LO61100: NOTESSTREAM.OPEN THROWS ERROR "FILE DOES NOT EXIST" ONCE THE FILE GETS DELETED FROM LOCAL HARD DRIVE.

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Notesstream.open does not create a file in Domino 8.5.2
  if the file is deleted from the local drive through kill
  statement and throws error "File does not Exist"
  
  Steps to reproduce the issue:
  
  1.Create a sample database with blank template.
  2.Create an agent in the database with following code:
  
  Sub Initialize
   On Error GoTo oops
   Dim filepath As String
   filepath = "C:\temp\goodbye.txt"
   Dim session As New NotesSession
   Dim stream As NotesStream
   Set stream = session.CreateStream
   Dim attFileName As String
   attFileName = Dir$(filepath, 0)
   If Not attFileName = "" Then
    Kill filepath
   End If
   If Not stream.Open(filepath, "UTF-8") Then
    MessageBox filepath,, "Open failed"
    Exit Sub
   End If
   stream.WriteText "Hello!"
   Call stream.Close()
   Exit Sub
  oops:
   MsgBox "Error " & Err & " line " & Erl & ": " & Error
   Exit Sub
  
  End Sub
  
  3.Create a file goodbye.txt in location C:\temp.
  
  4.The code on execution throws an error "File Does Not Exist"
  at line  stream.open.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• This APAR is closed as FIN. We have deferred the fix to a
   future release.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# VNTR8H7AKJ.
  This APAR is closed as FIN. We have deferred the fix to a
   future release.
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSN

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