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Default Checking files for write-access


Hiya

I've got an application which is having some trouble because it keeps
trying to open a file to read that's still being used by another
application. In short, I have program A that writes a file and then my
script B that tries to read it. The problem is, all B does at the
moment is looks to see if it's there, not whether or not A is finished
writing to it. So B, when it sees the file, attempts to open it, and if
A is still running, B will break.

So what I'm looking for is some way to determine if a file is not only
existing, but also is ready for interactions with. I want it to check
that a file isn't being used by another application.

I imagine there's a method for it, but I can't see it anywhere.

I'm using VBA 6.3

Cheers!


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