File tree structure

The conversion of one or more Notes databases in XML / HTML results in the creation of a set of disk files (HTML, XML, resources, ...) stored in several separate directory (COMMON, DESIGN, ERROR, FILES, HTML, INDEX, PICTURES, SHAREPOINT and XML).

An example of generated folders during the conversion of a base :

COMMON: This folder contains all the visual elements (images, css files, JavaScript files ...) used to display the content of the Notes database in a web browser. These elements are common to all databases converted by NotesExtractor.

DESIGN: This folder contains XSL and XML design files. Each XSL file is the translation of a Notes Form available in the database. Each XML file is the description of a Notes views or Folders (document selection criteria, set of columns...).

ERROR: This folder will be empty if no error occurred during the conversion of Notes Forms into XSL file. Otherwise, the files in this directory will be helpful to understand the reasons for the failure of the conversion.

FILES: This folder contains all attachment files and OLE objects stored in the database's documents. In order to limit the risk of name collision, the files are stored in individual folders (one folder per Notes document). The special characters (~ # % & * { } \ : < > ? / + | " [ ]) which are contained in the file names are replaced by "_".

FTINDEX: This folder contains all the index files required for the search module.

HTML: This folder contains all HTML files. Each HTML file is a translation of a Rich Text or Mime field from a Notes document.

INDEX: This folder contains HTML or XML files used to display views in a web browser (one file for each view index)

PICTURES: This folder contains all pictures stored in the Notes database (usually included in the Rich Text fields). The pictures stored as Resources Images in the Design of the base are exported into the subdirectory PICTURES/RESOURCES.

SHAREPOINT: This folder contains the files that will be used for data integration in SharePoint by the SharePoint Provisioner tool.

XML: This folder contains XML files used to store the structured data (type Text, Number, Date...) of the Notes documents fields (one xml file for each Notes document). The LINKS_<replicaid>.xml file gather all document links information stored in the database.

Index.html: This file is the entry point to display the contents of the database (navigator / views / documents) in a web browser.

SearchBar.exe: This file is used to execute the search module to perform a search on all extracted documents.

The path which stores the converted database is defined in the Setup document, in the following Target Folder Path section :

The name of the subfolder that hosts a data of a converted database can be built-up dynamically from the database properties (Path, Name, ReplicaID), using pre-defined keywords (@DbPath, @DbName and ReplicaID).