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Notify user for a write permission

Notify user for a write permission

Notify user for a write permission

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Hi,

I am working on a multi User environment (Collobaration).
When I open an assembly, for one of the parts SW, tells me that another user is having it open & allows me to use it in a readonly mode.

Is it possible for SW to notify the user and request to make it readonly?

Thanks
BT

RE: Notify user for a write permission

CBL,
I've never used that functionality myself, but I was pretty sure it doesn't actually request the other user to release the file, although that would be ideal.

I toyed with the idea of writing a couple of macros for this situation.  One would request write access.  It would bring up a form similar to the File->Reload dialog, and the user could check files he wants write access to.  The macro would then make a text file named something like "Request-[username]-[username].txt" and put it in some common folder on the network.  Then it would use NetSend to send a message to the other user that a release request was pending.  The other user would then run a different macro which would read the text file and present them with a similar form to allow them to release the requested files.  Once this was done, the original user would get a net send back that the release had been processed.

This idea sort of stalled when I found that our IS dept. has disabled Net Send.
 

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

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