[Framers] Lock file feature

Thu Aug 16 02:23:51 PDT 2018

Adobe should also add a checkbox to turn off the lock feature on the 
local machine also. There really is no reason to have the lock feature 
if I'm working on my local machine. Who else could be working on my 
files at the same time?

Adobe people: Please add this to your list of feature requests.

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Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
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On 16-Aug-18 12:15 PM, Carrie Baker wrote:

> 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
>> To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.'
>> <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Framers <framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail.com at lists.frameusers.com>
>> on
>> behalf of tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 3:40 PM
>> To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.'
>> 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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