Add revision number as metadata to file

[dnyamy]

Hello,
I have been using redmine dmsf to track activities on docx files.
Now we are facing some difficulties with new users less acquainted with computer science.
Sometimes they download a file, and keep working on it for long, without having locked it.
When they finally come back to submit the new version, they don't mind wether the file has been modified in the mean time, and thus overwrite all the changes since their download.

I would like to add a little check.
Idea :
Each time a file is submitted, write the revision number as metadata of the docx file.
When the come with new revision, compare the current file revision against what is written in their, and at list pop a warning box.

1-Please I will highly appreciate any comment about the idea
2-How can I achieve it ?

Thanks

dn

[picman]

docx is a proprietary closed file format. I've no idea how to modify it

[mmundi72]

It's not really closed. DOCX is a ZIP-Container based on the ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats.
Details see: https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm