Enables a user who is currently authenticated to make changes to a document under source control.
method=checkout document: server_extension_version &service_name=/&document_name=service_relative_path/file_name &force=(0|1)&timeout=number_of_seconds[&validateWelcomeNames=(true|false)]
service_name Parameter
document_name Parameter
force Parameter
timeout Parameter
validateWelcomeNames Parameter
POST /site_url/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.0 . . . method=checkout+document:6.0.n.nnnn &service_name=/ &document_name=folder_name/file_name &force=0 &timeout=0
Meta-keys and values relative to source control for the page opened under source control.
Returns an error message in standard format. For more information, see Error Message Format for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions.
Sample Return Code