>I am putting together a maintenance application and I want to grab
> dbc
> dct
> dcx
> dbf
> cdx
> fpt
> ini
> prg
>exclusively when the app starts so I can do stuff to the files (or just quit if everything can't be grabbed). It looks like VFP's locking is ignored by programs like Excel, but Excel is fine with opening a DBF and preventing VFP from USEing it. What would you recommend for doing an OS-exclusive file lock for everything?
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I'm not really sure. There's probably an API call you can make, but I'm not the guy to talk to about Windows API. Ed? George? you there?