Second User Receives No File Sharing Message on PC-TCP Network

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c
• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0 and 3.1

SYMPTOM

If you run Word for Windows over a PC-TCP network and open a document that is already open at another workstation, the PC-TCP network may display no message to notify you that the document is open elsewhere. You can modify this document even though it is already open for modification at another workstation.

CAUSE

By default, the PC-TCP file-locking option is off. As a result, multiple users can modify and save a Word document at the same time.

WORKAROUND

Turn on the PC-TCP file-locking option. When you turn on this option, Word displays the following message when you try to open a document that is already open in another instance of Word:

   <filename> is being used by another user. Do you want to make a copy?

MORE INFORMATION

PC-TCP is a local area network, manufactured by FTP Software, Inc., of Wakefield, Massachusetts. PC-TCP Network software and links Sun workstations and personal computers (PCs). FTP Software, Inc., also manufactures PC-TCP for Microsoft LAN Manager for MS-DOS.

Support for PC-TCP is the sole responsibility of FTP Software, Inc. Contact FTP Technical Support at (508) 685-4000.

The PC-TCP and PC-TCP for LAN Manager for MS-DOS products included here are manufactured by FTP Software, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.