Selecting an edit mode

There are three edit modes available in Rational® DOORS®: exclusive, shareable, and read-only. Your edit mode defines the actions that you can perform in a module. Depending on the edit mode that a module is opened in, other users may be able to access and edit the module. You can select the edit mode when you open the module, or you can change the edit mode after you have opened the module.

Before you begin

You must have modify access to a module to open it in either shareable or exclusive edit mode.

If you open a module by double-clicking it in the database explorer, it is opened in the default edit mode, which is exclusive edit mode. You can change the default edit mode.

When you open a module using the File menu in the database explorer, you can select the edit mode. For example, if you want to open it in exclusive edit mode, click File > Open > Exclusive Edit.

The edit mode you are currently using is shown on the status bar at the bottom of the module window.

About this task

Table 1. Description of edit modes
Edit mode Description
Read-only You can read (look at) the module, but you cannot edit it.
Exclusive You can edit the module, but other users can only read it.
Shareable While you are editing one section of the module, another user can edit another section. To stop other users from editing the section of the module that you want to edit, you must lock it. While you have the section locked, other users can only read the data in it. When you have finished, you unlock the section to allow another user to edit it.
Note: In shareable edit mode, you cannot create top-level objects in the module. And you cannot create, delete or edit attribute definitions or attribute types. You can only do these tasks in exclusive edit mode.

You must have modify access to a module to open it in either shareable edit mode or exclusive edit mode.

Procedure

  1. In the database explorer, click File > Open, and then either Read-only, Shareable Edit or Exclusive Edit.
  2. To change the edit mode after the module is open, click Edit > Edit Mode in the module window, and then select the edit mode that you want.
    Note: If you have opened a link module in read-only mode, you cannot change the edit mode from inside the module. To change from read-only mode, you must close the link module and reopen it in your chosen edit mode. This rule only applies to link modules.
Related concepts:
Editing formal modules
Editing in the module window
Related tasks:
Creating editable sections in modules
Locking and unlocking editable sections
Editing objects and attributes using the object properties sheet
Using forms to edit objects and attributes
Creating tables in modules
Inserting modules as tables
Inserting symbols
Undoing edits
Checking spelling

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