David Walter wrote: > Thanks, Jeremy. I looked up a number of issues that were kindly pointed > out. It appears that the problems are related, but the circumstances > are slightly different. It also seems that the problem is difficult to > reproduce. With respect to the file-locking issue, does anyone know how > to turn that off in Windows? Or should I? I probably don't understand > file-locking enough to ask intelligent questions, but if another person > tries to access the file at the same time, shouldn't the file be locked > while I am using it? If I turn it off, does that mean that more than > one person could access it, leading to possible data loss or corruption? > Shouldn't Windows take care of this instead of OOo?
I'm not sure ATM if you can switch off locking in OOo on Windows, but indeed that would create the problem you mentioned: others can access and modify the files you have opened. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
