Check Out and In

Updated on 26 Sep 2023
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12d Synergy uses a "Check In" and "Check Out" process. This mean that for editing, files must first be locked by "Checking Out", and later uploaded and released by "Checking In", or by cancelling the check out (if no changed have been made).

1. Check Out

When you are working on files in 12d Synergy, if you do not already have the latest version, the latest version will be copied to what is called your "local workspace". This is an area reserved on your computer's hard disk for your local files, and is defined during the installation of the 12d Synergy Client. The files are essentially cached in the local workspace. If the files in the workspace are deleted or no longer there, 12d Synergy will download another copy when required.

Please note that until you have uploaded a file by checking it in, any changes you have made will just be on the local machine. Only when it is on the server will it be available to everyone else. The phrase that is commonly used is, "the single source of truth". What is on the server is the most relevant. If you try to access from another computer a file that you are working on that has not been uploaded (checked in), then you are everyone else will not see your changes.

<DB> on the file or <RB>=><Open> to open the document.

F.Y.I

If you <DB> the file without checking it out, a panel will ask if you want to check it out - click <Yes> to check it out and <No> to open as read only.

1.1. Viewing

While a file is checked out by another user, it cannot be edited but it can still be viewed.

1.2 Get Latest

In the panel that shows the list of files in the folder, there is a column named, "Outdated?". This tells you if the files in your workspace is current or outdated. This option works if you wish to get a local copy of the latest version.