[Bug 90378] Re: Should make downloaded files-read only

[Alexander Sack]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 01:19:48PM -0000, Randall wrote:
> i find this highly annoying and disruptive  behavior, i have 70 users
> depending on  firefox and a web application that makes contracts,
> invoices, custom documents etc.... opening in openoffice.org
> 
> 1 they don' t understand why their document is read-only all of  a sudden
> 2 using the "edit" button gives two confusing messages that look like error messages
> 3 after they used the "edit" button and went through the two errors, the file itself is still not saved. 
> 4 the web application gives files an understandable name, e.g contract-number-5642 (where this number is the actual contract number) and it should be saved this way, after the "edit" button it is untitled25455454545
> 
> maybe this works for others but for me it doesn 't
> 
> am i the only one?, will file a bug to find out.
> in the meanwhile is there a way to change this behavior back to the way it was?
> 

This is a deficiency of the editing application that opens the
files. That application should pop up save as ... when you hit save
for a read-only file.

Without this change users regularaly loose their edited documents
...

 - Alexander

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Should make downloaded files-read only
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