file locking notification

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brian o' sullivan

I've created a small LAN (all running xp). I've set up the
shared folders and put some documents inside them. But
when one user (user 1) has a document open and another user
(user 2) trys to open the document, user 2 is not notified
that the document is already open and locked. The result
is that user 2 may think they are making changes to the
document, but they can't as it is locked. Can a set up
anything that will inform user 2 that they can open the
document but not make changes??
thanks
Brian
 
When user1 opens a (Word) document, user2 sees that locked message. There is
now way to know wether user1 is going to update the document or just read
it. But you can set that document as read only. Then all users get readonly
copy of that file. And when someone wants to update it, then he/she first
turns the readonly off and then edit and finally turns readonly back on.
 
thanks for the reply, but i'm not really sure its feasible.
I'd have to rely on my users to check the files properties
before they opened it and change a files properties after
closing. I think they'd consider that hassle and I'm not
sure if i'd trust them or that they'd trust each other
enough to do that.
What I had in mind (being neither an xp or networking
expert) is that I could get some form of message (similar
to NT) telling user2 that user1 has already opened the
file and that they have priority - i.e. when user1 opens a
file it is is read only to all other users.
 
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