We can't automatically mark downloaded attachments as checked out (not because it is impossible, but because it is not something we want). It can be done using a custom velocity template for the attachment list, so that a user can click on a "mark as checked out" link next to the attachment, and other users will see who has checked out a document.
goldring, richard wrote: > Shiva, > > If users use XWiki as a way of managing document version then this scenario > could happen. > > I guess it could be a future enhancement to provide checking out/in of > documents to prevent other users accidently checking out documents another > person is editing. This could be done manually by the users noting in the > wiki page that they've checked out one or more documents though it would be > better to have this feature built into XWiki. > > Regards, > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Shiva Shankar > Sent: 12 May 2008 20:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [xwiki-users] Attachement checkout > > > Hi fellow XWikiers, > > Am curious to know how you have handled the apparent lack of checkout of > attachments. Any insights will be useful on how to handle this scenario. > > 1. User X creates a page and attaches an Excel spreadsheet > 2. User Y then downloads the excel and edits it > 3. Before Y can upload the new version, X downloads it again and updates the > excel > 4. User Y uploads the excel > > Of course, X and Y can see what changed between the versions using tools > provided by Excel but this is not very intuitive. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
