Breaking Existing Locks in a Session

  1. Start a View Compare/Merge session using the View Compare/Merge Wizard.
  2. In any perspective, choose Difference > Find Next Locked , or Difference > Find Previous Locked .
  3. Right-click the item in the upper pane and choose Lock/Unlock. The Set My Lock Status dialog box opens.
  4. Select the Unlocked lock status option to remove the exclusive or non-exclusive lock.
  5. Check Break Existing Lock to break another team member's lock on the item.
If e-mail is enabled, StarTeam will send an e-mail message to the team member whose lock has been broken to inform him or her of this fact.
Note: You must be granted the appropriate privileges to be able to break another user's locks.
Parent topic: Finding and Breaking Locks on Items with Differences