Quickviewer Locks File

drac · Post by **drac** » 2013 Jan 08, 20:22

When having the preview pane open and using the quickview with PDF files, X2 seems to lock the file. If I open the file using Acrobat and try to save the file, it says that the file is in use. I tried going into X2 and moving focus to another file, then tried saving again but still get the same error. I have to exit X2 to be able to save the file I am working on in Acrobat (unless I rename the file). This does not happen if the Preview window pane is not open.

Post by **nikos** » 2013 Jan 09, 07:58

such lockings are bound to happen because of buggy preview handlers. If you use the DRAFT preview tab then you won't get many of these!

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2013 Jan 09, 08:39

For example, if you use/preview a PDF (in native-mode) using PDF-XChange Viewer's handlers, and edit/resave the file at the same time, you'll find that this does not happen - so it's Adobe's shell routines (which x2 inherits for the viewer) which are actually locking the file - nothing to do with x2 itself. (Not to point any fingers, or anything.)