Version Cue automatically informs others that a file is being edited. Version Cue assigns In Use status to a file when you open and edit a file that isn’t being edited by another user. When you save a version, Version Cue removes the file’s In Use status.
At times two people may need to work with a file simultaneously. For example, User A may begin editing a file but be called away before saving a version. If User B works on the file while User A is away, Version Cue ensures that the two files don’t overwrite each other in the project. User A’s working copy won’t reflect the changes made by User B, and vice versa. When finished with the file, both users can save a new version of the file to the Version Cue Workspace. Version Cue alerts all current users of the file about the presence of a new version in the Version Cue Workspace and gives them the option of downloading the latest version or continuing their current edits. (Version Cue alerts users who have the file open or who re-open a file that was previously closed while In Use.)
You can use the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility to assign lock protection to a Version Cue project. Only the first user to begin editing an available file in a lock-protected project can save the next version of that file to the Version Cue project. Other users who edit that file simultaneously can’t save changes to a new version of that file, even after the first user saves a version. These other users must save the changes as completely new files with their own version thread.