Environment
Novell Client 2 SP4 for Windows (IR2)
Microsoft Excel 2010
Situation
Excel hangs when trying to save a spreadsheet, if another workstation has the same spreadsheet open in read-only mode.
Resolution
Fixed in Client for Open Enterprise Server 2 SP4 (IR3) or later.
Cause
The NCP 87,44 status returned by the server could end up being treated incorrectly by the client. This made a difference in the NCP 87,44 use by the primary workstation (the one with read/write access to the document) and also in the NCP 87,44 use by the secondary workstation (the one with read-only access to the same document).