Illustrator CS6 - File Links Lost & Multiple Users Can Open File Simultaneously

Hi,
We've been using Illustrator for years, working off of a local file server for storing all Illustrator and support files.
But we've been noticing with Illustrator CS6 some frustrating behavior:
A) When a user creates a file and attaches a number of images, if a separate user then opens that file all links show up as missing. If nothing is changed or saved, then the original user will still see the links OK. But if another user fixes all the broken links and saves, then the original user shows missing links.
B) When a user has an Illustrator file open, another user is able to open the file as well (no warnings). This is dangerous and never happened with previous versions of Illustrator.
We did test to see if either of these issues occurs with InDesign CS6 and they do not. Linked files are kept between users, and only 1 user can have a file open at a time.
- What changed with Illustrator CS6???
Thanks. This is maddening for us and wastes a lot of time.

Hi,
I think we can use the locks shared or exclusive locks concept here
you can find examples in this section on how to implement them -
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/41/7af4c5a79e11d1950f0000e82de14a/frameset.htm
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Regards
Chandralekha
Regards
Chandralekha

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