Signs elements in a database with the signature of the current user.

Note This method is new with Release 6.

Defined in

NotesDatabase

Syntax

Call notesDatabase.Sign( [ documentType% ] [ , existingSigsOnly ] [ , nameStr$] [ , nameStrIsNoteID ] )

Parameters

documentType%

Integer. One of the following constants.
• DBSIGN_DOC_ACL (64) signs the ACL
• DBSIGN_DOC_AGENT (512) signs all agents
• DBSIGN_DOC_ALL (32767) signs all elements
• DBSIGN_DOC_DATA (1) signs all data documents' active content (hotspots)
• DBSIGN_DOC_FORM (4) signs all forms
• DBSIGN_DOC_HELP (256) signs the "About Database" and "Using Database" documents
• DBSIGN_DOC_ICON (16) signs the icon
• DBSIGN_DOC_REPLFORMULA (2048) signs the replication formula
• DBSIGN_DOC_SHAREDFIELD (1024) signs all shared fields
• DBSIGN_DOC_VIEW (8) signs all views

Boolean.
• True to sign only elements with existing signatures.
• False (default) to sign all elements.

String. Programmatic name or note ID of a single design element.

Boolean.
• True if parameter 3 represents a note ID.
• False (default) if parameter 3 represents a programmatic name.

This method signs all design elements of the specified type if you specify parameter 1 and do not specify parameter 3.

If you specify parameter 3, this method signs one design element. You can also specify parameter 1 to positively define the design element. If more than one design element has the same name and parameter 1 is not specified, this method signs the first design element with the specified name.

This method executes only on a workstation.

Language cross-reference

sign method in Java Database class

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