Checked-out documents (originals) not visible in share

[ph73nt]

Dear list

I have a repository with two main folders (active and drafts), for document control. The philosophy being that new revisions of the active documents are "checked-out" into the drafts area and when they are approved, the new version can be checked-in.

My problem is that when I do this, the active document becomes invisible in Share and can only be accessed by navigating to the draft and downloading the older version. This is not the case in Explorer, where I can see the active version in its rightful place - which is what I'd like to do in Share.

Is there a fix for this wihthin Share?

Many thanks in advance, Neil

[mikeh]

It was a conscious design decision because our user testing discovered people were confused by the "Working Copy" label.

You can still get to the original document via the action: More / View Original Document.

Thanks,
Mike

[ph73nt]

Thanks Mike. Can I override this?

Neil

[mikeh]

You can remove the READ_LOCK filter from filter.lib.js in the Document Library repository webscripts. You might also want to override item.lib.ftl in the same place to not remove the Working Copy label.

Thanks,
Mike

[ph73nt]

Thanks, but…

Only a partial success. I was able to edit "item.lib.ftl", to which I replace the instance of "" with " (draft revision)" (which visually suits my needs).

I was, however, unable to find any files featuring the (case-insensitive) phrase "READ_LOCK." filters.lib.js (under slingshot/documentlibrary) contained a READ_ONLY_LOCK, but that sounds like something I want to keep. filter.lib.js (under components/documentlibrary) contained nothing of the sort.

I searched for all files containing "READ_" ending with .js (on Windows/NTFS (not my choice), hence case insensitive). Any other hints?

Thanks again, Neil

[mikeh]

It's the READ_ONLY_LOCK you want to remove (I was recalling it from memory).

Thanks,
Mike

[ph73nt]

I'm very impressed by your memory.

I have replaced

      var filterQueryDefaults =
         " -TYPE:\"thumbnail\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"systemfolder\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:forums\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:forum\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:topic\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:post\""; +
         " -@cm\\:lockType:READ_ONLY_LOCK";
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with

      var filterQueryDefaults =
         " -TYPE:\"thumbnail\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"systemfolder\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:forums\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:forum\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:topic\"" +
         " -TYPE:\"fm:post\""; // +
         //" -@cm\\:lockType:READ_ONLY_LOCK";
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in the file …./tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/filters.lib.js

This has solved the issue…. hope I don't lose some other functionality 😉

Neil