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AJ Owens
AJ Owens
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SharePoint checkin is not smart

Jul 17, 2012 8:12 AM

FM10 with DITA-FMx, SP 2010.

 

If I check out a topic that has a conref, and I don't select "Checkout all dependent files,"  then in DITA-FMx the conref is not shown (because Frame did not copy the conref'd file to the C:\users location).  So I have to select "Checkout all dependent files" to work in DITA.

 

However, when I save and then check in the topic, and specify a new major or minor version, the conref'd topic is also versioned, even though it has not been altered or saved.

 

I t would be nice if dependent files were not versioned unless they'd been altered.

567 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: AJ Owens, Jul 18, 2012 7:33 AM
 
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  • Harry28586
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    1. Harry28586,
    Jul 17, 2012 9:36 AM   in reply to AJ Owens
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    The only reason is when you check out SP automatically versions it and you have to check out all dependent files as its saving a copy to your local machine as well.

     
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    2. AJ Owens,
    Jul 17, 2012 9:45 AM   in reply to Harry28586
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    Thanks.

     

    I'm still playing with this. I discovered that if you check out a file without checking out the dependents, you can right-click the file and select "Download dependents."  This copies the dependent files to the c:\users area without checking them out. When you check the file in and version it, the dependents are not versioned. For what it's worth, the dependent file remains in the c:\users area indefinitely.

     
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    3. Harry28586,
    Jul 17, 2012 9:56 AM   in reply to AJ Owens
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    Thats right and my advice would be to keep using CMS repository within frame to avoid confusing the files on SP server and avoid duplicating them,it will save the space .

     
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    4. AJ Owens,
    Jul 18, 2012 7:33 AM   in reply to AJ Owens
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    It occurs to me that, with a copy of the file remaining in the C:\users area, if another user updates the SharePoint file my local copy would not be updated, and I would be seeing a stale conref whenever I opened the referencing file. To get the latest conref'd file, I'd either have to check it out, or (possibly) re-select "Download Dependents" from the referencing file. (I don't know whether the latter would work -- I haven't tested it.)

     
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