A content item in CoreMedia Studio can only be edited by one user at the same time. Therefore, editors have to check-out an item before they can start working and they have to check-in the item afterwards. The latter one will automatically save all changes. Alternatively, editors can revert their changes and restore the previous status of a content item.
Checking out a Content Item
In order to check-out a content item for exclusive editing, simply open the content item and start working. The item will be automatically checked-out.
Checking out an old version
You can not really check-out and edit an old version of a content item but you can create a new version, that is based on the old version. The new version contains exactly the content of the old version.
Open the System tab of the Form and select the version you want to recreate in the Editing History field.
Click the Restore Content icon.
The Form shows now the content of the old version.
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Danger of data loss If you have already an open version of the content item and you have not saved your current changes and you restore an older version of the content item, then the current content of the item will be overwritten after a warning. So you loose all current changes. |
Revoke changes
If you want to revoke all changes since the last check-out and create no new version, proceed as follows:
Click the Close icon of the form.
A dialog opens. Click [Revert] .
or
Click [Revoke changes] .
The form will be closed and all changes since the last check-out are deleted.
Checking in a content item and applying changes
If you want to stop working and create a new version of the content item, you have two options. Either you save the changes and close the form or you save the changes and let the form open. With both options, the content item will be checked-in and can be checked-out by other editors.
Checking in and closing a content item
Click the Close Icon of the form.
A dialog opens. Click [Apply] .
The form will be closed and all changes since the last check-out are saved.
Checking in and closing a content item
In order to save your changes and to check-in the content item, simply click the Apply changes icon in the Action bar.
Closing multiple forms
If you want to close several forms at once, open the context menu with a right-click on a forms tab. Select in order to close all other forms except of the current one or select to close all forms.
If you have unsaved changes in one or more forms you will be asked if you want to save or discard the changes.
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