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   From: peter2@hipson.net   
      
   On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:23:38 GMT, dsarvas@yahoo.com (Don) wrote:   
      
   >Thanks for the response, but I need something that detects that the   
   >file is currently open.  Since the file is immediately closed after   
   >reading the contents as you described, it sounds like what I'm asking   
   >isn't possible.   
      
   Yep, not possible.   
      
   > 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 preventing the problem or detects   
   >that a change was made after it was too late to prevent it.   
      
   That old 'between a rock and a hard place' comes to mind. Consider   
   this, can you perhaps run through the windows of open applications   
   looking for Notepad, and seeing what file that window has open? That   
   *might* work, but would be Notepad specific. I'm sure there are other   
   programs that may present the same problems, too, however.   
      
   >   
   >Don   
   >   
   >On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:10:09 -0400, "expvb"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Notepad opens the file, load it in memory, then close it immediately. You   
   >>can open the file exclusively, or use FindFirstChangeNotification() to see   
   >>if the user edited and saved the file outside your process, then prompt the   
   >>user if he wants to reload the file. See this VB6 sample:   
   >>   
   >>http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/fileapi/watchedfolder.htm   
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