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I am looking for a method to check whether a file (external file - jpg etc, not a HF file) is locked by another application.&#13;
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Does anybody know a function that might be useful?&#13;
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I have tried fLock and fOpen, but they only seem to work with txt files. Does anybody have any ideas?&#13;
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Thanks&#13;
Ned!</description><ttl>30</ttl><generator>WEBDEV</generator><language>en_US</language><link>https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked/read.awp</link><title>[WD21] Check if file is locked</title><managingEditor>moderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)</managingEditor><webMaster>webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)</webMaster><item><author>guest</author><category>pcsoft.us.windev</category><comments>https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked-58262/read.awp</comments><pubDate>22 Jun 2016 15:08:00 Z</pubDate><description>Hi Alexandre,&#13;
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Thanks for your insight.&#13;
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I managed to workaround the locked file by copying it to another directory - I coul…</description><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked-58262/read.awp</guid><link>https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked-58262/read.awp</link><source url="https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked/read.awp">[WD21] Check if file is locked</source><title>Re: [WD21] Check if file is locked</title></item><item><author>guest</author><category>pcsoft.us.windev</category><comments>https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked-58221/read.awp</comments><pubDate>21 Jun 2016 14:50:00 Z</pubDate><description>Hi Ned,&#13;
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As far as I know there is no sure way in Windows to know if a file is being used by another application or not. This …</description><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked-58221/read.awp</guid><link>https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked-58221/read.awp</link><source url="https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/58197-wd21-check-file-locked/read.awp">[WD21] Check if file is locked</source><title>Re: [WD21] Check if file is locked</title></item></channel></rss>
