XPost: microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion, microsoft.public.vb   
   From: nt_consulting64@yahoo.com   
      
   "Don"  wrote in message   
   news:48cbf7a3.5136375@news.west.cox.net...   
   >   
   > I wrote an app that alerts a user who attempts to open a file that the   
   > file is currently in use.  It works fine except when the file is   
   > opened by Notepad.  If a text file is opened, most computers are   
   > configured to use Notepad to open the file by default and if they are   
   > configured to use Notepad by default I want it to remain that way   
   > rather than retrieve the text into my app or force the user to use   
   > another app to read the file.  I'm using the following code I found   
   > online and lErrNum returns a value of zero if Notepad has the file   
   > open but returns 70 when most other files are open using another   
   > application.   
   >   
   > Don   
      
   You might try and detect if the file has been changed since you last chewed   
   on it (or while you are chewing on it)   
      
   Take a look at FindFirstChangeNotification, FindNextChangeNotification.   
      
   -ralph   
      
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