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Exchange07/OWA Direct File Access...Can't modify files - 2.Jul.2008 12:44:18 PM

rory.schmitz

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Hi,

I recenty added Direct File Access to our Exchange 2007 SP1 server. Everything is working great, but when I open up a file through OWA, I try to make a change then save it back, I'm receiving this message:

"Your changes could not be saved to 'filename.xls' because of a sharing violation. Try saving to a different file."

Then I get some other messages, etc...

I understand this file opens up as a temp file on my local hard drive, but how to I open the file "Live", make changes on the fly, then save it back?

I'm using Office 2007 also. Any ideas?

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RE: Exchange07/OWA Direct File Access...Can't modify files - 2.Jul.2008 12:51:13 PM

mark@mvps.org

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You're not supposed to be able to save them back, it's working fine.

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RE: Exchange07/OWA Direct File Access...Can't modify files - 2.Jul.2008 2:19:50 PM

rory.schmitz

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Thanks for the reply. That answers my question.

Any word if Write/Modify access will be added in future updates/service packs? To me, it seems very limited as read-only access.

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RE: Exchange07/OWA Direct File Access...Can't modify files - 2.Jul.2008 4:10:42 PM

mark@mvps.org

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ISA2006 enables you to write to file shares. Haven't set it up and this forum isn't the right place to ask further so I'd encourage you to ask on isaserver.org.

I haven't seen anything about making the shares writable in OWA in future releases.

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RE: Exchange07/OWA Direct File Access...Can't modify files - 2.Jul.2008 4:46:53 PM