After upgrading a user to Notes 6.5.4, she got an error saying “Illegal Circular USE:DocumentConversions” when opening her mailfile. She reported that she’d get this problem when opening folders.
The key to solving this problem, is knowing that the user has been upgraded from Notes version 5 to Notes version 6.5.4. From one version of Notes to the next, new functionality is implemented using design changes to the mailfile. When a user upgrades from one version to the next, the design need to be upgraded as well.
If, after replacing the design, the problem still occurs, you should try refreshing it as well. This has solved the problem for me a couple of times.
Tag: Illegal Circular USE
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Resolve "Illegal Circular USE:DocumentConversions" errors
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Lotus Notes – Resolving "Illegal Circular USE" errors
A client of mine called me up, saying she had a problem with Lotus Notes. She had recently upgraded from Lotus Notes version 5 to Lotus Notes version 6, and now got a lot of error messages every time she opened just about anything, really. The error message she received said: “Illegal circular USE: DocumentConversions”.
As it turns out, the solution is pretty straight forward. The problem is that the design of the users’ mailfile is outdated. All you need to do is update it to the design for Lotus Notes version 6, and off you go.