Sorry my answer on the forums didn't help you ;)
Maybe the file is in FM view-only mode - try Esc, Shift+f, l, k to toggle it
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todd.bers...@teradyne.com
Sent: June-10-13 4:01 PM
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Also, make sure there aren't any .lck files in the folders.
To work around this problem, which may be residual file and folder
permissions pointing to long gone users... this utility is awesome:
recommended
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html
Art
Art Campbell
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:00:41 -0700, todd.bers...@teradyne.com wrote:
But clearly, some setting in the old Frame file is prohibiting me from
editing the file.
Another possibility is that there may be a lock file present,
which is the same name with extension .lck. Delete it,
and re-open the
todd.bers...@teradyne.com wrote:
I just received a batch of 200+ FrameMaker 4, 5.5, and 6 files that I need to
get into Frame 10 and then convert into Word and PDF. However, when I try to
open them in either Frame 7 or Frame 10, I get the following error message:
Cannot lock this file for
In response to Todd Bersley, Richard Combs wrote:
I tried changing permissions on all the files, which appeared to be
successful
since they no longer indicate that they are read-only and the security
settings have grey checkmarks indicating I have write permissions. After
changing
You may have two problems:
1. file permissions in Windows
2. file set as read-only in FrameMaker.
You've solved 1.
for 2. the symptoms are missing menu items (you can't save or edit, and the
only menus shown are File, Edit, Navigation, Window, Help). To unlock a file,
type Esc Flk (note the
harro.dej...@triviewgroup.com
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framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: 06/11/2013 06:05 AM
Subject:RE: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File
Error Message
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Date: 06/11/2013 06:05 AM
Subject: RE: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message
You may have two problems:
1. file permissions in Windows
2. file set as read-only in FrameMaker.
You've solved 1.
f
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Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error
Message
IIRC, WinNT locked files upon writing them to CD, which may be why you found
that the files were locked on such vintage Fm files.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author
