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XML: What locks an object?

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In the first version of the tree library I made, I had by accident included a few lines of placement code in my library. These stayed there after some testing. With this library it was impossible to call the objects using an API for example. I have now removed the placement lines (I never wanted them to be there).

But this also leads to an interesting question. Does including placement code in your library BGL cause FS to lock your objects for internal use in that BGL only? Is this maybe why some of the MS objects are locked?

Could somebody try to reproduce what I am saying here with his own library, to see if this theory is true? I would certainly gives us more understanding of how the XML libraries work.
 
Hi Arno.

I haven't looked at this in a while, but when we first examined the BGL code of the default objects, it appeared that MS did something similar to restrict objects to defined areas. I don't know if it is simply the placement, or if there is a bounding code that isn't included in our XML schema.

Dick
 
Hi Dick,

Good questions. Let's try to find out what it is.

From what I experienced with my library it seems only the placement code is to blame for locking them. But I would be very happy if someone else could reproduce these conclusions with his own library.
 
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