FrameMaker's "Network File Locking" feature is very rudimentary. All it does is check for the presence of a "lock" file with the same name as the document but a secondary .lck extension in the same directory as the document. If it finds a .lck file it displays a dialog that tells you the file is locked; if there is no .lck file it opens the document without a message and creates a .lck file so that anyone else trying to open that file will see a "locked" message.
Bust since a CM or VM system makes a working copy of a file on your local hard disk when you check it out, the .lck file mechanism would only work if the CMS is "smart" enough to create a .lck file on your local drive if and only if the file is locked in the repository. My opinions only; I don;t speak for Intel. Fred Ridder Intel Parsippany, NJ >From: "Patterson, Jan" <Jan.Patterson at esph.com> >To: "Gordon McLean" ><Gordon.McLean at GrahamTechnology.com>,<framers at frameusers.com> >Subject: RE: FrameMaker and read-only files >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:21:28 -0500 > >Gordon -- > >Are you saying the setting for Network File Locking in >File>Preferences>General doesn't work in this situation? > >jan. >jan e patterson >sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, az > >-----Original Message----- >From: framers-bounces+jan.patterson=esph.com at lists.frameusers.com >[mailto:framers-bounces+jan.patterson=esph.com at lists.frameusers.com] On >Behalf Of Gordon McLean >Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 8:55 AM >To: framers at frameusers.com >Subject: FrameMaker and read-only files > >Hello all, > > > >We are using Tortoise SVN to version control our FM files. It's mainly >working fine but we are having problems getting FrameMaker to detect a >locked file. You can set files to be locked when you edit them, but >FrameMaker doesn't seem to pay any attention to the lock UNTIL you try >and save the file. So you could open a locked file, work on it for an >hour or two and only be notified when you try and save it. Not ideal. > > > >What we think is happening is that the file being locked is set to >'read-only', but FrameMaker isn't detecting that, as it has an internal >locking mechanism which looking for files that are currently being >edited by others. So it seems to be ignoring the read-only files. > > > >My question is: Is there anyway to get FrameMaker to flag, ON OPEN, >whether a file is read-only or not. Or is this not a FrameMaker issue at >all but a 'nuance' of Tortoise? > > > >Any and all suggestions gratefully welcomed. This isn't a showstopper >but very much in the 'annoyance' category! _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701
