>Hi:
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>I write to an RTF file that could be open in Word on the same workstation.
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>Is there any way of testing whether the file is actually open, as far as Windows is concerned? If I knew the file was currently open, I could prevent the "write to" operation from within VFP until the file is closed by whatever application has it open.
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Try to FOPEN() the file exclusively; if it fails, the file is already open.

>Thanks!