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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 16:48

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"JD" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I'd like to lock a file from any access by other users
> so I can modify it and then unlock it.

Simply open the file with exclusive access rights.  That way, you can't open
the file if someone else already has it open, and nobody else can open the
file if you already have it opened.  The alternative is to use LockFile/Ex()
to lock just the portion of the file are you actually modifying.


Gambit

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