Sub Initialize
 
 Dim s As New NotesSession
 Dim db As NotesDatabase
 Dim agent As NotesAgent
 Dim doc As NotesDocument
  
 Set db = s.CurrentDatabase
 Set doc = ... Set the document object containing the Database Replica ID
 Set agent = db.GetAgent("BuildIndex")
 Call agent.RunOnServer(doc.NoteID) 
 
End Sub

Sub Initialize
 
 Dim s As New NotesSession
 Dim db As NotesDatabase
 Dim targetDB As New NotesDatabase("", "")
 Dim agent As NotesAgent
 Dim doc As NotesDocument
 
 Set db = s.CurrentDatabase
 Set agent = s.CurrentAgent
 Set doc = db.GetDocumentByID(agent.ParameterDocID)
 If Not (doc Is Nothing) Then
  replicaID$ = doc.DBReplicaID(0)
  If targetDB.OpenByReplicaID("", replicaID$) Then
   Call targetDB.CreateFTIndex(23, False)
  End If
 End If
 
End Sub

Set doc = ... Set the document object containing information on the files to ZIP
Call session.SetEnvironmentVar("ZipAgentStatus","")
Set agent = db.GetAgent("(ZipFiles)")
Call agent.RunOnServer(doc.NoteID)
chkFinished$ = session.GetEnvironmentString("ZipAgentStatus")
While chkFinished$ = ""
 chkFinished$ = session.GetEnvironmentString("ZipAgentStatus")
 Sleep 1
Wend

import lotus.domino.*; 
import java.io.*; 
import java.util.*; 
import java.util.zip.*; 
import java.text.*; 
public class JavaAgent extends AgentBase { 
  
     private ZipInputStream inZipFile; 
     private String aDBServer; 
     private String aDBFileName; 
     private String aDBNoteID; 
     private String zipFileNameInput; 
     private String zipFileNameOutput; 
     
public void NotesMain() { 
   try { 
     Session session = getSession(); //Instantiate NotesSession
     AgentContext agentContext = session.getAgentContext(); //Instantiate AgentContext
     Database db = agentContext.getCurrentDatabase(); //Instantiate CurrentDatabase
     Agent agent = agentContext.getCurrentAgent(); //Instantiate CurrentAgent
     Document callingDoc = db.getDocumentByID(agent.getParameterDocID()); //Get the doc calling this agent
     String aDBServer = callingDoc.getItemValueString("IOZipDBServer"); //Get the server of the target database
     String aDBFileName = callingDoc.getItemValueString("IOZipDBFileName"); //Get the filename of the targetdatabase
     String aDBNoteID = callingDoc.getItemValueString("IOZipNoteID"); //Get the Note ID of the target document
     Database aDB = session.getDatabase(aDBServer, aDBFileName);//Open the target database
     Document doc = aDB.getDocumentByID(aDBNoteID); //Get the target document
     Vector zipFileInput = doc.getItemValue("IOZipInput"); //Source uncompressed files
     Vector zipFileOutput = doc.getItemValue("IOZipOutput"); //Target compressed files
    
     byte[] buffer = new byte[18024]; 
             
     for (int i = 0; i < zipFileInput.size(); i++) { 
               // Associate a file input stream for the current file
               String zipFileNameOutput = (String)zipFileOutput.elementAt(i);
               ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(zipFileNameOutput)); 
               out.setLevel(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION); 
               String zipFileNameInput = (String)zipFileInput.elementAt(i);
            FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(zipFileNameInput); 
           // Add ZIP entry to output stream. 
            out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(zipFileNameInput)); 
           int len; 
            while ((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0) { 
              out.write(buffer, 0, len); 
           } 
            // Close the current entry 
            out.closeEntry(); 
            // Close the current file input stream 
            in.close(); 
            out.close(); 
     } 
      session.setEnvironmentVar("ZipAgentStatus", "Completed", false); 
      session.recycle(); 
      agentContext.recycle(); 
      db.recycle(); 
      agent.recycle(); 
      doc.recycle(); 
  } 
  catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) { 
         iae.printStackTrace(); 
  } 
  catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) { 
         fnfe.printStackTrace(); 
  } 
  catch (IOException ioe) { 
         ioe.printStackTrace(); 
  } 
  catch(Exception e) { 
      e.printStackTrace(); 
  } 
 } 
}