2.9. Developing for mixed releases of clients

In this section we describe what you need to consider when you are developing an application which will be used with different releases of Notes clients, for example with Notes R4.6, Notes R5, and Notes 6.

After upgrading a server to Lotus Domino 6, you can upgrade the databases on that server to the Domino 6 database format and design (template). These two steps—upgrading database format and upgrading database design—are independent of each other. Because database format does not replicate, you can leave the design of a database based on a Domino 4.6 or Domino 5 template, and upgrade the database format on that server to the Domino 6 format.

If you decide to upgrade the database design to use Domino ...

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