Aspose.Words document locked for editing by another user

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1

Hi,


Trying out Aspose.Words for Java (version 13.3.0).

Opening a document, making some modifications then saving to a new name using Document.save().

All seems to be working OK, except that when my program has completed and I then open any of the output documents in Word [2010], I get a message that they are “locked for editing by another user”, and I can only open them in read-only mode.

Is there an obvious reason for this - am I not closing/releasing the document properly in my Java app to cause it to remain locked?

Thanks

David

2

Hi David,


Thanks for your inquiry. Could you please create a simple Java application that demonstrates this problem and post it here for testing? I will investigate the issue on my side and provide you more information.

Best regards,
3

Yes, here it is.


import com.aspose.words.Document;

public class AsposeTest {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String filename = “C:/temp/foo.docx”;
String newfile = “C:/temp/new.docx”;

try {
Document doc = new Document(filename);
doc.save(newfile);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}

4

Hi David,


Thanks for your inquiry. After an initial test with Aspose.Words for Java v13.3.0, I was unable to reproduce this issue on my side. Does this happen with one document in particular or all Word Documents you convert are opened in read-only mode in Microsoft Word? Could you please also attach your problematic document(s) here for testing? I will investigate the issue on my side and provide you more information.

Best regards,
5

Hi,


I have done some more testing. I was using input and output directories in a VMware shared folder, and it seems to be this that caused the “document locked” issue. It does not happen when I create the output document in a local folder.

So, not an Aspose problem, but it seems to be some artifact of how VMware handles files in shared folders, so I will simply avoid using it that way.

Thanks for your help.

6

Hi David,


Thanks for your feedback. It’s great you were able to find what you were looking for. Please let us know any time you have any further queries.

Best regards,