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copied!<p><strong>Update:</strong> <em>This is answer is now out-of-date. It is useful in that it should point users in the right direction but it isn't really a working answer anymore. I no-longer develop on Lotus Notes so I cannot update it to a current solution.</em></p> <p>I managed to figure this out eventually but will post the solution, just in case anyone else has the same trouble.</p> <p>The <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13471700/source-control-in-lotus-domino-designer/13477058#13477058">answer</a> by <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/785061/per-henrik-lausten">Per Henrik Lausten</a> was very helpful as it showed me the route to follow through the menus. The main problem is that I'm not used to how Eclipse works so I didn't realise you had to go to the <em>"Team"</em> menu and <em>"Share Project"</em> after creating the on-disk project. When I did this I discovered that both SVN and CVS were already available.</p> <p>I found that SVN did not like the <strong>file://</strong> protocol (perhaps a windows issue?) Since, I could not arrange for an SVN server on our network, I decided to go down the Mercurial route. This was better for us as our other projects are stored in Mercurial.</p> <p><b>Setting-up Mercurial with Lotus Designer 8.5.3:</b></p> <ol> <li>In Domino preference (File -> Preferences), set: <i>Enable Eclipse Plugins</i> in the Domino Designer section to <b>ticked</b>.<br /><br /></li> <li>Also in the preferences set: <i>Use Binary DXL for source control operations</i> to <b>unticked</b> (File -> Preferences, Domino Designer -> Source Control). Without this ticked I was not getting text for my Lotusscript agents and it would be difficult to compare changes.<br /><br /></li> <li>Go to File -> Application -> Install: <ul> <li>Select <i>Search for new features to install</i> and click <b>Next</b>.</li> <li>Click <b>Add Remote Location</b> button</li> <li>Add the url: <a href="http://mercurialeclipse.eclipselabs.org.codespot.com/hg.wiki/update_site/stable/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://mercurialeclipse.eclipselabs.org.codespot.com/hg.wiki/update_site/stable/</a> and give it a suitable name</li> <li>Once you've added this, ensure it is ticked in the location list and click <b>Finish</b></li> <li>Design will then search for updates and give you a list. Untick <i>"Only show latest version of a feature per update site"</i></li> <li>Tick <b>MercurialEclipse 1.6</b> from MercurialEclipse Stable Releaes. I found that the latest version does not work, however a previous <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10359476/mercurial-setup-for-lotus-domino-designer-8-5-3">Stackoverflow conversation</a> indicates that version 1.6 does work.<br /></li> <li>Click finish and allow it to install.</li> <li>You will be asked to approve various plugins and then to restart.</li> <li>MercurialEclipse, should now be installed!</li> </ul><br /></li> <li>To start using Mercurial with a Domino Application:<ul> <li>Right-click the application in the Applications tab, select: Team Development -> Set Up Source Control for this Application.</li> <li>Give the project a name and choose a location for the project to be stored.</li> <li>Designer will then do a DXL export of the database to your chosen location. A <b>Navigator tab</b> will appear next to Applications.</li> <li>Right-click your new disk-project in the Navigator and select: Team -> Share Project...</li> <li>Select Mercurial from the Repository types and allow Designer to create the repository.</li> <li>You should now have access to various Mercurial functions via the Team menu. (You need to make your first commit.<br /><br /></li> </ul></li> <li>When you make changes you want to commit to source-control, you need to:<ul> <li>Right-click the application and choose: Team Development -> Sync with on disk project...</li> <li>Go to the Navigator tab and right-click your on-disk project, selecting team.</li> </ul> </ol> <p>Most of the above steps should be obvious but decided to post full details in case anyone struggled like I did with Eclipse and how to use it properly. Once I figured it out, it really was quite easy.</p>

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