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  1. Oct 10th, 2005, 01:05 PM #1
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    Check if files is open??

    does anyone have a function to check if a file is open.
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    Re: Check if files is open??

    What kind of file?
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    Re: Check if files is open??

    Try to open the file Lock Read Write... if someone alreay opened it you can't lock them out. You'll get a "permission denied" or "file already open" error... at least with binary/text files

    Databases are handled differently.
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    Re: Check if files is open??

    Quote Originally Posted by leinad31
    Try to open the file Lock Read Write... if someone alreay opened it you can't lock them out. You'll get a "permission denied" or "file already open" error... at least with binary/text files

    Databases are handled differently.
    well can u give me some code???
    well i wanna use it on explorer.exe because sometimes it likes to end on me so i making an app that checks every 60 seconds if its running and if its not it runs it. so i dont have to restart comp
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    Re: Check if files is open??

    Quote Originally Posted by high6
    well i wanna use it on explorer.exe because sometimes it likes to end on me so i making an app that checks every 60 seconds if its running and if its not it runs it. so i dont have to restart comp
    What is it that you are trying to do?
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    Re: Check if files is open??

    Quote Originally Posted by Hack
    What is it that you are trying to do?
    sometimes my EXPLORER.EXE ends itself so im making an app to check when it does and rerun it
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