May be related to this bug
See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822128
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| Actually we verified that it is opening the real file, and not making a copy.
| I made changes via the website, and clicked on the save icon. Then asked
| someone else to open it, and they were able to view my changes.
|
| That's why I wanted to use the read only, and modify only with a password.
| To stop more then one person from making changes at the same time. But for
| some reason, when opening the file via a link in IE it bypasses all the
| security settings.
|
| I'm doing this same type of thing with an excel spreadsheet and the 'read
| only' and password promt works fine. If 2 people try to edit the document at
| the same time it warns the second person that person 1 already has the
| document open.
|
| Just can't figure out why with word it doesn't work.
|
| "Andrew Murray" wrote:
|
| > I think you're still actually opening a copy....
| >
| > Yes, only one person at a time can open it since if 10 people opened it at
| > the same time (this can't happen anyway), edited it and saved their changes
| > to the same document.....one would overwrite the other's changes, as they
| > won't see each others amendments - only what they've typed, and if they save
| > it to your O drive, then the next person to save their own changes would
| > overwrite your changes.
| >
| > What you would need to do, is request each person open a copy of the
| > document; make their own changes e.g.. in red print for easy identification
| > of the amendments, email it back to a central person, who then updates the
| > master copy with *all* the changes from the 10 people, and republishes that
| > document back to your web.
| >
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi,
| > > Actually I'm linking to files on our network or the 'O' drive as we call
| > > it.
| > >
| > > So it's opening the original file, and we are able to make changes to it.
| > > The problem is, if one person opens the file, it locks it to everyone
| > > else.
| > > So each time someone just wants to view the file, it's locked to anyone
| > > who
| > > needs to update it.
| > >
| > > I have the same type of thing with a Excel Spreadsheet, and the prompt for
| > > read only works just fine, I just can't figure out why it's not working
| > > with
| > > word docs.
| > >
| > > Thanks
| > > Chris
| > >
| > >
| > > "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
| > >
| > >> Hi Chris,
| > >>
| > >> This is the FrontPage newsgroup. So you're in the right place.
| > >>
| > >> However, you've got the wrong idea. You can't just link to a Word
| > >> document
| > >> and then edit it and save it back to the server. When you create a
| > >> hyperlink, youo're creating a means to request a COPY of a file to be
| > >> downloaded to your machine. The browser can't simply save the file back.
| > >> Otherwise, think what web sites would look like. People would download
| > >> HTML
| > >> files, edit them, save them back to the server, and chaos would ensue.
| > >>
| > >> You can indeed download a copy of a Word document. Then you can even edit
| > >> the copy. Getting it back to the server is the trick. It requires an
| > >> entirely different mechanism to upload the file, authenticate the user,
| > >> and
| > >> decide where to save the file to. This requires (at the very least) some
| > >> competent server-side programming. It also involves some client-side
| > >> work.
| > >>
| > >> Under the circumstances, you might want to consider using Microsoft
| > >> Sharepoint Services and a SharePoint portal web. This has built-in
| > >> mechanisms for document sharing and collaboration.
| > >>
| > >> --
| > >> HTH,
| > >>
| > >> Kevin Spencer
| > >> Microsoft MVP
| > >> ..Net Developer
| > >> Ambiguity has a certain quality to it.
| > >>
| > >> | > >> > Hi,
| > >> > I'm working on a company Intranet, and been asked to link to some word
| > >> > docs
| > >> > on our company network.
| > >> >
| > >> > I have set the word docs to recommend to open as 'read only' but when I
| > >> > open
| > >> > the document from the hyperlink on the page. It opens word, and then
| > >> > opens
| > >> > the document. but the prompt to open 'read only' doesn't appear. It
| > >> > just
| > >> > opens the document in full access mode. So it locks anyone else from
| > >> > making
| > >> > changes to it.
| > >> >
| > >> > But if I open the document directly from word, the prompt does appear.
| > >> >
| > >> > what I would like is if someone opens the document via the intranet, it
| > >> > suggests that the user opens as 'read only' unless they need to make
| > >> > changes.
| > >> >
| > >> > Is this possible?
| > >> >
| > >> > any ideas to why the prompt doesn't work?
| > >> > I've even tried making the document require a password for changes.
| > >> > but
| > >> > if
| > >> > you open it via the web page, it doesn't seem to matter.
| > >> >
| > >> > Thanks
| > >> > Chris.
| > >> >
| > >> >
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| >
| >
| >
