Hi Gordon... I've just uploaded a plugin to our website that checks the file system's read-only flag and notifies you if it's set. For more info ..
http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/checkfilestatus.php This plugin is free. Enjoy! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Gordon McLean wrote: > 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! > > Thanks in advance, > > Gordon McLean > > Technical Author > Graham Technology > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ > >