File in use / Locked for editing message

M

Marco

Hi all

When two people try to edt the same Excel file. Some times the second one does not receive the message "File in use. filename.xls is locked for editing by....
Does anyone know why this happens
I'm using a mixed Excel 97and 2000 environment. The files are stored on NT4 and W2K fileservers. The workstation OS is W2K, WXP and W2K Terminal server

Marco.
 
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