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Edit Online - Implicit Check Out, Explicit Check In

steve_tekell

(using Alfresco Labs 3Stable/Final)

There's a change from 2.1 in the Edit behavior.
I expected "Edit Online" to work like "Edit" did in 2.1 when configured for edit-link-type=webdav.

With IE (and the Sharepoint object) in 2.1, it would do an implicit check out and implicit check in without creating a separate working copy. Now in Labs 3Stable/Final it does an implicit check out and creates a working copy that requires an explicit check in.

Is this the intended behavior?
Is this configurable?

Is the workflow the same with CIFS?

I noticed this:
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALFCOM-2043
The error has gone away in 3Stable, but it is using a working copy.

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t_broyer

(using Alfresco Labs 3Stable/Final)

There's a change from 2.1 in the Edit behavior.
I expected "Edit Online" to work like "Edit" did in 2.1 when configured for edit-link-type=webdav.

With IE (and the Sharepoint object) in 2.1, it would do an implicit check out and implicit check in without creating a separate working copy.

let's just call it a "lock" 😉

Now in Labs 3Stable/Final it does an implicit check out and creates a working copy that requires an explicit check in.

That's the behavior for "Edit Offline", "Edit Online" AFAICT just opens the SharePoint URL (there's not even a javascript snippet as used to be the case in previous versions; IE/MSOffice seem to handle all the rest); and editing using the SharePoint Protocol locks the file just like when using WebDAV.

steve_tekell

That's the behavior for "Edit Offline", "Edit Online" AFAICT just opens the SharePoint URL (there's not even a javascript snippet as used to be the case in previous versions; IE/MSOffice seem to handle all the rest); and editing using the SharePoint Protocol locks the file just like when using WebDAV.

Are you talking about Labs 3Stable/Final?
With edit-link-type=webdav?

I am using 3Stable/Final and it works for me as I stated with Edit Online and edit-link-type=webdav.
It's different than 2.1. Users now have to track down a working copy and check it when they are done editing even if though they didn't check it out.
In fact, inline editing works that way as well - clicking "edit online" implicitly checks out and creates a working copy that you have to explicitly check in.

My question still is, is this change in behavior intentional or is it a bug in Labs 3?
Is it configurable?

tempo

Hi all

I can confirm the behaviour described by steve.tekell
When the edit-link-type is set to webdav, using IE and MS Word 2007, opening a file with the "Edit online menu"
will check out a file, create a copy in the workspace that will contain the modifications made to the files when the MS WORD is closed.
They you have to MANUALLY check in again the modified file ; you get a new version and the copy-file is removed.

Maurice

itbeb

We are using Alfresco Enterprise 3.0.1 and IE - works fine with Edit On-line. However with Firefox it opens a read-only copy whixh does not allow editing as it does in IE?

Please help!!

mikeh

It's because Firefox doesn't know how to handle WebDAV links - it downloads the document to your local drive.

This add-in *might* help (but I've not tested it): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/540

Mike

steve_tekell

I still would like to know if this behavior configurable/fixable?

The problem isn't just with online-editing (and WebDAV), but inline-editable documents as well.

I want it to behave like it did before (in 2.1), where clicking on edit just edited the file. Having to check in a file of a different name that you have no reason to believe even exists since you never checked it out, is another problem for usability.

t_broyer

Digging through the config files, I just found that the old behavior is commented out in web-client-config-actions.xml. Uncomment it and comment the new actions and you should be done.

dacedos

itbeb, how did you configure Alfresco to use IE and Office for editing documents online?

Thanks!!

itbeb

Sorry - never saw this post.

In your web-client-config-custom.xml you have to specify

<edit-link-type>webdav<edit-link-type> (If you use WebDAV - we do!)