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Max Schmidt
Max Schmidt
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October 26, 2020
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InDesign Lock File being ignored

  • October 26, 2020
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We currently serve InDesign files over a Synology Drive, which is connected to our MacOS X Clients over SMB. When one User opens a IND document, the idlk lock file is correctly created. Now, if a second users opens this exact document, this lockfile seems to have absolutely no impact. The second user can edit the file simultaneously.

A few weeks back this was working as intended and the second user got a warning message from InDesign and was unable to open the document.

What can we do about this?

We also tried AFP and SMB, but with both protocols, the lockfile seems to be ignored.

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    Correct answer Laubender

    Hi caits14186699,

    Max already tackled the problem by modifying a script by Kasyan Servetsky.

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/idlk-files-over-cloud-storage/m-p/11598431#M403807

     

    Link to the GitHub repository Max also posted in the linked post:

    https://github.com/t3n/indesign-prevent-multiple-opens

     

    Kasyan presented his idea in the forum here:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/idlk-files-over-cloud-storage/m-p/11324946#M196504

     

    and in more detail on his website:

    http://kasyan.ho.ua/indesign/event_scripts/warn_about_docs_open_on_dropbox/warn_about_docs_open_on_dropbox.html

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    November 18, 2020

    Hi caits14186699,

    Max already tackled the problem by modifying a script by Kasyan Servetsky.

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/idlk-files-over-cloud-storage/m-p/11598431#M403807

     

    Link to the GitHub repository Max also posted in the linked post:

    https://github.com/t3n/indesign-prevent-multiple-opens

     

    Kasyan presented his idea in the forum here:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/idlk-files-over-cloud-storage/m-p/11324946#M196504

     

    and in more detail on his website:

    http://kasyan.ho.ua/indesign/event_scripts/warn_about_docs_open_on_dropbox/warn_about_docs_open_on_dropbox.html

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    WhiteMAX
    Participant
    March 9, 2021

    I have same problem with inDesign 16.1.
    I think this is Adobe problem, and this is serius inDesign error.

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 9, 2021

    How would a cloud sync’d lockfile work if one of the collaborators did not have an internet connection (the beach, bad router, no power) and edited a file?

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    caits14186699
    Participating Frequently
    November 18, 2020

    Seconding this issue. It was working correctly before the latest updates, now it's not working correctly any longer. People keep editing "read-only" files because InDesign is letting them edit files that others are already using.

    Max Schmidt
    Max SchmidtAuthor
    Participant
    October 26, 2020

    https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/comments/b1gndi/collaboration_over_cloud_drive_lock_files_not/ this is kind of the same problem we're facing right now.. idlk file is present, but InDesign ignores ist

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