NOTE: If a view index is not built, pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F9 will cause Notes to build the view. If the view is already built, pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F9 will cause Notes to update the view, not rebuild it.

2. Create the full-text index for the database if you intend to queue the database using Notes full-text indexing capabilities. You can do this using the File > Full Text Search > Create Index command. This index must be created prior to placing the database on read-only media for the same reason described for view indexes in the step above.

3. Do an operating system level copy (use a DOS or OS/2 copy command) of the .nsf file (and the .ft if you created a full text index) from the writeable media to the read-only media to be used. Be sure that this is an operating system level copy, not a File > Database > Copy from within Notes, since using Notes to copy the database will remove the view indexes.

Consequences:
If you do not follow the above steps, the following error will display when launching the database on the CD or DVD:

"Cannot write or create file (file or disk is read only)."

To remove the read-only setting, right-click the database icon, remove the read-only checkmark, and be sure to click Apply. If you receive a warning message, click Ignore All. This allows you to read the database without receiving any error message when opening, as long as you did a CTRL+SHIFT+F9 before copying the database.

About Notes/Lotus Domino® 8 releases:
In Notes/Domino 8 and later releases, there is a new On Disk Structure (ODS) of 48. If you upgrade or generate a database using this ODS, you will not be able to open the database in an earlier Notes/Domino 7 or 6.5 release and the following error will display:

"Invalid nsf"

If you find that an ODS of 48 was used to copy a database to a CD or DVD, Product Development advises that you reverse the ODS to 43 using the "-r" switch, for example, Compact -r acme.nsf