It is now impossible to open or clone a view that is not finished (= has

been closed at least once)

src/obiview.c

@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ Obiview_p obi_new_view(OBIDMS_p dms, const char* view_name, Obiview_p view_to_cl
 	}
 
 	view->dms = dms;
-	view->read_only = 0;
+	view->read_only = false;
 
 	// Create view file
 	if (create_obiview_file(dms, view_name) < 0)
@@ -1187,16 +1187,19 @@ Obiview_p obi_new_view(OBIDMS_p dms, const char* view_name, Obiview_p view_to_cl
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	// Flag the view as being a work in progress
+	(view->infos)->finished = false;
+
 	// Write used size in view file for initial structure
 	(view->infos)->used_size = sizeof(Obiview_infos_t);
 
 	// Clone view to clone if there is one
 	if (view_to_clone != NULL)
 	{
-		if (!(view_to_clone->read_only))
+		if ((view_to_clone->infos)->finished == false)
 		{
 			obi_set_errno(OBIVIEW_ERROR);
-			obidebug(1, "\nA view can not be cloned if it is not read-only");
+			obidebug(1, "\nA view can not be cloned if it is not finished");
 			obi_view_unmap_file(view->dms, view->infos);
 			free(view);
 			return NULL;
@@ -1634,6 +1637,15 @@ Obiview_p obi_open_view(OBIDMS_p dms, const char* view_name)
 	// Map view file
 	view->infos = obi_view_map_file(dms, view_name);
 
+	// Check that the view is finished and can be opened
+	if ((view->infos)->finished == false)
+	{
+		obidebug(1, "\nError opening a view: the view is not finished");
+		obi_view_unmap_file(view->dms, view->infos);
+		free(view);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	// Open the line selection associated with the view
 	if ((view->infos)->all_lines)
 		view->line_selection = NULL;
@@ -1983,6 +1995,9 @@ int obi_close_view(Obiview_p view)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Flag the view as finished
+	(view->infos)->finished = true;
+
 	// Free the column dictionary
 	ht_free(view->column_dict);
 

src/obiview.h

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ typedef struct Obiview_infos {
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 */
 	Alias_column_pair_t column_references[MAX_NB_OPENED_COLUMNS];   /**< References (name, version and alias) for all the columns in the view.
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 */
+	bool				finished;									/** Whether the view is finished and can be read.
+																	 */
 	char 				comments[];									/**< Comments, additional informations on the view.
  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 */
 } Obiview_infos_t, *Obiview_infos_p;