>Hi,
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>I need to test a file to see if it can be opened exclusively but, if not, I don't want the error handler to kick in. I'll test to see if the file is opened after the attempt.
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>Any ideas?

Other than doing a short-term redirection of the error handler and trapping the error, then reseting the handler, no. EXCLUSIVE access is only determinable by test-and-set - try, and if it fails, you can't; if it suceeds, you've got exclusive access...