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   From: dsarvas@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:50:24 -0400, PeterD  wrote:   
      
   >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?   
      
   Considering that, also.  Might keep all files in folders with specific   
   rights made available only if they access the files through my app or   
   make the folders invisible except via the app.   
      
   I think the answer is for my app to detect that they are attempting to   
   open a file with Notepad and create a detour, causing the file to open   
   in my app or an app I know will lock the file.  My app already does   
   that, but I didn't want to have to do that.   
      
   >   
   >>Seems like   
   >>that would be the challenge of my lifetime but I might just try   
   >>researching that one.   
   >>Don   
      
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