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?

RE: 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?

Tim Hickman — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:21:35 GMT

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...)

RE: 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?

Andrew Bell — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:53:40 GMT

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

RE: 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?

Dale Wozniarski — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:08:38 GMT

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.

RE: 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?

Marc Thomas — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:49:34 GMT

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.