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Dreamweaver is currently interacting with a server.

Oct 10, 2008 4:31 PM

Having trouble when updating a library item. Update the library item, save, choose Update Site....says it needs to Check out files, click "Yes to All" (I have maybe 70 files that use this item). Checks out first file then a dialog pops up:

Title of Dialog box: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
"Dreamweaver is currently interacting with a server.
Since checking out a file requires interaction with a server as well, Dreamweaver cannot currently perform this task.
Please try it again when the current server task is complete."

click OK and DW proceeds to try and update pages *without* checking them out. This fails because they are read-only. Every time I repeat the procedure I get one more file checked out. I don't have any other DW tasks going on...(ie, nothing interacting with a server that I know of). I am using passive ftp if that matters...

Does anyone know what's happening or a work around?
1074 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: JulesN, Mar 23, 2012 11:30 AM
 
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  • Newsgroup_User
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    1. Newsgroup_User,
    Oct 10, 2008 4:38 PM   in reply to avibodha
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    do you -need- to use checkin/checkout?

    check out all the files first- then do the update and check them back in?

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  • avibodha
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    2. avibodha,
    Oct 10, 2008 5:05 PM   in reply to Newsgroup_User
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    hi alan, yes, I do need to use checkout because these are dependencies on the library...and that's the whole point of using these libraries - it tracks who's using what and will check them out automatically...I have about 70 files using this library...not something I want to figure out by hand and manually check out if I can avoid it...

    any ideas?
    thanks
     
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  • avibodha
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    3. avibodha,
    Oct 10, 2008 5:06 PM   in reply to Newsgroup_User
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    oh, and it worked fine in DW8, upgraded to cs3 and this has been a problem ever sense...
     
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    4. Newsgroup_User,
    Oct 10, 2008 6:17 PM   in reply to Newsgroup_User
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    are there other Users editing this site with dreamweaver?

    If not- turn off checkin/checkout.

    If yes- you will have to contact them to check IN all files, then not edit
    till you give the all clear. checkout the entire site, or just the needed
    files. update the library items. check all the files back in (in the
    expanded Files Panel menu of recent versions, you can select recently edited
    files, or sort the headings of the file list by checkin status column)

    If it's a large or complex site, with other people also editing, i would
    replace the library items with server side includes to make it much less
    complex to update.

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  • avibodha
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    5. avibodha,
    Oct 10, 2008 10:09 PM   in reply to avibodha
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    Hi alan,

    Yes, we do have multiple users, hence the need for check-in/check-out. There seems to be a bug in the program causing this so I'm looking for a solution or a workaround.

    Thanks for your suggestions but they are not workable in this case, especially since the functionality was working fine in DW8 and is now broken with this weird error message.

    How does one report a bug in Dreamweaver? I'd rather not use up a support question in what appears to be a bug in Dreamweaver cs3 that was not present in previous versions.

    Does anyone have any other ideas?
    thanks much
     
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  • JulesN
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    6. JulesN,
    Mar 22, 2012 3:09 PM   in reply to avibodha
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    Hello avibodha,

     

    Did you ever get this sorted out?  I have this with DW CS5 on my Mac.  Just wondered if you'd found a solution?  Thanks

     

    Jules

     
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  • Nancy O.
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    7. Nancy O.,
    Mar 22, 2012 4:58 PM   in reply to JulesN
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    Jules,

    Are you checking in/checking out files from the server?

     

    Do you have links to external URLs in your pages?

     

    Are you using Google analytics, Google Fonts or other Google widget code on your pages?

     

    Nancy O.

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    Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists 

    http://alt-web.com/

     
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  • JulesN
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    8. JulesN,
    Mar 22, 2012 5:08 PM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    Yes, I'm using check in/out.  I have someone that also updates the same sites as I do, so I don't want any screwups.  Also have clients that use Contribute.

     

    Yes, I have a few links to external URLs, but it still happens on pages that I don't. 

     

    I use Google Analytics on ALL my sites.  Some have Google fonts installed as well.

     

    Am I hooped???  Sure sounds like it!

     

     
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  • Nancy O.
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    9. Nancy O.,
    Mar 22, 2012 6:03 PM   in reply to JulesN
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    You've got the whole enchilada, don't you?

     

    Randy suggested turning off Code Hints & Dynamically Related Files

    http://forums.adobe.com/message/3670434#3670434

     

    Go to:

     

      Preferences > General

     

    Either turn off "Enable Related Files" or set "Discover Dynamically-Related Files" to Disabled.

     

     

     

    Nancy O.

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  • JulesN
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    10. JulesN,
    Mar 23, 2012 11:30 AM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    Well, I'm REALLY hooped then!  I tried what you suggested, but then I realized when these prefs were disabled, that I use those a lot too!!!  I guess I'll just wait and see when cs6 comes out, if they correct this bug.  I'm going to report it as a bug.  I don't think I should have to live without features that DW has, in order to not have errors.

     

    By the way, just to give you a laugh, Nancy, I don't seem to get the error message [as much] if I turn off mamp.  Alas!  I build most of my sites in php, so that's not an alternative either!!!  LOL

     

    Guess I push DW to its absolute limits! 

     
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