A Notes database I wrote for a client a few years ago is experiencing a problem with document locking. The database has a scheduled agent (running hourly) that unlocks documents that have locked for more than two hours. However, if the agent unlocks a document while a user is still editing it, the user gets the Another copy of this document was saved while you were editing it warning when they attempt to save their document.



A way around this would be for the agent to determine if anyone has the document open in edit mode before unlocking it. The Domino server knows who's editing a document on the server at all times, and gives users the soft locking prompt when someone else tries to edit the same document in the Notes UI:



So, my question is, is there a way to programmatically determine whether someone is editing a given document on the server? I'm guessing that if this is possible at all, it would have to be some sort of Notes C++ API magic...

1. Martin10/24/2008 10:19:01 AM
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Not sure that there is some magic, the name is in a field in that document.

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2. Michael Sobczak10/24/2008 10:28:45 AM
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@1:

The $Writers field only tells you who put the document into edit mode, not whether the user is actually still editing the document or not.

For example, say a user is editing a document and their Notes client crashes. The $Writers field will still have the users name in it, even though they are no longer physically editing the document.

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3. Patrick Picard10/24/2008 10:47:47 AM

EDIT_NO_SOFT_LOCKS=1 in the user notes.ini will prevent the creation of soft locks

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4. Michael Sobczak10/24/2008 10:55:26 AM
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@3:

Interesting. I didn't know about that particular Notes.ini parameter.

Unfortunately, my client wants both the soft locking and document locking. Typical customers, wanting everything!

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