Open module in edit mode does strange things (keeps in shareable mode)

Hello community,

I wrote a function for opening modules, handling the different modes (read only, sharable, exclusive edit, as well as displayed or not).

When executing the code, I observed some strange results, which I can't explain. For testing purposes I wrote following sample code:

string strModule = "any full module path name"
Module mCurrModule = null;

void GetStatus(Module p_mModule)
{
  if (null p_mModule)
  {
    print "No module handle\n";
  }
  else
  {
    print "Visible: " (isVisible(p_mModule)?"Yes":"No") "\n"
    print "ReadOnly: " (isRead(p_mModule)?"Yes":"No") "\n"
    print "Shareable: " (isShare(p_mModule)?"Yes":"No") "\n"
    print "Exclusive: " (isEdit(p_mModule)?"Yes":"No") "\n"
  }
  print "\n";
}

// Precondition: Ensure, module is closed!!!
////////////////////////////////////////////
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

// 1.) Open read only in hidden mode
mCurrModule = read(strModule, false);
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

// 2.) Open shareable in hidden mode
mCurrModule = share(strModule, false);
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

// 3.) Open exclusive in hidden mode
mCurrModule = edit(strModule, false);
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

// 4.) Open read only in visible mode
mCurrModule = read(strModule, true);
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

// 5.) Open shareable in visible mode
mCurrModule = share(strModule, true);
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

// 6.) Open exclusive in visible mode
mCurrModule = edit(strModule, true);
GetStatus(mCurrModule);

The results of the test run is:

Precondition
No module handle

1.) read(strModule, false):
Visible: No
ReadOnly: Yes
Shareable: No
Exclusive: No
--> As expected

2.) share(strModule, false):
Visible: No
ReadOnly: No
Shareable: Yes
Exclusive: No
--> As expected

3.) edit(strModule, false):
Visible: No
ReadOnly: No
Shareable: Yes
Exclusive: No
--> ??? Why still in shareable mode???

4.) read(strModule, true):
Visible: Yes
ReadOnly: No
Shareable: Yes
Exclusive: No
--> As expected; keeps last "highest" mode, but now visible

5.) share(strModule, true):
Visible: Yes
ReadOnly: No
Shareable: Yes
Exclusive: No
--> As expected

6.) edit(strModule, true):
Visible: Yes
ReadOnly: No
Shareable: Yes
Exclusive: No
--> ??? Why still in shareable mode???

Can anybody explain the results of step 3 and 6? Why keeps the module in the shareable mode??? What is the correct sequence to enhance the edit mode from shareable to exclusive?

Used versions:

DOORS server: 9.6.1.11

DOORS client: 9.6.1.8, Build 96635

Best regards,

Michael

Re: Open module in edit mode does strange things (keeps in shareable mode)
PekkaMakinen - Mon Oct 29 08:17:37 EDT 2018

That is a "feature" of DOORS, you cannot go from shareable to exclusive edit and there is no function for it. You either have to close the module or downgrade to read-only and then open in Exclusive Edit.

See this discussion https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014926341

Re: Open module in edit mode does strange things (keeps in shareable mode)
MichaelBrockhaus - Mon Oct 29 08:23:04 EDT 2018

Grrrr. I wonder if someday I can use the search function as requested... Sorry for this post; I really searched before, but have not found your linked post.

Thank you very, very much.

Re: Open module in edit mode does strange things (keeps in shareable mode)
PekkaMakinen - Mon Oct 29 08:28:48 EDT 2018

In my experience Google works better better in searching than the search engine built in this forum: I just prefix every search with "doors dxl" to give Google the correct context.