i'm using the shell command to unzip a file. problem is, i need to know when the
file is accessible.
using a loop such as:

Do Until Dir(fpath & "*.dat") < ""
Loop

doesn't really work, because the file exists, but it's not completely unzipped
and is inaccessible. i could use a wait, but every pc is different and i don't
want to use some arbitrary number of seconds.

so, what's the best way to tell when the unzipping procedure is complete?

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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003