Moving open files

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/7/7 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
> A lock file is generated, but it is only to ensure that when another
> user (or OOo) opens the file it will be opened in 'read-only' mode. It
> does not prevent the originating file from being moved - it cannot. As
> Ed pointed out, OOo works on a document in tmp & memory, it doesn't
> actually work on the file that was used to open the document until a
> change is saved.
>
> If you want to file a bug, then I'd suggest looking through these:
>
> <http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Search;jsessionid=81AFEF52A66735A7DBE40483957A3486?artifact=issuezilla+issue&query=locking%20files&resultsPerPage=40&scope=domain>
> <http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/TestcaseSpecifications/OpenOffice.org_3.0/Framework/Filelocking.html>
>

Thanks, NoOp, I already have them open in another tab! I'm going
through the QA site now...

Dotan Cohen

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