<div dir="ltr">Hello, first post on this list for me!
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<br>I have a question regarding how QGis accesses files. When working on
maps and using standardized background themes (shp), QGis seems to lock
up these files so that no other instances of software can access them.
I.e. if User 1 adds G:\Lakes.shp into his Qgis session, no other Users
can access the file. I can see how this could be a feature to prevent
corrupt files, possibly in cases of parallell edits, but f.
ex. ArcMap does not enforce this limitation. Also, we have been using
the aforementioned method of having themes not-supposed-to-be-edited on
our server for years without bad incidents. Is Qgis' exclusive accessing
of shapefiles necessary?
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<br>With regards,
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<br>Frode Hansen
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