How files are locked for editing in SharePoint

I called MS to get the anser to this question and am pasting the summary
provided by them below.

Summary:
--------------
Q1- Is there a difference in file locking when accessing document for
editing over the Internet or internally?
A1- no. It will be treated the same

Q2-Clarification about Short term Locking vs. long term locking
A2-SharePoint supports two kinds of check-out:

Long term check out: This is the explicit check out. This holds a lock on
the document whether you have it open for edit or not.

Short term check out: You get this feature implicitly. If you open a
document for editing, you get a short term lock on the document to prevent
other people from editing the doc while you are.

The Office client applications refresh this lock periodically as long as you
keep the document open. Once you close the document, your short term check
out is released.

Q3- What is time period for the short term lock message?
A3- Every three minutes

Q4- What happens if the Internet session is terminated before it releases a
document?
A4- If session is terminated for any reason, WSS does not receive short term
lock every three minutes, after 10 minutes WSS will release the document

Engelbert
Mon Apr 10 23:49:38 CDT 2006

This is all information that has been public for a long time - for instance
short-term and long-term locking has been in the WSS FAQ since the 5th of
September 2003 (http://wss.collutions.com/Lists/FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=149)

Engelbert


"Shawn Ort" <ShawnOrt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:76227856-F5CE-4F11-B874-E32C5193ED99@microsoft.com...
>I called MS to get the anser to this question and am pasting the summary
> provided by them below.
>
> Summary:
> --------------
> Q1- Is there a difference in file locking when accessing document for
> editing over the Internet or internally?
> A1- no. It will be treated the same
>
> Q2-Clarification about Short term Locking vs. long term locking
> A2-SharePoint supports two kinds of check-out:
>
> Long term check out: This is the explicit check out. This holds a lock on
> the document whether you have it open for edit or not.
>
> Short term check out: You get this feature implicitly. If you open a
> document for editing, you get a short term lock on the document to prevent
> other people from editing the doc while you are.
>
> The Office client applications refresh this lock periodically as long as
> you
> keep the document open. Once you close the document, your short term
> check
> out is released.
>
> Q3- What is time period for the short term lock message?
> A3- Every three minutes
>
> Q4- What happens if the Internet session is terminated before it releases
> a
> document?
> A4- If session is terminated for any reason, WSS does not receive short
> term
> lock every three minutes, after 10 minutes WSS will release the document
>

ShawnOrt
Tue Apr 11 08:39:01 CDT 2006

I had not seen that but it wouldn't have been very useful to me anyhow.
Maybe someone should update it with the additional information I received
from Microsoft such as how frequently a short term lock is sent and how long
until the lock times out.

"Engelbert" wrote:

> This is all information that has been public for a long time - for instance
> short-term and long-term locking has been in the WSS FAQ since the 5th of
> September 2003 (http://wss.collutions.com/Lists/FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=149)
>
> Engelbert
>
>
> "Shawn Ort" <ShawnOrt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76227856-F5CE-4F11-B874-E32C5193ED99@microsoft.com...
> >I called MS to get the anser to this question and am pasting the summary
> > provided by them below.
> >
> > Summary:
> > --------------
> > Q1- Is there a difference in file locking when accessing document for
> > editing over the Internet or internally?
> > A1- no. It will be treated the same
> >
> > Q2-Clarification about Short term Locking vs. long term locking
> > A2-SharePoint supports two kinds of check-out:
> >
> > Long term check out: This is the explicit check out. This holds a lock on
> > the document whether you have it open for edit or not.
> >
> > Short term check out: You get this feature implicitly. If you open a
> > document for editing, you get a short term lock on the document to prevent
> > other people from editing the doc while you are.
> >
> > The Office client applications refresh this lock periodically as long as
> > you
> > keep the document open. Once you close the document, your short term
> > check
> > out is released.
> >
> > Q3- What is time period for the short term lock message?
> > A3- Every three minutes
> >
> > Q4- What happens if the Internet session is terminated before it releases
> > a
> > document?
> > A4- If session is terminated for any reason, WSS does not receive short
> > term
> > lock every three minutes, after 10 minutes WSS will release the document
> >
>
>
>

Engelbert
Tue Apr 11 10:42:56 CDT 2006

Good point. Thanks.

I'll pass it on.

Engelbert

"Shawn Ort" <ShawnOrt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A2FDEE7F-BA36-4B18-A8C1-ADC21689394C@microsoft.com...
>I had not seen that but it wouldn't have been very useful to me anyhow.
> Maybe someone should update it with the additional information I received
> from Microsoft such as how frequently a short term lock is sent and how
> long
> until the lock times out.
>
> "Engelbert" wrote:
>
>> This is all information that has been public for a long time - for
>> instance
>> short-term and long-term locking has been in the WSS FAQ since the 5th of
>> September 2003 (http://wss.collutions.com/Lists/FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=149)
>>
>> Engelbert
>>
>>
>> "Shawn Ort" <ShawnOrt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:76227856-F5CE-4F11-B874-E32C5193ED99@microsoft.com...
>> >I called MS to get the anser to this question and am pasting the summary
>> > provided by them below.
>> >
>> > Summary:
>> > --------------
>> > Q1- Is there a difference in file locking when accessing document for
>> > editing over the Internet or internally?
>> > A1- no. It will be treated the same
>> >
>> > Q2-Clarification about Short term Locking vs. long term locking
>> > A2-SharePoint supports two kinds of check-out:
>> >
>> > Long term check out: This is the explicit check out. This holds a lock
>> > on
>> > the document whether you have it open for edit or not.
>> >
>> > Short term check out: You get this feature implicitly. If you open a
>> > document for editing, you get a short term lock on the document to
>> > prevent
>> > other people from editing the doc while you are.
>> >
>> > The Office client applications refresh this lock periodically as long
>> > as
>> > you
>> > keep the document open. Once you close the document, your short term
>> > check
>> > out is released.
>> >
>> > Q3- What is time period for the short term lock message?
>> > A3- Every three minutes
>> >
>> > Q4- What happens if the Internet session is terminated before it
>> > releases
>> > a
>> > document?
>> > A4- If session is terminated for any reason, WSS does not receive short
>> > term
>> > lock every three minutes, after 10 minutes WSS will release the
>> > document
>> >
>>
>>
>>