The first thing I did to try this was manually open a file read-only
while in record-macro mode and save the macro. There is nothing in the
macro to indicate the file should be opened read-only. In fact, if I
then reopen the file using the macro it is NOT opened read-only.

So, the big question is is there no way to open a file read-only via a
macro OR is the 'record macro' function busted. btw - I did check the
open methods and there are no parameters documented to control this
either. I also discovered a 'permissions' object that sounds like if
might help, but there has been nothing recorded in my macro and so don't
see any good examples of how I might use it.

-mark