Upgrading Seascape for Notes (NSF)

Below are the instructions to upgrade your Seascape installation to a newer release.

Note: If you don't wish or need to save your Seascape settings while upgrading, then you can also perform a clean install, by simply deleting the old Seascape.nsf file from your system and copying and installing a fresh copy. 

1. Download the product version you are upgrading to (by using the download link provided by SWING Software) and extract the .nsf file from the ZIP package to an appropriate location.

2. Create a template file from the new .nsf file you downloaded using the following steps:

• Open the Seascape database (Seascape.nsf) in your Lotus Notes client and enter your license key when prompted. 
• If needed, restart the Notes client once.
• Open the new version of Seascape in your Notes client, and navigate to the File > Application > New Copy menu (in Notes R7 and R6.5 this menu is found in File > Database > New Copy)
• In the New Copy pop-up make sure you change the file extension to the .ntf extension (see picture below for reference). Also, in the the Server field enter the location of the server where the database being upgraded is located (set this field to Local if you are upgrading a local installation of Seascape)

• After you hit "OK" the template will be created and it will show up in the Lotus Notes workspace.

3. Replace the design of the original Seascape database with the database template created in step 2:

• Right click the Seascape database and select Application > Replace Design...

• In the Replace Database Design window select the Seascape database template (1) and hit the Replace button (2).

4. After the template has been successfully replaced, open your Seascape database. Seascape will automatically detect that a newer version has been installed and will prompt you to refresh the required resource files saved on disk. 

Update of existing Seascape Archives