[Framers] An annoying FM 12 "feature"

Thu Aug 16 02:15:27 PDT 2018

Thanks for this info.
I have to put my files on the network and did not understand why all were
locked today when I opened

בתאריך יום ד׳, 15 באוג׳ 2018, 22:52, מאת ‏<tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com>:

> Hi Rick and Fred,
>
> Thank you! I will do that. I never had to mess w/ this setting before, so I
> vaguely remembered something about it, but wasn't sure if my memory served
> me correctly. Nope, although I am on our home network, I am the only
> writer,
> so I will go clear this option now.
>
> Thank you again!
>
> TVB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers
> <framers-bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
> Behalf Of Fred Ridder
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 1:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Framers] An annoying FM 12 "feature"
>
> Unless you are routinely storing your files on a shared drive where other
> FrameMaker users will be accessing them, I strongly recommend turning off
> the "Network file locking" option in the user preferences. If you are the
> only writer, or if all writers keep their working files on their local
> drive
> (which is generally advised to avoid problems caused by potentially slow
> file access over your network), there is no benefit to enabling the locking
> feature. FrameMaker's locking feature is an ancient implementation that
> uses
> the most primitive mechanism, and it truly has outlived its usefulness.
>
>
> -FR
>
>
> ________________________________
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> on
> behalf of tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com>
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> Subject: [Framers] An annoying FM 12 "feature"
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> OK, I have tested this one for several applications that you use .temp or
> the equivalent of .lck files and in Frame 12 after I save and close a file
> or a book, the .lck file is not always being cleared. I noticed this early
> on in FM 12 but I guess because I am using FM 12 now exclusively, it has
> become more apparent to me. Of course, when I attempt to open a file or
> book
> that I have saved and closed, I don’t expect to receive that annoying
> “Locked file” message that requires the extra step of unlocking the
> file/book before use.
>
>
>
> Case in point – I just updated a book, generated the PDF and because I was
> satisfied with the PDF, I saved all the files in the book, closed all files
> in the book, and then when I went to close the book, I got an expected
> message about saving changes to the book (based on what I had done to the
> book) and I clicked Yes. The book closed.
>
>
>
> I just went back to open the book, and from File > Open, and then selecting
> the book, I get the message that the book is locked, yada, yada, yada. I
> opened the book’s directory in Windows Explorer, and voilá, not only was
> there a lock file for the book but also for all the individual FM files
> even
> though I had saved and closed them first.
>
>
>
> This is driving me nuts.
>
>
>
> I opened some Office docs., like for example a Windows doc, then opened a
> second session of the same doc., and got the expected .temp files and
> read-only messages, but when I closed and saved the files, the .temp files
> were gone from my directory. I tested other file types as well like this
> and
> FM is the ONLY application that is giving me this persistency issue.
>
>
>
> Anyone else seen this problem with FM12? I am running Win 10, all updated,
> 64-bit system.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Tammy Van Boening
>
> Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
>
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