455040 - Can not check out docs in sharepoint to edit.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Daniel Hill]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

Using Firefox I am unable to check out docs in my company's intranet Sharepoint.  Well it says I check them out, but am unable to locate the checked-out doc.  With IE, it puts the checked-out doc into a Sharepoint Drafts folder in My Documents until I am ready to check it back in.  I love Firefox, and am not sure if this is a security issue or what.    Hope this was descriptive enough, please email me at [e-mail] with any clarifying questions!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to intranet sharepoint
2.Attempt to check out doc for editing
Actual Results:  
Document is shown as checked out, but I am unable to find or edit the document.

Expected Results:  
Doc should show up in my Sharepoint Drafts folder in My Documents(this is what IE does).

Also, when clicking check out with IE, an option box comes up(option of "Read-Only" or "Check out and edit"

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

I'm unsure what do you mean with checkout.
Firefox can download documents and they are stored either in a fixed location (based on the options) or it asks you where to save it.

Instead of just saving you can select to open files with a "helper application".
In that case the file is downloaded to the system temp directory and Firefox opens the Helper application with this file. After the helper application is closed firefox deletes this file in the temp directory.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.