Mulitple users on a share file, how do u notify that file is already in use?

Just like Word or Excel, I have pdf share file that multiple people use, how do I lock it and provide only one user at a time to edit the document. In Word or Excel it says " do you want a read only copy".

Generally speaking if a file is opened, the OS should be marking the file as in use. Any other person that tries to open the file should get that message and at best be allowed to open a copy. Where is the file that is being opened located? What is this a network share? What OS is running the network resource? How are the users getting to the resource and opening it?
In its origin a PDF was essentiall digital stoneware and there may have not been a need for Acrobat to trigger a system lock on the file as being used. Certainly, since today PDFs are edited, filled out, commented upon, etc Reader and Acrobat should be triggering a system locak on the file.
On the other end of the spectrum, MS Office applications frequently do not release a file in use lock for documents that have been closed until the application closes down.

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