[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 137793] New: Opening a file in LO in Read Only mode creates a Lock file that prevents Excel from Opening for editing

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137793

            Bug ID: 137793
           Summary: Opening a file in LO in Read Only mode creates a Lock
                    file that prevents Excel from Opening for editing
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: marksammon at peawet.com

A user has created a file in MS Excel and set it to protected mode which
defaults the user to open the file in Read Only mode.

When opening the file in MS Excel, this correctly opens in Read Only mode and
only when you try to "Enable Editing" does the file switch to Read-Write mode.

When opening (by double clicking on the file) the same file in LibreOffice it
correctly opens in Read Only mode (as shown on the task bar) but it still
creates a -lock file. When a second user opens the file in MS Excel or
LibreOffice the file says it is locked and can only be opened in Read Only
mode.


Now with the document closed in both Excel and LibreOffice ....
Open LibreOffice and from the File Menu, open the document but tick the "Read
Only" checkbox and proceed to open the document.  Now the document pens but NO
.~lock file is created.
Now when opening a second instance of the document from either LibreOffice or
Excel the application correctly assumes the document is not locked by a user
and thus opens the document. 


The bug here seems to be when you open the document by double clicking on the
file and opening in LibreOffice instead of Opening the document in RO mode from
the File/Open menu.


I have tested this in LibreOffice 6.4.5 and 7.0.0+

Thank you

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