Detecting whether a file is locked by another process or not...........

[Robin Tucker]

Would this just be a case of trying to open the file and handling the
exception intelligently? I hope not - I don't like exceptions.....



Robin

 

[Armin Zingler]

Would this just be a case of trying to open the file and handling
the exception intelligently?

AFAIK that's the only reliable way.

I hope not - I don't like
exceptions.....

Me too, unless they are caught. ;-)

 

[Cor]

Hi Robin,

But in my opinion, this is were the exception is made for.

You have no influence on that in your program (except if the file would have
an attribute that it is busy or something and as far as I know that does not
exist).

Would this just be a case of trying to open the file and handling the
exception intelligently? I hope not - I don't like exceptions.....

Cor

 

[Robin Tucker]

Thanks Cor, you are on fire today

Hi Robin,

But in my opinion, this is were the exception is made for.

You have no influence on that in your program (except if the file would have
an attribute that it is busy or something and as far as I know that does not

Cor