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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Usually, files brought in (copied) from a CD are set to read-only by Windows (including recent versions – not just WinNT). This is because they *<b>are</b>* read-only when on the CD. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If the folder is also set read-only (e.g., this *<b>may</b>* occur if you copied a tree from the CD), then you may also not be able to create a .LCK file in that folder, or save the file with another name, when you try to edit/save it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Z<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Sullivan<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> todd.bersley@teradyne.com<br><b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IIRC, WinNT locked files upon writing them to CD, which may be why you found that the files were locked on such "vintage" Fm files.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>-Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=sig><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Matt R. Sullivan</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>co-author <a href="http://framemaker11book.com/">Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11</a></span></strong> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P:</span></strong> 714.798.7596 | <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>C:</span></strong> 714.585.2335 | <a href="mailto:matt@mattrsullivan.com">matt@mattrsullivan.com</a> <br><br><a href="http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=15 height=15 id=aaceda97-fd14-4d6d-b48e-954a1d4c3f18 src="cid:image001.png@01CE66B7.0F524020"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan">@mattrsullivan</a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=15 height=15 id=aaa473c4-cf82-4b98-98c4-a50e91bdc2e7 src="cid:image002.png@01CE66B7.0F524020"></span></a><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan">LinkedIn</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=15 height=15 id=afd337a6-096a-4ebf-9a13-40181c95313a src="cid:image003.png@01CE66B7.0F524020"></span></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan">facebook</a> <a href="http://mattrsullivan.com/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=15 height=15 id="_x0033_ad3adae-7672-4015-aff5-0e5976c7d436" src="cid:image004.png@01CE66B7.0F524020"></span></a><a href="http://mattrsullivan.com/">mattrsullivan.com</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:13 AM, <a href="mailto:todd.bersley@teradyne.com">todd.bersley@teradyne.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks, Harro.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unlocking the read-only FrameMaker file did the trick. Curious that in 15 years of using Frame, I hadn't encountered a locked Frame file. Now that I know about it, I see this question has been answered a few times before.</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>***************<br>Todd Bersley<br><br></span><br><br><graycol.gif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424282'>Harro de Jong ---06/11/2013 06:05:46 AM---You may have two problems: 1. file permissions in Windows</span><br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harro de Jong <<a href="mailto:Harro.deJong@triviewgroup.com">Harro.deJong@triviewgroup.com</a>></span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"<a href="mailto:todd.bersley@teradyne.com">todd.bersley@teradyne.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:todd.bersley@teradyne.com">todd.bersley@teradyne.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>></span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>06/11/2013 06:05 AM</span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#8091A5' align=left></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>You may have two problems:</tt><br><tt>1. file permissions in Windows</tt><br><tt>2. file set as read-only in FrameMaker. </tt><br><tt>You've solved 1. </tt><br><tt>for 2. the symptoms are missing menu items (you can't save or edit, and the only menus shown are File, Edit, Navigation, Window, Help). To unlock a file, type Esc Flk (note the uppercase F, lowercase L, lowercase K). </tt><br><br><tt>Harro de Jong</tt><br><br><br><br><tt><a href="mailto:todd.bersley@teradyne.com">todd.bersley@teradyne.com</a> wrote:</tt><br><br><tt>I just received a batch of 200+ FrameMaker 4, 5.5, and 6 files that I need to get into Frame 10 and then convert into Word and PDF. However, when I try to open them in either Frame 7 or Frame 10, I get the following error message:</tt><br><tt>"Cannot lock this file for your use. Your changes to it may conflict with the work of other users. File <file path name>".</tt><br><br><tt>When I click Continue the file opens, but I cannot edit it or use the Save As button, since it is not available.</tt><br><br><tt>I tried changing permissions on all the files, which appeared to be successful since they no longer indicate that they are read-only and the security settings have grey checkmarks indicating I have write permissions. After changing</tt><br><tt>permissions, the error message no longer comes up, but I still can't edit the files and do not have access to the Save As command. But clearly, some setting in the old Frame file is prohibiting me from editing the file. I can print a PDF file, and then use</tt><br><tt>Acrobat to save it into a Word file, but this is a very roundabout way to get these files into Frame 10.</tt><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>You are currently subscribed to framers as <a href="mailto:matt@mattrsullivan.com">matt@mattrsullivan.com</a>.<br><br>Send list messages to <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>.<br><br>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<br><a href="mailto:framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com">framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>or visit <a href="http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.com">http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.com</a><br><br>Send administrative questions to <a href="mailto:listadmin@frameusers.com">listadmin@frameusers.com</a>. 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