XPost: microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion, microsoft.public.vb   
   From: peter2@hipson.net   
      
   On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:17:45 GMT, dsarvas@yahoo.com (Don) wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:53:38 -0400, PeterD  wrote:   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >   
   >That actually has possibilties.  I do know how to enumerate through   
   >all open windows and even target a Notepad window and it's caption,   
   >but I would have to do so by accessing all workstations on the network   
   >until I find one that is running that file via Notepad.   
      
   Ouch... Yea, you're screwed. Maybe permissions is an answer. Only your   
   application has write permissions for the file?   
      
   >Seems like   
   >that would be the challenge of my lifetime but I might just try   
   >researching that one.   
   >Don   
      
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