Hi Clark,
I have "Protect read-only mode" turned off currently, though it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. The help file describes that option as "When on, the editor will allow a file to be modified that is read-only. The Save command always prompts for a different output file name if the file is in read-only mode." Since I don't want to modify a read only file, I've turned the option off. I'm also logged in as the owner of the file. I'm beginning to suspect a more basic issue here. When I toggle the R/W button on the status bar at the bottom of the screen I get the message "Unable to update read only attribute for this file". I have moved files to a different server. I am currently using an older version of slickedit - Vsn 9.0.4. I'm in the process of evaluating vsn 11 of slick edit. Initial results seem to show the same behavior.
Additional posting: I guess I'm a bit confused as to how the product is supposed to work. I find in Vsn 11 (not vsn 9) that in spite of the help description I quoted above, the Protect read-only mode switch does in fact protect a file if it's in read only mode. So, that's half the battle. The other problem is that whenever I bring up a new file via a tag definition, the file is invariably desgnated r/w, when in fact it is not. I then don't know if it's r/w because I have already checked it out, or it's r/w because this is the first time the file is being displayed.
Don