2009/2/18 Le Hai Yen <it-manager at appletree-asia.com>:
> Dear All,
>
> Openoffice in ubuntu is allowed more than 2 users open the same file without
> let user know if the file has been opening by other user, this way is
> causing problem when they work together in same file, everybody can open &
> save at same time with no warning then finally both lost the data that
> already input.
> With microsoft office, if the second user open same file that has been
> opening by other then it will be read-only open for second one, and like
> this is help better.
>
> Is there anyway we can do the same as microsoft office to prevent losing
> data for openoffice's users?!
File locking under MS Office is provided by the Office itself, and it
does support
*network* file locking.
In the OOo's case, it does not support *network* file locking and it uses the
file locking function provided by the OS (not OOo itself).
# I consider this is a bug. The cost to fix it may cost hundreds of
KLOC :) trust me.
This feature is requested for a long time and it did make a big noise to the OOo
dev team.
One thing you can do, however, is looking for a workaround. Google
"openoffice network file locking" for more information.
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