Lock Files Not Deleting... Again

Here is a script you can use that deletes a document's .lck file after you close the document. Copy it to a text document and save it with a .jsx extension. Copy the file to your C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\17\startup folder, where <UserName> is your Windows login name. (If the folder doesn't exist, create it.) Quit and restart FrameMaker and the script should work automatically.

#target framemaker

Notification (Constants.FA_Note_PostQuitDoc, true);

function Notify (note, object, sparam, iparam) {
    
    var file;
    
    // Derive the lock file's path from the document.
    file = sparam.replace (/[^\.]+$/, "lck");

    // Make a File object and see if the lock file exists.
    file = new File (file);
    if (file.exists === true) {
        // Delete the lock file.
        file.remove ();
    }
}

Hi,

There are these bug reports which state that this is fixed:

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-9180

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-12721

I am sure that the specific issue is fixed.

I remember that my lck files were also not deleted, when I had searched across all files - as in FRMAKER-12721.

Possibly there is something which you do which causes this. Definitely write a bug report that there are still occasions when lck files are not deleted.

When you post the link, others can vote for it.

Best regards, Winfried

Hi,

I had this issue with an older update. With one of these updates this was fixed.

What's your version? 

Best regards, Winfried