Do not use NotesRichTextItem.ConvertToHTML() or use it but be ready it will be removed in the future release.

 Hi

Just a suggesstion.

Since R9(?) it was possible to use NotesRichTextItem.ConvertToHTML(), see its description here: https://help.hcltechsw.com/dom_designer/9.0.1/appdev/H_CONVERTOHTML_METHOD_NOTESRICHTEXTITEM.html

It was kind of relief to be able to use a native API instead of making those custom solutions based on MIME/DXL/XmlHttpRequest/...

However, later we noticed that every call of NotesRichTextItem.ConvertToHTML() in server agent showed this message in the Domino console: 

        CSRF Init: iNotes_WA_Security_ReturnUrlCheck> c_CSRFReturnUrlCheck: 1

It is very easy to reproduce it. Create an agent which works in server's context (run it from console or by schedule) and write something like Dim s As New NotesSession Dim db As NotesDatabase Dim doc As NotesDocument Dim rtItem As NotesRichTextItem Dim html As String Set db = s.Currentdatabase Set doc = db.Alldocuments.Getfirstdocument() '<-- This is a doc with richtextitem Body Set rtItem = doc.Getfirstitem("Body") html = rtItem.convertToHTML() Domino console has to show: [0AB8:0025-08E8] 31-05-2021 16:32:21,71 CSRF Init: iNotes_WA_Security_ReturnUrlCheck> c_CSRFReturnUrlCheck: 1 [0AB8:0025-08E8] 31-05-2021 16:32:21 AMgr: Start executing agent 'testAgent' in 'test\test.nsf' [0AB8:0025-08E8] iNotes Init: Credential Store Configuration not enabled, less secure mode. [0AB8:0025-08E8] 31-05-2021 16:32:22 AMgr: Agent 'testAgent' in 'test\test.nsf' completed execution We have a big database with several RichTextItems in every document and for every such item in every document a scheduled agent does some magic and uses rtItem.convertToHTML() - Domino console spams million of such messages for more than 1 hour.

I contacted HCL regarding this and they said that they forgot to hide this method: it is not supported and will be removed in a future release, though it was reproduced even in R12.