checkout document Method

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Enables the currently authenticated user to make changes to a document under source control.

Syntax

method=checkout document: server_extension_version
&service_name=/&document_name=service_relative_path/file_name
&force=(0|1)&timeout=number_of_seconds[&validateWelcomeNames=(true|false)]

Parameters

service name

document_name

force

timeout

validateWelcomeNames

Decoded Method

POST /site_url/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.0
.
.
.
method=checkout+document:6.0.n.nnnn
&service_name=/
&document_name=folder_name/file_name
&force=0
&timeout=0

Return Value

Success

Meta-keys and values relative to source control for the page(s) opened under source control.

Error

Returns an error message in standard format. For more information, see Error Message Format for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from Microsoft.

Sample Return Code