Is there a way to force WPDM to not check in/check out external references? We reuse a lot of files and try to not create external references but it does happen. When those files get reused the number of files that WPDM tries to manager is ridiculous. Any thoughts?
Jason
short answer, no
you can use a lifecycle to set the external references to read-only.
any document set to read-only (lifecycle) will be grayed out and un-selectable when using the check-in dialog box.
with check-out you're out of luck.
if the external references are set to read-only (lifecycle) they will be grayed out but they will still be selectable.