Locking files

**Kzin** · Mar 25th, 2003, 06:06 PM

How can I lock files so that other programs cannot access them while mine does?

**jim mcnamara** · Mar 25th, 2003, 06:20 PM

Use the open statement to lock:

Code:

Open filename For append lock read write As #1

**Kzin** · Mar 26th, 2003, 06:15 AM

Originally posted by jim mcnamara
Use the open statement to lock:

Code:

Open filename For append lock read write As #1

Thanks Jim - I read your earlier posting with this in it but it did not seem to stop Adobe from opening a PDF locked this way (which was my aim).

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