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Implement check-in check-out on list items?

I want to implement check-in/check-out functionality on a list in sharepoint 2010. What I want is, when a person is updating a list item, no one else shuld be able to edit that particular item and ...
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Can't check documents back in from drafts folder? SP2010

If someone checks out a document to their local drafts folder, edits the document then tries to check the document back in via the menu of the office app (word), SP GUI, or closing the app that ...
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Remotely & Programmatically check document in and out

Here's the situation: We have a number of Excel based tools that are checked into a SharePoint document library. I want a program that will allow me to check out one to many tools, perform ...
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Force “Minor check in” when (instead of) “Major check in” occurs

I am playing around with SPItemEventProperties and it looks like it's little bit messed up (or I am totally missing the point). Here is what I am trying to do. When a user do a "Major check in" I ...
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What is the specific benefit of requiring check out in order to edit?

Just today I decided to try something that I was certain would go terribly wrong: In the Versioning Settings of one of my document libraries I set the Require Check Out option to "No" but left ...
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limit to number of times you can checkin/checkout a document

Is there a limit to how many times a file in SP2010 can be checkedin and checkedout assuming the file size is small and we have no problem of space in the database. Pointers to any documentation with ...
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How to deal with versioning files that are not types recognized by sharepoint

We store files in sharepoint that are not office documents (PDFs, Quickbooks files, that kind of thing). I would like to be able to check them out, modify them, and upload a new version, check in and ...
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Can an admin check in publishing pages for other users?

I know that those with Full Control can override a checkout by another user (which causes the user's changes to be lost), but can the Full Control users also check in those publishing pages on a ...
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Get the check out file based on users Name

My environment is SharePoint 2007. I have write a Power shell script to get the file names and checked out by username and their email id. I am successfully able to get these details. Now I want to ...
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How could I know the exact reason behind Check In/Check Out failure?

I am an iOS developer and implementing SharePoint integration in iPhone through one of my application. From the API information I got that there are 3 APIs related to Check In/Check Out/Undo Check Out ...
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SharePoint Designer 2010 Overriding Default Editor For Checked-Out Files

I've set up an override CSS file and it's sitting in a Site Asset library. When I view the file via SharePoint, it opens in my system default CSS editor - being my text editor of choice. This app is ...
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SharePoint 2007 - Remind user of check-out documents

May I know if it is possible to remind user who have check-out a document for a period of time, to check in their document? (I notice that sometime user do forget to check-in their documents, so was ...
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What happen to Checkout document during a PC crash?

What will happen to a document that was check-out from a document library in SharePoint 2007 when the client computer crash? (e.g. Is the check-out forever lost? Is there a need to check-out the ...
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File remains checked out after closing without making changes

If I open a file for editing using the dropdown menu and selecting "Edit in " and then immediately close that file without making any changes or saving it, SharePoint does not prompt me to check that ...
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Cannot check out documents anymore

Our WSS3 document libraries no longer prompt to check out. I've confirmed check out is required for editing, and I've tried a new library. We're getting the same results. I also check the ...
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Is it possible to Check-in and Check-out the current form from the InfoPath browser editor?

A coworker has been tasked with adding check-in and check-out functionality from within an InfoPath 2010 form. Is this possible? This is a typical use case: User is browsing a SharePoint Form ...