Thanks for this info. I have to put my files on the network and did not understand why all were locked today when I opened
בתאריך יום ד׳, 15 באוג׳ 2018, 22:52, מאת <[email protected]>: > Hi Rick and Fred, > > Thank you! I will do that. I never had to mess w/ this setting before, so I > vaguely remembered something about it, but wasn't sure if my memory served > me correctly. Nope, although I am on our home network, I am the only > writer, > so I will go clear this option now. > > Thank you again! > > TVB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers > <framers-bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc....@lists.frameusers.com> On > Behalf Of Fred Ridder > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 1:50 PM > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Framers] An annoying FM 12 "feature" > > 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 <[email protected]> > on > behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> > 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? 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