Is the NSF file structure documentation available anywhere online?

Question

Hi,

I am looking for NSF file structure. Can anyone send me link where i would find information about it.

Answer 1

It's not documented - you are supposed to use the Lotus Notes API to access these files. Very often the files (or parts of them) are encrypted.

Answer 2

There is no published file format for Notes NSF files, but there are a number of options available for accessing data within an NSF, including:

• Lotus C and C++ API's (you can download toolkits here) . The C API - provides access to everything there is in an NSF - documents, design elements, security elements, etc)
• DXL (Domino XML) - you can extract the design and data as XML
• ODBC using the Notes SQL driver
• Java API (does not expose everything in the NSF) - documentation is here
• COM interface - documentation is here