I have a repeat where the value loops through documents in the current database, these documents contain a database and view name. The repeat then opens the database and view and retrieves data from within them:
var dbOther:NotesDatabase = session.getDatabase(null, doc.getItemValueString("Database"));
if(dbOther != null){
var lookupView:NotesView = dbOther.getView(doc.getItemValueString("ViewName"));
var viewNav:NotesViewNavigator = lookupView.createViewNavFromCategory(key);
}
This works fine on all browsers but if I view the xpage in the Notes Client I get the following error: Exception occurred calling method NotesDatabase.getView(string) null
I have tested that the dbOther variable is set by writing the Server and FilePath properties to a log. I checked that it could see the views by generating a loop using getViews and getAliases, again all view aliases were written to the log without an issue.
I have manually entered the view name in case the value was not being selected from the document correctly but received the same error.
Is there a way I can connect to a view in another database in XPiNC? I have found an XSnippet which allows you to dynamically add view data sources to your page, I think this may get around my problem but wanted to find out if there was an alternative solution before I re-write everything!