Hilmar,

Very true.

Thanks,
Chad

>Any interaction with data outside the main program can easily fail for a variety of reasons. In this case: The file may not exist, you may not have access rights, or it may be blocked by another user. And probably a few others more; like: you want to write to the file, but the file is R/O.
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>So, it seems like a good idea to test for any possible exceptions anyway, not just because another user may have locked it.