Opening read/write PPS on network

[kimkom]

Hi all,

Is it possible for two or more people to have the same PPS file a open from
a shared network and both be able to modify it then save it?

Thanks,
Michael

 

[kimkom]

Thanks for the reply Steve.

That is what I suspected, as I've run a couple of tests on our own network
here.

The only thing I would mention is that when hyperlinking to a PPS file that
is already open by another user, there is no display of the 'Read only'
dialog - it still opens but you cannot save. You only find that out the hard
way i.e. after making all your changes!

Hence my other recent post - Display 'read only' dialog (vba) which kind of
stems from this problem.

Many thanks,
Michael

 

[LVTravel]

Hi all,

Is it possible for two or more people to have the same PPS file a open
from
a shared network and both be able to modify it then save it?

Thanks,
Michael

Not at the same time "normally" and you would not want two people modifying
a slide set at the same time either. What one person changes, the second
person would overwrite on their file save. If they can then there is
something wrong with the network permissions and the file isn't being locked
when open by one person. While there are some programs (Excel and various
Database programs) that allow more than one person access to a file, none
allow access to a record that is being accessed by a second person at that
same time. This locking is controlled by the program, not the network and
is generally called record locking, not file locking.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_locking for record locking and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking for file locking information

Hope this helps, let us know.