I upgraded to OpenOffice version 2.0 and confirmed that the issue still
remained (this time I tested it on NT machines). (If Bob1 uses
Microsoft Office to open the file then close it, then Bob2 uses
OpenOffice 2.0 to open the file, then when Bob3 opens the file it still
reports Bob1 as having the file open when in fact its Bob2.)
The issue that I submitted (#55858) for this problem was recently
closed as invalid. Unfortunately I have been unable to find out how to
get the locking to work, given that the developer that closed the ticket
is correct and the locking is handled by the OS. Does anyone have any
advice? Thank you,
Robert Volke
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On Tue November 8 2005 19:19, Robert Volke wrote:
> Does anyone know if file locking works in OpenOffice or not? The
reason
> I am asking is due to the problem described below.
>
> We are using OpenOffice version 109 on XP machines. When a document
is
> opened in Word, it sets the file lock correctly and reports that the
> user (lets call him Bob1) has it locked. Once the user fully exits
that
> document and another user opens it (lets call him Bob2) with Writer,
he
> now has the file locked for editing. If any other user (lets call
him
> Bob3) then tries to use Writer to open that file for editing, the
system
> tells them it's locked by another user, which is correct, but it
> incorrectly reports Bob1 (the last Word user that opened it) and not
the
> actual current user who has it opened (Bob2), as having it opened.
Does
> anyone know how to set it so that when a file is opened using
OpenOffice
> it will lock it in such a way that when another user gets the "I'm
> locked message" it will tell them the name of the user who actually
has
> the file open.
>
> Getting this to work is very important to my business so if anyone
has
> any insight into this problem please let me know.
Hi Robert,
Can you please upgrade to a released version of OpenOffice.org and try
again ?
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