Unless you are routinely storing your files on a shared drive where other FrameMaker users will be accessing them, I strongly recommend turning off the "Network file locking" option in the user preferences. If you are the only writer, or if all writers keep their working files on their local drive (which is generally advised to avoid problems caused by potentially slow file access over your network), there is no benefit to enabling the locking feature. FrameMaker's locking feature is an ancient implementation that uses the most primitive mechanism, and it truly has outlived its usefulness.
-FR ________________________________ From: Framers <framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail....@lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com <tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 3:40 PM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Subject: [Framers] An annoying FM 12 "feature" Hi All, OK, I have tested this one for several applications that you use .temp or the equivalent of .lck files and in Frame 12 after I save and close a file or a book, the .lck file is not always being cleared. I noticed this early on in FM 12 but I guess because I am using FM 12 now exclusively, it has become more apparent to me. Of course, when I attempt to open a file or book that I have saved and closed, I don’t expect to receive that annoying “Locked file” message that requires the extra step of unlocking the file/book before use. Case in point – I just updated a book, generated the PDF and because I was satisfied with the PDF, I saved all the files in the book, closed all files in the book, and then when I went to close the book, I got an expected message about saving changes to the book (based on what I had done to the book) and I clicked Yes. The book closed. I just went back to open the book, and from File > Open, and then selecting the book, I get the message that the book is locked, yada, yada, yada. I opened the book’s directory in Windows Explorer, and voilá, not only was there a lock file for the book but also for all the individual FM files even though I had saved and closed them first. This is driving me nuts. I opened some Office docs., like for example a Windows doc, then opened a second session of the same doc., and got the expected .temp files and read-only messages, but when I closed and saved the files, the .temp files were gone from my directory. I tested other file types as well like this and FM is the ONLY application that is giving me this persistency issue. Anyone else seen this problem with FM12? I am running Win 10, all updated, 64-bit system. Thanks! Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.spectrumwritingllc.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79d3ab7317b7443e5d5108d602e6e8e6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636699588098371560&sdata=Nign9MysGIkEhLH38eTCjS80LMqfOHjuacjr06esMCs%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frameusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79d3ab7317b7443e5d5108d602e6e8e6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636699588098371560&sdata=EAW6xhap4AP0k8KfJd8ltzROHksi6Mw2ytBTdA9atyQ%3D&reserved=0 Archives located at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fframers%2540lists.frameusers.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79d3ab7317b7443e5d5108d602e6e8e6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636699588098371560&sdata=1bpeRXQBQHPpBGFa2hzK1n2TeVBmHymq0krhfHKEMpY%3D&reserved=0 Subscribe and unsubscribe at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.frameusers.com%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fframers-frameusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79d3ab7317b7443e5d5108d602e6e8e6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636699588098371560&sdata=hS1rZjrWMAS44syNqKizneSyxTDbiPS3xF05hzZ5ie0%3D&reserved=0 Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
