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Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft® Visual Studio®
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Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft® Visual Studio®

by Zain Naboulsi and Sara Ford
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
17h 5m
English
Microsoft Press
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06.59 Edit Read-Only Files

WINDOWS

Alt,T, O

MENU

Tools | Options | Environment | Documents

COMMAND

Tools.Options

VERSIONS

2008, 2010

CODE

vstipEdit0074

When you open a read-only document, you get an indicator that looks like a tiny lock on the file tab:

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If you make changes and try to save them, you are (by default) met with the Save Of Read-Only File dialog box.

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At this point, you can save your changes as another copy of the file, overwrite the existing file, or cancel. If you don’t like these options, you can turn this feature off by going to Tools | Options ...

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