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   From: t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t   
      
   dsarvas@yahoo.com (Don) wrote in news:48cc1f68.793671@news.west.cox.net:   
      
   > Thanks for the response, but I need something that detects that the   
   > file is currently open.   
      
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   But the file is NOT currently open. It is opened only for milliseconds   
   while Notepad reads it then is closed again immediately.   
      
   >  Since the file is immediately closed after   
   > reading the contents as you described, it sounds like what I'm asking   
   > isn't possible.   
      
   That is correct.   
      
   > I'm trying to prevent users from having the file open   
   > at the same time and making changes not aware that two or more people   
   > are making changes that might conflict.  Every method I can think of   
   > either won't detect the file is open   
      
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