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File Locking Does Not Work Across Platforms
DocumentID: 608232
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:43 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: File locking is not working across platforms. If a user opens a file in WP DOS and a WP VMS user opens the same file, the file is in read-only mode in WP VMS or is not opened at all. If a user opens a file in WP VMS and another user opens the same file in WP DOS, the second user gets the file in read- write exclusive mode rather than read-only non-exclusive mode. The WP DOS user can delete or overwrite the file without receiving any error messages even though it was opened by a WP VMS user first. Solutions: Edit locks are currently not honored between platforms. In this case, it has a lot to do with the ability of VMS to have multiple file versions. There is no other product on the market that gives as high a degree of cross-platform binary compatibility as WP.

VMS WP does not use RMS (Records Management System) file locking to lock files on the VAX side. This will not be changed in the current release of VMS WP; however, an enhancement request can be entered for the next version of VMS WP.

Status:      Enhance
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