Troubleshooting Design Locking

If the option to Lock a Design Element is greyed out from the drop-down menu or the Lock option is greyed out after you right-click on the design element, the design locking has not been set up for the current database. For each database to allow for design locking, the Administration server must be set on the Advanced tab of the Database Access Control List dialog box and Allow Design Locking must be enabled on the Design tab of the Database Infobox.

A design element that is not explicitly locked by the designer is always temporarily locked while it is being edited in the Notes Designer client. When the designer is finished editing the design element (and closes the open design element), the temporary locked is ...

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