Pulisher Files on shares drive

[Steve J]

Hi, we have three computers each with publisher 200 installed. One computer
has a shared drive which is accessed by all computers and is used for
storing data files.

Have had no problems uintil recently. Now if we create a publisher file on
Machine 1 and then try to open it on machine 2 or 3 I get a message telling
me that the file is locked by another machine. I can cvreate a file on
machine 2 or 3 and open it on machine 1.

Not quite surre what has happended, but and advice gratefully received

thanks

Alex

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Publisher is not network-friendly.

 

[Steve J]

Umm, yes I have read that, but it has been working perfectly satisfactory
for many months. and I can create documents from machines 2 and 3, saved to
the same shared drive, and which all machines can open.

S

Publisher is not network-friendly.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Hi, we have three computers each with publisher 200 installed. One
computer has a shared drive which is accessed by all computers and is
used for storing data files.

Have had no problems uintil recently. Now if we create a publisher file
on Machine 1 and then try to open it on machine 2 or 3 I get a message
telling me that the file is locked by another machine. I can cvreate a
file on machine 2 or 3 and open it on machine 1.

Not quite surre what has happended, but and advice gratefully received

thanks

Alex

 

[Ed Bennett]

Umm, yes I have read that, but it has been working perfectly
satisfactory for many months. and I can create documents from
machines 2 and 3, saved to the same shared drive, and which all
machines can open.

Yes, but the fact that it is is not network-friendly means that it can
behave erratically on networks, and if it works for many months there is no
guarantee that it will continue to work.