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File lock feature & Properties API
This topic continues my previous question Properties API. I tried to continue conversation there but, for some reason, my comments are not published. So I decided to start new conversation.
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Only team members can update the file properties on a file using one of the team's property templates. Non-team members that are members of a shared folder can view the properties for a file they have access to, but they can't update it. Note that this feature is in beta though, so it is subject to change.
In any case, this wasn't designed to enable file locking exactly, so I wouldn't recommend using it for that. We'll consider this a feature request for file locking though.
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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffOnly team members can update the file properties on a file using one of the team's property templates. Non-team members that are members of a shared folder can view the properties for a file they have access to, but they can't update it. Note that this feature is in beta though, so it is subject to change.
In any case, this wasn't designed to enable file locking exactly, so I wouldn't recommend using it for that. We'll consider this a feature request for file locking though.
The Dropbox badge feature is not limited to members of the same team.
Thank you, I'll wait lock feature or some API that allow to implement lock.
I'm new to Dropbox, a user for less than two weeks, and my team and I have already run into the problem of simultaneous edits to a file by two team members wasting time and causing comfusion. The ability to "check out" a file for editing would be greatly appreciated. Any suggestions or tips on how teams have managed this?
- Greg-DB
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