Hi Sergey:

Doh. Why didn't I think of that. Thanks for the answer!

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>Hi Gary,
>
>You can try to open the file for Read/Write.

lnFH = FOPEN(lcRtfFile, 12)
>IF lnFH > 0
>  =FCLOSE(lnFH)
>  * Ok to work with the file.
>ELSE
>  * The file is open somewhere else
>ENDIF

>
>>Hi:
>>
>>I write to an RTF file that could be open in Word on the same workstation.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Thanks!