Specify CONDITIONS=NO to unconditionally delete the note pad. With an unconditional delete, the note pad is deleted without regard to whether it contains notes or has connections. If the note pad is not empty, the notes are deleted. If the note pad has connections, the connections are deleted.

You need to understand the potential consequences to your application of losing notes. Your program might need to take recovery actions to restore the data. You might need to document recovery procedures for the installation.

A connection might not discover that it was deleted until it issues an IXCNOTE request. Depending on the request and the timing, the request might be rejected because a note does not exist, or the connection does not exist, or the note pad does not exist. If you delete a note pad out from under active connections, you need to understand the potential consequences and mitigate them as appropriate.