HD67895: OM: FILE OPEN /OPENING OF ONLY ONE FILE WHEN TWO

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• OM: FILE OPEN /OPENING OF ONLY ONE FILE WHEN
  TWO FILES OPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
  .
  Preparations:
  1.Start CATIA V5R17SP3.
  2. Select File/New and create a Drawing as a
  sample file. (CATPart is
  OK also.)
  3. The file created at Step-2 is saved as
  TEST1.CATDrawing in an
  appropriate folder.
  4. In Windows Explorer, right click on
  TEST1.CATDrawing, select
  Properties and check on Read Only.
  5. Copy TEST1.CATDrawing and paste on the same
  folder as
  TEST2.CATDrawing.
  6. In Windows Explorer, select Tools/Folder Options
  and select the File
  Type tab.
  7. Select CATDrawing as Extension in the
  Registered File Types list,
  and click on Details.
  8. Select Open as Action, click on Edit button, and
  confirm the action
  running application is as following:
  C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B17
  \intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe"
  -object "%1 (depending on CATIA Install Path).
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1. Select File/Open from CATIA menu bar and open
  both TEST1.CATDrawing
  and TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time.
  It is OK that both files are opened after messaging
  a Read Only file
  warning.
  2. Select both TEST1.CATDrawing and
  TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time in
  Windows Explorer, drag and drop these files on
  CATIA R17SP3 windows and
  open them.
  It is OK that both files are opened after messaging
  a Read Only file
  warning.
  3. Select both TEST1.CATDrawing and
  TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time in
  Windows Explorer, hit Enter key to open them.
  This is the problem. Only one file is opened
  messaging a Read Only file warning.
  4. Select both TEST1.CATDrawing and
  TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time in
  Windows Explorer, right click on them and select
  Open.
  This is the problem. Only one file is opened
  messaging a Read Only file warning.
  .
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• OM: FILE OPEN /OPENING OF ONLY ONE FILE WHEN TWO
  FILES OPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
  OM: FILE OPEN /OPENING OF ONLY ONE FILE WHEN
  TWO FILES OPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
  .
  Preparations:
  1.Start CATIA V5R17SP3.
  2. Select File/New and create a Drawing as a
  sample file. (CATPart is
  OK also.)
  3. The file created at Step-2 is saved as
  TEST1.CATDrawing in an
  appropriate folder.
  4. In Windows Explorer, right click on
  TEST1.CATDrawing, select
  Properties and check on Read Only.
  5. Copy TEST1.CATDrawing and paste on the same
  folder as
  TEST2.CATDrawing.
  6. In Windows Explorer, select Tools/Folder Options
  and select the File
  Type tab.
  7. Select CATDrawing as Extension in the
  Registered File Types list,
  and click on Details.
  8. Select Open as Action, click on Edit button, and
  confirm the action
  running application is as following:
  C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B17
  \intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe"
  -object "%1 (depending on CATIA Install Path).
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1. Select File/Open from CATIA menu bar and open
  both TEST1.CATDrawing
  and TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time.
  It is OK that both files are opened after messaging
  a Read Only file
  warning.
  2. Select both TEST1.CATDrawing and
  TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time in
  Windows Explorer, drag and drop these files on
  CATIA R17SP3 windows and
  open them.
  It is OK that both files are opened after messaging
  a Read Only file
  warning.
  3. Select both TEST1.CATDrawing and
  TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time in
  Windows Explorer, hit Enter key to open them.
  This is the problem. Only one file is opened
  messaging a Read Only file warning.
  4. Select both TEST1.CATDrawing and
  TEST2.CATDrawing at the same time in
  Windows Explorer, right click on them and select
  Open.
  This is the problem. Only one file is opened
  messaging a Read Only file warning.
  .
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT
  RESTRICTION IN CATIA
  .
  Incident Diagnosis:
  Opening by right click or enter key, of two
  or more read only CATIA documents
  through multi selection in windows explorer
  invokes only one document
  .
  Restriction Explanation:
  The above two cases are restriction in
  current CATIA file open behavior.
  The basic operating system behavior while
  you open a CATIA document from a right
  click menu or an Enter key is to open a
  CATIA application So, if we consider your
  request, when the two or more read only
  files are opened by following two methods
  shown below,
  a) Selecting all the files & press enter key
  b) Selecting all the files, right click & then
  press open tabthen CATIA would be
  invoked that much times separately.
  .
  Now suppose user wants to open 100 read
  only files by above mentioned way then
  CATIA would be invoked 100 times
  separately. The result would be a hang of
  the system and would result in not opening
  the files. So opening of separate CATIA
  sessions for each of the files has been
  restricted. Only one file is opened in one
  session.
  The way to open multiples documents in a
  single CATIA session is to use Drag and
  Drop capabilities.
  .
  By-Pass:
  Opening of multiple read only documents
  through multi selection is possible through
  drag drop.
  .
  

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