Prevent save conflicts over the Web

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This code will provide you with way of preventing save conflicts on the Web. I am not sure if somebody already published a similar tip, but I was looking for ways of preventing save conflicts on the Web and didn't find much. This code is in Java, but you can do the same using LotusScript.

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The technique provided here will detect conflicts, but not prevent them. What will happen when conflict arises after this test condition is passed and while saving the document?

—Dhanasekar D.

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Well, you are right, it doesn't prevent

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the save conflicts. What it does is remove relation between original document and the save conflict (so you don't see it within the view) and notify user about it, so the user can try to save changes again. As far as I know, the only way to prevent save conflicts is to lock document, but this has its disadvantages too.

—Robert Ficek, tip author

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