Warning When Opening Read-Only Files

kfury77 · Post by **kfury77** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:13 pm

I used to use Macromedia NightmareWeaver

and it had a useful feature; if you try and open a read-only document it first warns you that the file is read-only and gives you the option of making the file writeable.

I would really like to see this feature added to WeBuilder.

mwb1100 · Post by **mwb1100** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:40 pm

Since I open a lot of files just for examination, not to edit, I'd prefer a slight variation on this: open the read-only file with no notification, but when an attempt is made to modify the file, pop-up the warning and give the option to remove the read-only attribute.

kfury77 · Post by **kfury77** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:28 am

excellent idea! I'd really like to see this implemented in the next version if possible Karlis.

Post by **Karlis** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:22 pm

Does anyone really use read-only files? As far as I can see the problems could arise only on save, but never on open.

Post by **syrupcore** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:25 pm

if I'm doing a manual build out of a site, I usually make the template read only because I'm always screwing things up. That said, I wouldn't really use this feature becuase I made it read-only on purpose. "Save a copy" however....

mwb1100 · Post by **mwb1100** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:48 pm

Files that are not checked out from version control are read-only, so I occasionally run into this (I know - I shouldn't be changing files unless they are checked out).

This is not a big deal for me, but since it was brought up I decided to add my 2 cents.

Post by **syrupcore** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:00 pm

mwb! you naughty naughty coder! I'm tellin yer mom.