InDesign Lock File being ignored

[Max Schmidt]

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.

[Max Schmidt]

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

[caits14186699]

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.

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

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_d...

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[WhiteMAX]

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

[rob day]

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?