Microstation files read only

davidp · Post by **davidp** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:10 pm

I've installed Bentleys Microstation V8, all seems to be working but I can only open files as read only, (even files that I've just created).

Error message states
"File is currently in use by:
Username:
Computer:
Open as read only YES CANCEL"

Is this a matter of changing some setting for the file attributes, if so, where?

Davidp

Post by **dimesio** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:54 pm

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12848

therock003 · Post by **therock003** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:09 pm

So basically you can open/edit files but you cannot save/export them?What about older versions?Has anyone tried yet?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:35 pm

davidp wrote:I've installed Bentleys Microstation V8, all seems to be working but I can only open files as read only, (even files that I've just created).

Error message states
"File is currently in use by:
Username:
Computer:
Open as read only YES CANCEL"

Is this a matter of changing some setting for the file attributes, if so, where?

Davidp

What's the file's mode looks like? Which file system are they on?

davidp · Post by **davidp** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:13 pm

What's the file's mode looks like? Which file system are they on?

As far as I can make out (I am a sadly inept newbie) the file system is NTFS.

How do I find the files mode?[/quote]

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:41 pm

davidp wrote:
What's the file's mode looks like? Which file system are they on?
As far as I can make out (I am a sadly inept newbie) the file system is NTFS.

Don't use NTFS with Wine. It's drivers are defective and do not provide required functionality. Also you most likely mounted it read-only. Or with root only write access. In all cases contact your distro support - this is not Wine problem(s).

David Gerard · Post by **David Gerard** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:58 pm

2008/5/25 vitamin <[email protected]>:

Don't use NTFS with Wine. It's drivers are defective and do not provide required functionality. Also you most likely mounted it read-only. Or with root only write access. In all cases contact your distro support - this is not Wine problem(s).

In particular - if you're on NTFS, this is usually because you're
trying to run something on a Windows partition directly from Wine.
This is a bad idea - Wine can't access the Windows registry for that
installation of Windows, and Wine has its own ideas on what to do with
files, registry, etc. that aren't the same as what Windows wants to
do, and can mess up your Windows as well as not working properly in
Wine. You should always try to install apps in Wine itself.

- d.