Parallel operation of several users on the same file

[wkazmierczak]

Hi.

We are using Community 4.2 edition of Alfresco and open CMIS PHP library.

I can successfully checkin the file and make a working copy, but does it mean that nobody else can edit this file?

Is there a difference between working copy and private working copy?


Thanks
Wojciech

[wkazmierczak]

Check Out / Check In service

Check Out and Check In services control updates to document and prevent unwanted overwrites.
Checking out a document locks it, preventing other users writing changes to it. <strong>Only one user can have a particular document checked out (locked) at any time</strong>. Checking in a document or canceling the check out unlocks the document.

Check Out and Check In can be used with or without versioning. If versioning is not enabled on a node (the versionable aspect is not present on the node), the check in overwrites the existing node and releases the lock unless the keepCheckedOut flag is used. With versioning enabled on the node, a new version is always created.