date changes without save

[john.e.palmer]

If I open a Word file in Mac2008 Word, it will change the file save
date on some files but not on others. Simply opening and closing
certain files will change the file date. The files were created in
WinWord 2003 and saved in Word 97-2004 format.

To make things odder, this happens when the file is on the server, but
if I copy it to my computer and open it, it doesn't change the date.

any idea why this is happening and what I can do to prevent it?

 

[John McGhie]

Yes, we know "why" it is happening.

It's a bug in the OS X handling of the file server document locking.

But I do not know how to prevent it.

When you open a document on the server, Word "locks" it, so nobody can write
to it while you are reading it. When you close the document, the file
server releases the lock.

The server is supposed to keep track of these "locks" in an external file,
and not write to the document when it makes one.

In this case, the file server is updating the "Modified" date in the
document when it locks it. Which it shouldn't.

Sorry

If I open a Word file in Mac2008 Word, it will change the file save
date on some files but not on others. Simply opening and closing
certain files will change the file date. The files were created in
WinWord 2003 and saved in Word 97-2004 format.

To make things odder, this happens when the file is on the server, but
if I copy it to my computer and open it, it doesn't change the date.

any idea why this is happening and what I can do to prevent it?

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[john.e.palmer]

Yes, we know "why" it is happening.

It's a bug in the OS X handling of the file server document locking.

But I do not know how to prevent it.

When you open a document on the server, Word "locks" it, so nobody can write
to it while you are reading it.  When you close the document, the file
server releases the lock.

The server is supposed to keep track of these "locks" in an external file,
and not write to the document when it makes one.

In this case, the file server is updating the "Modified" date in the
document when it locks it.  Which it shouldn't.

Sorry





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Thanks. Based on some word10 postings, it's kinda what I thought.
Any idea why it does it to some files and not others, or is this just
another 'computer inexplicable'?
Thanks again.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Jon:

Sorry: I am not network/server specialist. I did get an explanation at
one stage, but I have lost it.

Cheers

Thanks. Based on some word10 postings, it's kinda what I thought.
Any idea why it does it to some files and not others, or is this just
another 'computer inexplicable'?
Thanks again.

--

Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]