Rodd,

Try to open file read/write.

lhFile = fopen(lcFileName,12)

>I have an app that monitors a specific directory. My users print documents to file into that directory (.pcl files). When my program notices a .pcl file in the dir, it tries to convert the .pcl to .pdf.
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>My problem is that some of the .pcl files are very large and take a while to create. My program notices the file and begins to try to convert even though the printing has not yet finished.
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>I've tried to check for a file still being created by doing the following:
>
>

>lhFile = fopen(lcFileName,10)
>if lhFile = -1
>   Loop
>else
>   ... do the conversion
>endif
>

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>However, for some reason this doesn't seem to be catching the fact the the file is still being created.
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>Any more ideas? Thanks for whatever help you can offer!