IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5
  Versions 8.5 and 8.5.1

Lock method

Locks a form.

Note This method is new with Release 6.

Defined in

NotesForm

Syntax

flag = notesForm.Lock( [ name ] [ , provisionalOK ] )

Parameters

name

Array of type String. Optional. The names of the lock holders. Each lock holder must be a user or group. Defaults to one lock holder: the effective user. The empty string ("") is not permitted in the array.

provisionalOK

Boolean. Optional.

• True permits the placement of a provisional lock.
• False (default) does not permit a provisional lock.

Return value

flag

Boolean.

• True if the lock is placed.
• False if the lock is not placed.

Usage

IsDesignLockingEnabled in NotesDatabase must be True or this method raises an error.

This method:

• Places a persistent lock if the administration (master lock) server is available.
• Places a provisional lock if the administration server is not available and the second parameter is True.
• Raises an error if the administration server is not available and the second parameter is False.

The following actions occur depending on the current lock status:

• If the form is not locked, this method places the lock and returns True.
• If the form is locked and the current user is one of the lock holders, this method returns True.
• If the form is locked and the current user is not one of the lock holders, this method returns False.

If the form is modified by another user before the lock can be placed, this method raises an error.

Language cross-reference

lock method in Java Form class

See examples

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Last updated: Monday, October 5, 2009