The simple one's are always the best . Thanks for your advice.
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>>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. >> > >Try to FOPEN() the file exclusively; if it fails, the file is already open. > >>Thanks!
