Notify user for a write permission

[BluTurtle]

Hi,

I am working on a multi User environment (Collobaration).
When I open an assembly, for one of the parts SW, tells me that another user is having it open & allows me to use it in a readonly mode.

Is it possible for SW to notify the user and request to make it readonly?

Thanks
BT

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Add shortcut menu items for multi-user environment. Menu items Make Read-Only and Get Write Access are available on the File menu for assembly and part documents and when you right-click assembly components in the FeatureManager design tree or in the graphics area.

See also

http://help.solidworks.com/2010/Eng...s/fundamentals/hidd_options_collaboration.htm

 

[handleman]

CBL,
I've never used that functionality myself, but I was pretty sure it doesn't actually request the other user to release the file, although that would be ideal.

I toyed with the idea of writing a couple of macros for this situation. One would request write access. It would bring up a form similar to the File->Reload dialog, and the user could check files he wants write access to. The macro would then make a text file named something like "Request-[username]-[username].txt" and put it in some common folder on the network. Then it would use NetSend to send a message to the other user that a release request was pending. The other user would then run a different macro which would read the text file and present them with a similar form to allow them to release the requested files. Once this was done, the original user would get a net send back that the release had been processed.

This idea sort of stalled when I found that our IS dept. has disabled Net Send.


-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)