pcsoft.us.windevCopyright 2026, PC SOFT1 Jun 2017 10:58:00 Z1 Jun 2017 10:27:00 ZHi All WinDev 21 I am having a blank moment - I have a file in the analysis, lets call it "Source_File". It is an empty file which I populate according to user action during the user's session. I clear it afterwards - it holds only temporary records. My problem is the user now wants to open multiple copies of the application. This causes confusion since each instance is trying to access read/write this same file. So a solution is to open a separate copy of this file in each instance but it must still be referenced by the original name in order to avoid needing to re-code many occurrences of the file name in the code. So I guess I need to create a copy of this file in the start of the app and then open it but alias it to the original name. But I am suddenly blank on how to do it .. too many late nights! Can you mention some functions I need to read up on? TIA30WEBDEVen_UShttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times/read.awpmoderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times-61083/read.awp1 Jun 2017 10:58:00 ZPaulo Awesome - simple, 1 line solution. Thanks!https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times-61083/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times-61083/read.awp[WD21] - Opening a file Multiple Timesguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times-61082/read.awp1 Jun 2017 10:39:00 ZTry with HChangeName functionhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times-61082/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/61081-wd21-opening-file-multiple-times-61082/read.awp[WD21] - Opening a file Multiple Times