Understanding document checkouts
WebDAV clients such as Microsoft® Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Macromedia Dreamweaver, or Adobe® GoLive can lock documents in an object store. Since you might use both Workplace and WebDAV clients to access files in the object store, be aware of the following:
- Workplace does not recognize locks by WebDAV clients.
- Locks between WebDAV clients are honored by other WebDAV clients, and normal error messages will result when trying to check out or check in files that are locked by WebDAV clients.
- WebDAV clients do not recognize the checkout status of files checked out by Workplace.
CAUTION If you are checking out objects from both WebDAV clients and Workplace, take care to ensure that files modified by the other client are not overwritten during the checkin process.
The following items cannot be checked out by a WebDAV client:
- Entry templates for documents, folders, and custom objects
- Search templates and stored searches
- FileNet P8 eForms form data
- IBM Enterprise Records records
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