Displaying and Maintaining Checked Out Objects

You can display a list of everything you have checked out, and you can unlock or check in items from the list.

Displaying your checked-out objects

To display your checked-out objects:

In the Form Control form, select the My Checked Out Objects tab.
In the Display/select my checked out objects group box, click Display List.
In the Checked Out Objects pane, the system displays a list of all the objects you have checked out. The values, if any, for each object, both in the master and run-time databases, are displayed along with the name and type of each object.

NOTE: This display does not include any template objects you might have checked out. Forms and global objects that you have created are displayed in this list only if you selected Enforce strict locking of forms and objects in the user settings, and you select Include Newly Created on this tab.

To check in or unlock objects that you have checked out:

Display your checked-out objects.
Use the procedure in the previous section.
In the Actions group box, click Check in or Unlock.
Do one of these actions:
- To check in or unlock all objects you have checked out, click Select All.
- To check in or unlock only one or some of the objects you have checked out, in the Inc column, select the check box for each object you want to check in or unlock.
To check in or unlock any form templates that you have checked out, in the Process options group box, select the Include form templates check box.
Click Execute Action.
When prompted, click OK.