Lock Folders
Locking a folder prevents any changes from being made to the content of the folder.
Before locking the folder, keep in mind the following:
- To unlock a locked folder, you must have set to at least Write, and set to Yes in Security Administration. All child folders are also unlocked.
- The location of the locked folder in the assembly tree cannot be changed; that is, you cannot move the folder up or down, and you cannot promote or demote the folder.
- If you move the locked folder parent element, the folder moves with its parent.
- You cannot change elements in a locked folder.
- You cannot add elements to a locked folder.
- The locked folder and its contents cannot be duplicated directly or deleted.
- The locked folder parent element cannot be deleted.
- Structure locking an assembly will lock in place Folders, Leaf elements, documents, and special sheets. It will not lock Volumes or TOCs. Volumes have their own locking function, and TOCs cannot be locked.
- In the sequence view, when a folder and its contained elements are locked, the locked folder icon is not displayed, but the folder is shown as read-only.