When trying to Open files from Vault, you receive this error message preventing you from opening the files.
"The process cannot access the file '<path>\<filename>' because it is being used by another process."
This can occur if a process has locked the local Inventor project file.
Solutions can include:-
Closing the application that may be using the file. It could be Inventor, Inventor Apprentice, Design Assistant, or maybe the Jon Processor client.
Delete the local file mentioned in the dialogue box.
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Thanks so much for this info. Your site has helped me in my search for information. The article on the "in use" processes really helped me.
Posted by: Matthew D | July 27, 2011 at 06:08 AM
May i suggest this feature is improved!??
If i want to open a file from vault that is part of the project i am currently working on, while i have inventor open. Which is a fairly logical and likely scenario. Then i shouldn't have to carry out any of the steps suggested above to achieve a simple file open.
It should behave in exactly the same way as opening an Inventor file from windows explorer.
All this means is I'm never going to open any Inventor files from Vault Explorer because its a pain in the proverbial. As a result I'm not as efficient as i might be otherwise. Since lets face it the vault add-in open user interface is no where near as good as the vault explorer one.
Cheers for clarifying the possible conflicts causing this error.
Posted by: Scott Moyse | July 28, 2011 at 02:33 AM
You sure can Scott! we have a website setup where, so long as you select the correct product, the suggestion goes directly to the product managers and designers. Here is the link
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794
Posted by: Richard Rankin | July 28, 2011 at 08:53 AM