Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: locking files that are currently edited

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Posted by Claudio Pasolini on
This matter has already been discussed years ago and someone suggested to add a check-out/check-in feature to file-storage. I think that this feature would generally be very useful, mainly for certain business such as engineering.

I suggest:

  • to use the timeout parameter also to specify if the check-out/check-in feature is enabled or disabled, leaving things unmodified in the latter case;
  • to rename 'Check-Out' and 'Check-In' the links and /or buttons, if the feature is enabled;
  • to allow an admin to clear a lock even if the timeout interval is not passed.