WD97: ODMA TeamLinks: Cannot Open Reserved File

ID: Q165530

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you try to open a TeamLinks document that is already open by another user, you will receive the following message:

"<filename>". The object is already reserved by <username>. You may open the file, but you cannot save changes back to the original.

When you click OK, the document doesn't open.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Word won't open a TeamLinks document as read-only if the document is reserved by another user.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q159963 Word 97 Supports ODMA

Additional query words: OFF97

Keywords : kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbusage winword word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug