Check if files is open??

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Oct 10th, 2005, 01:05 PM
high6

Check if files is open??

does anyone have a function to check if a file is open.
Oct 10th, 2005, 01:30 PM
Hack

Re: Check if files is open??

What kind of file?
Oct 10th, 2005, 01:45 PM
leinad31

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 :D

Databases are handled differently.
Oct 10th, 2005, 01:52 PM
high6

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 :D

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
Oct 10th, 2005, 01:54 PM
Hack

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

:confused: What is it that you are trying to do?
Oct 10th, 2005, 01:59 PM
high6

Re: Check if files is open??

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Originally Posted by Hack

:confused: 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