Wednesday, 21 March 2018

arcgis desktop - Making Map Document (*.mxd) Locked/Uneditable?


I am wondering if its possible to create a locked map document?


I have a document that multiple users will be accessing and as a way of preventing them from making any accidental errors, am wondering if I can create a map document that is locked as to prevent any modifications.




Answer



Right click the mxd in windows explorer, choose properties, check Read-Only.


This should force 'Save-As' when the user goes to save the map leaving your original in-tact. If you need to make changes to your "template" you'll have to disable this checkmark.


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