classical Notes application even if running from server is able to read local databases. From an xPage app I can redirect to notes url on client such as: notes:///path/0/unid?OpenDocument, but I cannot use local db as an xPage source.

 

For some reason in datasource the application server is being treated as "local", i.e designated by an empty string, so no way to tell, nono, it's really local.

 

In other cases xPages recognize the client - even if I run the application from the server, a call to session.setEnvironmentVar() will write to client notes.ini. It seems to be a little inconsistent.

 

So is it true that the only way for an xPage app to use the dbs on client as a data source is to run it from a local replica? Or there is more to it?

 

EDITED: OK, my bad. If I provide a full path (e.g. "C:\myfiles\mynsf.nsf"), I can use local db as a datasource even if application is located on server.