By default, your checkout directory is in one of the following locations:

You can open, edit, and close the file directly from your checkout directory, whether or not you are connected to the repository. In some cases, when you check out a file, Webtop might not copy it to your computer but instead stream it to your computer. Whether this happens depends on the file’s editing application. If Webtop streams the file to your computer, it is not saved to your local machine.

When a file is downloaded to your checkout directory, the local copy of the file has the same name as it has in the repository unless a naming conflict arises. A conflict arises if a file with the same name already exists in checkout directory. If a naming conflict arises, Webtop appends a number to the name of the local file to make the file unique within the checkout directory. This does not change the name of the file in the repository. When the file is checked back in, it keeps its original file name.

For example, if you check out a file named supplies.xml, the file is copied to the checkout directory and named supplies.xml. If you then check out another file with the same name, the file is copied to the checkout directory and named supplies(2).xml.

When you check out a file, if the file contains links and if you select to check out the linked files, then the linked files are also copied to your checkout directory. For example, if you check out an XML file called cars.xml that contains links to the files image.gif and info.txt, all three files are copied to the checkout directory. If a naming conflict arises for any of the linked files, Webtop appends numbers to the file names for which there are conflicts.

The maximum length for file names is 64 characters. File names longer than 64 characters are truncated to 64 characters in the checkout directory.

The checkout directory location can be edited in your Webtop preferences.