[xwiki-users] Attachement checkout

[shivshan]

Hi Sergiu,
Makes sense. Attachments are not very "Wiki like".
Thanks
Shiva


Sergiu Dumitriu-2 wrote:
> 
> We can't automatically mark downloaded attachments as checked out (not 
> because it is impossible, but because it is not something we want). It 
> can be done using a custom velocity template for the attachment list, so 
> that a user can click on a "mark as checked out" link next to the 
> attachment, and other users will see who has checked out a document.
> 
> goldring, richard wrote:
>> Shiva,
>> 
>> If users use XWiki as a way of managing document version then this
>> scenario
>> could happen.
>> 
>> I guess it could be a future enhancement to provide checking out/in of
>> documents to prevent other users accidently checking out documents
>> another
>> person is editing. This could be done manually by the users noting in the
>> wiki page that they've checked out one or more documents though it would
>> be
>> better to have this feature built into XWiki.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: users-bounces at xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces at xwiki.org]On Behalf
>> Of Shiva Shankar
>> Sent: 12 May 2008 20:02
>> To: users at xwiki.org
>> Subject: [xwiki-users] Attachement checkout
>> 
>> 
>> Hi fellow XWikiers,
>> 
>> Am curious to know how you have handled the apparent lack of checkout of
>> attachments. Any insights will be useful on how to handle this scenario.
>>  
>> 1. User X creates a page and attaches an Excel spreadsheet
>> 2. User Y then downloads the excel and edits it
>> 3. Before Y can upload the new version, X downloads it again and updates
>> the
>> excel
>> 4. User Y uploads the excel
>>  
>> Of course, X and Y can see what changed between the versions using tools
>> provided by Excel but this is not very intuitive.
> 
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