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We are using TFS and we have a SSIS project with exclusive checkout. A colleague has a file F.dtsx in checkout. I open with VS2015 the F.dtsx and I can correctly see the Control Flow. When I try to open a task, it asks me to take F.dtsx in checkout and of course I can't. So I can't see what's in the task even if I just want to READ it.

How can I do?

Thanks

Filburt
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Johannes Wentu
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  • Answer on [Team Foundation Server How to Edit file without checking it out](https://stackoverflow.com/a/5966678/205233) should still work with VS 2015. – Filburt Sep 05 '17 at 09:16
  • Thank you for your answer. I guess that answer you quote does not apply to my case and asks me to to things I don't want to do (changing the policy of editing files that MUST NOT be edited). As I said in the post, I need to be able to just READ a file that is in READONLY. I don't want to modify it. – Johannes Wentu Sep 05 '17 at 09:22
  • I'm afraid your stuck with how .dtsx files behave - just opening a task/functoid modifies the file and I don't think there's a way to get around this. – Filburt Sep 05 '17 at 09:25
  • In this case, thank you for this piece of information. I didn't know that and it explains the source of my problem. – Johannes Wentu Sep 05 '17 at 09:28
  • On a side note, I don't understand why downvoting this question. The problem I have is wasting my time and it would be USEFUL to find a solution. I SEARCHED on Google and here for a solution and I didn't find anything. I presume it is also quite clearly stated. So why the "-1"? – Johannes Wentu Sep 05 '17 at 09:41
  • Didn't DV (only removed the [tag:readonly] tag because it's marked "DO NOT USE") – Filburt Sep 05 '17 at 09:55

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Copy the F.dtsx package to another package and open that. You'd have control of it. You can undo your checkout when you're done.

Rich
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The file is locked with your colleague. So, if you don't want to change your current process, you need to ask your colleague to release the file.

Or, you can try to unlock the file, reference below thread:

If you just need to read, just as Rich said, get a copy to read.

Andy Li-MSFT
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