Files being overwritten

Question

I just upgraded to Dreamweaver CS3 from MX 2004. I have the
following enabled for my site definition: Maintain synchronization
information; Enable file check in and check out; and Check out
files when opening. The problem is, every time I open a file
locally, it automatically and instantaneously gets overwritten by
the remote file. This did not happen with MX 2004, and this has
caused many problems for me. Is this supposed to be happening, or
do I have a problem here? I've tried disabling Maintain
synchronization information, but this doesn't change anything. Any
and all help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

> Isn't that the point of the
> synchronization feature - to alert you when your files
are not synched and
> then
> let you choose what you want to do?
If you are using checkin/checkout, the remote site is the
gold standard for
all checked-in files. Thus, overwriting your local copy is of
no
consequence, since you cannot have made changes to the file
after it has
been checked in. It would be unnecessary for DW to ask if you
want to
overwrite it, because DW assumes that you know it will be
overwritten by
virtue of the fact that you have just initiated a checkout
operation. Get
it?
> If a co-worker checks
> out a file, makes a change to it and checks it back in.
I can then check
> out
> that file and make changes of my own and check it back
in, right? Am I
> misunderstanding you on that?
Your understanding as expressed in the first two sentences is
absolutely
correct.
If your co-worker checks out a file, you cannot check it out
until it's
properly checked in by your co-worker. Once the file is
checked in, you can
then check it out.
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"akirell" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> If the automatic overwriting of files upon opening has
always been, I
> never
> noticed it. I have always had file check in/check out
enabled, yet never
> experienced my files being overwritten until CS3. The
specific problem
> with the
> file being automatically overwritten is simply the fact
that I feel I
> should be
> asked first if I want to overwrite the file. Isn't that
the point of the
> synchronization feature - to alert you when your files
are not synched and
> then
> let you choose what you want to do?
>
> Also, you said if a file is properly checked in, then I
will not be able
> to
> make any local changes. That doesn't make sense to me.
If a co-worker
> checks
> out a file, makes a change to it and checks it back in.
I can then check
> out
> that file and make changes of my own and check it back
in, right? Am I
> misunderstanding you on that?
>