APPLICATION MANAGEMENT


Making a design copy of a completed application
Before delivering the database to the database manager for general release, make a local template copy. You can make future design changes to the template and then transfer them to the server database.

1. Select the database and choose File - Database - New Copy.

2. Select Local.

3. Enter a title for the template.

4. Press TAB and change the file name to include the NTF extension reserved for templates. If you specify a directory in addition to a file name, the new database is placed in the directory you name as a subdirectory of the IBMR LotusR NotesR Data directory. You specify a location for the Data directory during installation. If the directory doesn't exist, Notes creates it for you.

5. Select "Database design only" in the Copy section of the dialog box.

6. Deselect "Access Control List."

7. (Optional) Click Encryption to encrypt the database and protect its contents from being accessed at the operating system level. Then click OK.

8. Choose File - Database - Access Control to define an appropriate access control list for the template.


For more information on putting a database into production, see Deploying an application.

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