Identifying who has a record locked on Windows network

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The attributions are a mess.  Take your best guesses.  :)  But I think I
can help, here.


Y'all catch dis heeyah?  Brian K. White been jivin' 'bout like:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Coleman" <dcoleman at dgcreact.com>
> To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:06 AM
> Subject: RE: {Spam?} Re: Identifying who has a record locked on Windows 
> network
> 
> 
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at bestweb.net]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:44 AM
> >> To: Don Coleman
> >> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> >> Subject: {Spam?} Re: Identifying who has a record locked on Windows
> >> network
> >>
> >> Quoting Don Coleman (Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:03:46 -0400):
> >>
> >> > List:
> >> >
> >> > I probably already know the answer to this but I'll ask anyway.
> >> > On a Windows network (WIN2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 & WINXP 
> >> > Pro.
> >> > Clients, fP v5.0.13 64 user license), is there anyway, within the
> >> > Windows tools or using an external utility, to identify which user or
> >> > work station (I'd take either) has a particular fP record locked in a
> >> > file?
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> I have looked, and I have yet to find any documented way to get this
> >> information on Windows.
> >>

Okay, I've seen this thread around but this is the first time I've read it
thoroughly.

Am I correct in your assumption that you want to find out who has locks on
a file via the network shares, even if just displaying it from the central
server?  i can get you username.

If so, I -think- I have it.

Right click on "My Computer" and hit "Manage" (or get to Computer
Management another way.

>From there, it's under System Tools -> Shared Folders -> Open Files

When you bring it up, anything open will display, along with username, and
number of locks, as well as the open mode (read, etc.).

Screenshot:  http://members.iglou.com/fairlite/winlocks.png

That shows me opening a word document stored on Arcadia from Opal (I was
viewing this on Arcadia, the computer where the file resides).  If there
were locks, the count should go up.

If you have it open and need to see new info, hit Action -> Refresh or
right click in the right pane (detail pane) and hit Refresh.  It doesn't
auto-refresh, alas.  At least not on Windows 2000 Professional SP4 it
doesn't.

But I -think- this is what you wanted.  I hope.  Let me know?

mark->
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