>Hello George,
>I have a scanning program via vfp.
>
>After scanning the document i make the file read only by doing the following:
>###########################################
>IF FILE("C:\scanned2903.tif") THEN
> oFSO = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> oFile = oFSO.GetFile("C:\scanned2903.tif")
> * Set the read-only bit.
> oFile.Attributes = BITOR(oFile.Attributes, 1)
>ENDIF
>###########################################
>
>And in case if i want to delete the file, It wont allow me to do that, I get a message saying "FILE IS IN USE."
>
>Is there a way i can release the oFSO.releasefile("C:\scanned2903.tif")
>
>Thank you very much.

How are you trying to delete the file? Are you using oFSO.DeleteFile or oFile.Delete? In the latter case, with a file with the Read-Only attribute set, you'd use oFile.Delete(.T.) to force the deletion.