From: kj@no.spam   
      
   "Wim"  wrote in message   
   news:1128668078.984102.77090@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...   
   >A TP program crashes sometimes because the file it tries to   
   > rewrite/rename is locked by a virusscanner. I would like to include   
   > some code to check for a locked file and wait some time to see if   
   > the   
   > file lock has been removed.   
   >   
      
   Check the flags used by DOS function $3D (Open File with Handle)   
   http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~stanisls/helppc/int_21-3d.html   
      
   With "FileMode:=$12;" you can check if you have full control of the   
   file - i.e. other processes will fail to open the file.   
      
      
   /klaus   
      
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