> We're on the same network. How does MS Office do it so effortlessly? Do
> Word and Excel have a built-in CVS system?! Or is there just a bit of
> Windows scripting that can replicate this? The more I look at it, the more
> it seems odd that this basic little idea isn't built into Windows
> drive/file sharing.

Office does it in pretty much the same way that DW does it. When you open
the file, it puts a .lck file there with the same name. Then when anyone
else tries to open the file, Office looks for a file of the same name but
with a .lck extension. If that exists, then it warns the user.

-Kevin

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