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You can prevent conflicts during application development by locking pages in your application. By locking a page, you prevent other developers from editing it.
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A lock icon indicates whether a page is currently locked. If a page is unlocked, the icon appears as an open padlock. If the page is locked, the icon appears as a locked padlock. A lock icon appears on the Application home page and on the Page Definition.
To view the lock icon on the Application home page, select Details from the View list. A list of pages appears. The lock icon appears under the Lock column.
The lock icon also appears on the Action Bar on the Page Definition. See "About the Action Bar".
You can lock pages from the Page Locks page, the Pages list, and from a Page Definition.
To lock a page from the Page Locks Page:
On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
On the Tasks List on the right side of the page, click Page Locks.
The Page Locks page appears.
Select the appropriate pages and click Lock Checked.
Enter a comment in the Comment field.
Click Lock Page(s).
To lock a page from the Details view:
On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
From the View list, select Details and click Go.
In the Pages list, locate the page you want to lock and click the Lock icon.
Enter a comment in the Comment field.
Click Lock Page(s).
To lock a page from the Page Definition:
Navigate to the appropriate Page Definition. See "Accessing a Page Definition".
Click the Lock icon in the Action bar. See "About the Action Bar".
Select the selected page and click Lock Checked.
Enter a comment in the Comment field.
Click Lock Page(s).
Only the developer who locked a page can unlock it. However, a developer with administrative privileges can unlock pages locked by other developers.
To unlock a page from the Page Locks page:
On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
On the Tasks List on the right side of the page, click Page Locks.
The Page Locks page appears.
Select the appropriate pages.
Click UnLock Checked.
To unlock a page from the Details view:
On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
From the View list, select Details and click Go.
In the Pages list, locate the page you want to unlock and click the Lock icon.
The Edit Lock Comment page appears.
Click UnLock.
To unlock pages from the Page Definition:
Navigate to the appropriate Page Definition. See "Accessing a Page Definition".
Click the Lock icon in the upper right corner above Shared Components.
The Page Locks page appears.
Select the page you want to unlock and click Unlock Checked.
You can access a number of different views of Locked Pages on the Locked Pages page.
To access different views of locked pages:
On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
On the Tasks List on the right side of the page, click Page Locks.
On the Tasks list, click one of the following:
Show Locked Pages displays only locked pages within the current application.
Show All Pages displays all pages within the current application.
Show Unlocked Pages displays only unlocked pages within the current application.
Administer Locks enables an administrator to unlock any pages locked by a developer.
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