Microsoft KB Archive/29590

Shared Files Must Be Read-Only in Network Word

PSS ID Number: Q29590 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00n 5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

In Network Word (versions 4.00n, 5.00 and 5.50), files must be loaded as read-only if they are to be shared by all users (meaning that all users have read access). Files are set as read-only in the following three ways:


 * 1) At the DOS level by using the DOS ATTRIB command
 * 2) With the Network Word RDONLY utility
 * 3) By setting the Transfer Load “read only:” field to Yes

= MORE INFORMATION =

If NORMAL.GLY, NORMAL.STY, or any document file is not set to read-only, the first user loading either of these files will lock them, meaning that no other user will be able to load them. The files will be locked until the first user releases them by quitting Word or executing a Transfer Clear All command. The document file can also be released when the first user loads another file to replace it. The first user can save the file under the same name it had when it was loaded.

Network Word versions 4.00 and 5.00 load NORMAL.STY as a read-only file from the program directory, regardless of its DOS status. Network Word versions 3.1x loads both NORMAL.STY and NORMAL.GLY as read-only files from the program directory, regardless of their DOS statuses.

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