Tools Preview - The Check Document Locks tool

Selecting a database/template or a set of databases/templates
The first step is to select whether to work on a single database/template or a set of databases/templates.

By default, the application is set to work on a single database/template, the one selected.
Just click the radio-button to change to your preferred selection.

The screen will change immediately to reflect your selection.

Selecting a set of databases/templates
If you choose to work on a set of databases/templates, the screen will change to enable you to select and/or manage the sets.

The 'Select set' drop-down field will contain all sets previously created.

Select an existing set
Just select the set you want to process from the drop-down field. The list will be populated with all the databases/templates contained in the set.

Create a new set
The 1st selectable option in the drop-down field is always '-- Create a new set --'.
By selecting this option, a dialog opens where you specify the name of the set.


Add to set.../Delete selected from set...
Once you have selected an existing set (or created a new one) you can use these buttons to add/delete databases/templates from the set.

The 'Add to set...' button will open a dialog where you select a database/template to include in the set.
There is no limit as to how many databases/templates you can have in a set.
There is also no limit as to how many sets you can have.


The 'Delete selected from set...' button will remove the selected databases/templates from the set.

Selecting what to scan for
Check the checkboxes to indicate what you want the tool to scan for.


Starting the actual scan
Once you have selected databases/templates to search and what to scan for, the 'Process' button will be enabled.
Just click it to start the scan.

Check Document Locks result
If the Check Document Locks tool couldn't find any locked documents/design elements in any of the databases/templates selected, the following message will appear.


When the tool has found locked documents/design elements, another dialog will appear.


To output the results to Notepad, Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc - use the menu options.

With the 'Unlock selected' button, you can unlock locked design elements and/or documents, provided you have sufficient access to do so.
The application will return error messages if you do not have sufficient access to unlock locked elements/documents.