>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I need to read and write back to a text file. Is it possible to lock the file during the process (0.002 seconds) using FOPEN()/FWRITE() or FILETOSTR()?
>>>
>>>Please let me know.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>Yes with FOPEN() you could open it EXCLUSIVE, check second parameter in HELP.
>>But if you lock it with FOPEN you must READ or WRITE in it ONLY with low level function FWRITE, FREAD() etc.
>
>Or Textmerge commands... like this:
>

h=FCREATE("temp.txt")
>_text=h
>SET TEXTMERGE on
>\<<datetime()>> was a moment ago.
>\ no more so.
>_text=-1
>=FCLOSE(h)
>MODIFY COMMAND temp.txt
>

WOW! I didn't knew that.
Thanks you.