I'm looking for a way to detect if another process has a file open before a
second process tries to open it. I've looked into the FileAttr function but
I'm not sure if detecting a read-only state is sufficient. Can anyone
confirm or deny? TIA...
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> I'm looking for a way to detect if another process has a file open before
a
Make certain you know it exists, then,
Try to open the file exclusively,
an error means it is in use.
Good day,
Roger
"Roger" <ro***@pcsreven uecontrol.com> wrote: I'm looking for a way to detect if another process has a file open
before a
Make certain you know it exists, then,
Try to open the file exclusively,
an error means it is in use.
I'm not proposing a better solution, but I'm pretty sure using error-
trapping or exception handling to test for a thoroughly possible condition
like this would not qualify as a "best practice"...
--
Michael Kellogg
Glen,
This is endless asked, however this is as long as there are the MS-dos
operating systems and its successors not possible when you don't create a
special management tool around it, as probably in Office is done.
Cor
I have to agree. I'm thinking there must be a way to test the state of the
file for this condition. I just haven't found anything yet...
"Michael Kellogg" <mk******@WEDEL IVERcc3.com> wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ***********@207 .46.248.16... "Roger" <ro***@pcsreven uecontrol.com> wrote:
I'm looking for a way to detect if another process has a file open
before a
Make certain you know it exists, then,
Try to open the file exclusively,
an error means it is in use.
I'm not proposing a better solution, but I'm pretty sure using error-
trapping or exception handling to test for a thoroughly possible condition
like this would not qualify as a "best practice"...
--
Michael Kellogg
It's 'The eternal question', then...
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uO******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl... Glen,
This is endless asked, however this is as long as there are the MS-dos
operating systems and its successors not possible when you don't create a
special management tool around it, as probably in Office is done.
Cor
glen,
Answers on this are
do while loop condition = false
Try
Open a file
When found leave set the condition to true
Catch
threading.threa d.sleep(1000)
'And set a max if you want
End
I hope this helps something
Cor
Interesting.... I'll try that. Thanks.
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uf******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl... glen,
Answers on this are
do while loop condition = false
Try
Open a file
When found leave set the condition to true
Catch
threading.threa d.sleep(1000)
'And set a max if you want
End
I hope this helps something
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