-choice
Alan has a database in which he has enabled Allow soft deletions. When users delete documents, they go to a trash folder, but Alan wants to create an action in the trash folder that can be used to permanently remove those documents if desired. Which @function should Alan use?
- @DeleteDocument
- @Command([Clear]);
- @HardDeleteDocument
- @Command[EditClear]
Answer:
C. @HardDeleteDocument
Tutorial:
@HardDeleteDocument is an @function used to permanently delete a document from a database. @HardDeleteDocument can be used in an agent. When used, @HardDeleteDocument permanently removes the document being processed from the database if the database has soft deletions enabled.
When the option “Allow soft deletions” is enabled for a database, this means that when users delete documents, they are not permanently deleted at that time, but rather they are sent to a trash folder where they can be restored if needed.
If you wanted to permanently remove documents from the trash folder, you could create an action using the @HardDeleteDocument in the action. When the action is used, it will permanently remove the documents.
@Command[EditClear] is used to mark a document for deletion from an icon, view or form action.
@DeleteDocument is used to perform a soft deletion on a document. Remember, “soft deletion” means the document can be retrieved.
@Command([Clear]) performs the menu command Edit > Delete.
Reference:
Lotus Domino Designer 8 Help – Search on: @HardDeleteDocument
IBM RedBook – Domino Designer 6: A Developer’s Handbook – Chapter 14
