Issue 112808

The "Edit File" button produces the wrong or misleading message for locked files.

Scenario 1:
User A has a document open for editing
User B has the same document open in read-only mode
User B clicks on the "Edit File" button to edit the document
User B is presented with the message "This document cannot be edited, possibly
due to missing access rights. Do you want to edit a copy of the document?"

Scenario 2:
User A has a document open for editing
User B attempts to open the same document in edit mode.
User B is presented with the "Document in Use" dialogue.

Since from a user perspective both scenarios are equivalent, I believe the same
message ("Document in Use") should be presented in both cases. i.e. scenario 1
represents a bug.

The current behaviour is less than friendly in my work environment because of
how we have have set up openoffice to handle multiple-access documents.
Specifically, we have added the "-view" argument to the file-open registry
key(s) so that users always open documents read-only when opening from a file
explorer window. Users have been trained to click the read-only button to edit
the file, then click it again when editing is complete. This imperfect system
usually prevents others who wish to edit the same file from being unnecessarily
locked out.

The unfriendly aspect of this process is that a user always gets the "missing
access rights" message instead of the "Document in Use" message. We presently
have the file explorer set up to view hidden files so we can find the lock file,
open it, and read who the culprit is.