topic WebDAV and MS Office multi-user features in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49362#M28425 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I planned to you use the multi-user features of MS Office XP and 2003. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So, when a document is being edited by a user, other users trying to edit the same document have the option to edit the file locally, and merge it later with the shared document.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Although this feature works fine on a simple shared directory, it doesn't function properly from an Alfresco webdav folder.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here is the scenario (in a webdav folder) :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- user1 opens a document and edits it</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- user2 opens the same document</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- user2 chooses the option"Create a local copy and merge your changes later", and edits it</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- user1 saves the document</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- when clicking on the save button, user2 selects the option to merge its changes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- changes of user2 are correctly highlighted, but </SPAN><STRONG>changes of user1 are lost </STRONG><SPAN> !</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- user2 </SPAN><STRONG>cannot save the merged document </STRONG><SPAN>(document incorrectly stays in read-only)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I did exeprience this bug with this config :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- Windows XP SP2</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- Alfresco-1.4.ODF-Build54</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- user1 and user2 have Office XP SP3 and Office 2003 SP2</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Denis</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:03:05 GMT dgenard 2006-08-19T20:03:05Z WebDAV and MS Office multi-user features https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49362#M28425 Hello, I planned to you use the multi-user features of MS Office XP and 2003. So, when a document is being edited by a user, other users trying to edit the same document have the option to edit the file locally, and merge it later with the shared document.Although this feature works fine on a simple Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:03:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49362#M28425 dgenard 2006-08-19T20:03:05Z Re: WebDAV and MS Office multi-user features https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49363#M28426 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Your project is very interesting… could you please give me more details?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Sofia</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:14:44 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49363#M28426 cneto 2008-04-15T17:14:44Z Re: WebDAV and MS Office multi-user features https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49364#M28427 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Well, this is an old post.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Alfresco did solve those problems with simultaneous editing by multiple users from release 2.1.0E.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Denis</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:52:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/webdav-and-ms-office-multi-user-features/m-p/49364#M28427 dgenard 2008-04-16T09:52:11Z