Chapter 7 Working with Domino.Doc from a Browser - Lotus ...

54 Domino.Doc User Guide
If you are not working in the master file cabinet:
• Check-outs may not be allowed from your file cabinet replica. You’ll be
able to open the document for viewing, but you won’t be able to check
it out for editing.
• You may have the option of sending a check-out request to the master
file cabinet. This gives you a provisional lock on the document, and a
working copy for editing. When your check-out request arrives at the
master file cabinet, one of three things will happen:
• If the document is not currently checked out, and it has not been
modified by someone else since you obtained the provisional lock,
the document is checked out to you (locked) and you can continue to
make changes, or you can check it back in.
• If the document is currently checked out to someone else, if it has
been moved to a different binder, or if it has been deleted, your
check-out request is rejected. You can cancel the request and discard
your changes, or you can retry the request which maintains your
changes and keeps the binder provisionally locked.
• If the document is not currently checked out but has been modified
since you requested the lock, it is checked out to you, but you must
resolve any differences between your working copy and the master
before you can check it back in. You can choose to discard your
changes and check the document back in, or you can selectively
merge your changes into the master document before checking it in.
• You may be prompted for how you want to proceed, with the choice
being to send a check-out request to the master file cabinet, or connect
to the file cabinet and check out the document immediately.
If you are editing the document in an ODMA-supported application and
you want to continue editing during another session, do not check the
document back in after saving your changes. If you save the document to
your local file system (for example, if you want to take a local copy home to
continue working on it), you’ll have to check it back in through your
browser or Notes when you are finished editing.
If you are working with the Domino.Doc library from the Windows
Explorer interface, or the Desktop Enabler Plus, you can use the Attaché
Case to store a checked out document for working off line.