Here is the scenario:

User “A” has Read Only access to Folder “Test” and all documents
within it.

User “B” has Read/Write access to Folder “Test” and all documents
within it.

If user “A” open a document, the header indicates Read Only

When User “B” opens the same document while user “A” has it open, user
“B” gets no notification the document is already open or locked and
the document opens in Read Only mode (read only at the end of the file
name in the header).

If both users have read/write access then user “B” gets the
notification, the file is locked by ….

This is problematic since the file should not be locked from editing
by a read/Write user if a Read Only user has it open.

Any help would be great.

-Rick

"RickyV" <rllvelasquez@newsgroup> wrote in message
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Here is the scenario:

User “A” has Read Only access to Folder “Test” and all documents
within it.

User “B” has Read/Write access to Folder “Test” and all documents
within it.

If user “A” open a document, the header indicates Read Only

When User “B” opens the same document while user “A” has it open, user
“B” gets no notification the document is already open or locked and
the document opens in Read Only mode (read only at the end of the file
name in the header).

If both users have read/write access then user “B” gets the
notification, the file is locked by ….

This is problematic since the file should not be locked from editing
by a read/Write user if a Read Only user has it open.

Any help would be great.

-Rick

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This behaviour is dictated by the application (which you did not name).
Perhaps your application has a viewer module that lets a user open it in
view-only mode, without locking it. Try asking the question in the
appropriate applicaiton newsgroup.

Any ideas?




Give the "read only" users read-write access to the directories, and to the (hidden) lock files in those directories, because that is what your application wants.&nbsp; As M. Pegasus said, this behaviour is dictated by your application.&nbsp; It is writing username information into hidden lock files in those directories as users open and close the documents therein.&nbsp; If users have read-only access to the directories and files, your application is unable to do this, which is why your application is unable to display that username information.&nbsp; As Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 277867 says, users require read-write access to directories that contain documents.&nbsp; Once again: This is an application, with an application-level locking mechanism, failing because its locking mechanism requires read-write access to directories and the hidden locking files therein in order to operate fully.

Hello,

I totally agree with Dusko, it sounds like you are a good candidate for
Sharepoint. You can download the WSS 3.0 for free from MS Site
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