I have a user who is not getting read only messages when opening a file another user is in, and other users are able to open a file the one user is in with no read only message. This has lead to file corruption. Is there a setting for this?

Hi Dale,

Our applications open and lock one DGN at a time. Locking is otherwise controlled by the operating system.

Are your files stored in a virtualized network environment or synchronised with a remote location? Assuming that a MicroStation based desktop application is involved (You don't tell us) this sounds like it could be a network or OS matter.

Please let us know which application and version is involved.

Hi Marc,

Thanks for responding so quickly.

Our files are on a local server network, In the same space we're in.

We're using MicroStation SS10 v 08.11.09.919 for this particular project.

Operating system is Windows 10 Pro

Every machine running the program was set up exactly the same way,

I have never seen anything quite like this in all of the setups I've done. And I've been doing them for over 10 years.

I can't imagine the operator changed the system settings since that would most likely require admin privileges.

Hi Marc,

Thanks for responding so quickly.

Our files are on a local server network, In the same space we're in.

We're using MicroStation SS10 v 08.11.09.919 for this particular project.

Operating system is Windows 10 Pro

Every machine running the program was set up exactly the same way,

I have never seen anything quite like this in all of the setups I've done. And I've been doing them for over 10 years.

I can't imagine the operator changed the system settings since that would most likely require admin privileges.

To continue on from what Marc Thomas has suggested, is it possible that your systems use a Document Management System, like Bentley's ProjectWise, to manage the opening and modification of your files over a network?

It may also be worth investigating whether their network is using some sort of protocol for multi-user access of the design file over your network.

MicroStation file access issues with shared network drives

what has changed in the 10 years you have been doing them ? what is different with this setup ?

what type of server are the files on ? (IE:Onedrive, NAS, Nasuni, DropBox,etc...)